A complex social-ecological disaster: Environmentally induced forced migration

Rechkemmer, Andreas; O’Connor, Ashley; Rai, Abha; Sparks, Jessica L. Decker; Mudliar, Pranietha; Shultz, James M.

doi:10.1080/21665044.2016.1263519

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“…The ability to migrate is a function of both social and financial capabilities and the most vulnerable people often cannot afford to migrate. Thus, taking into account the complication of the associations between environmental change and migration movements, recent estimates of the number of people migrating in response to environmental changes, either directly or indirectly, either permanently or temporarily, either within their countries or cross borders, vary considerably [10,51,52]. In the next section, we discuss how displacement risk appears in terms of sudden-and slow-onset events.…”

Section: Environment-induced Mobility: Types and Issues Of Assessingmentioning

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Nexus between Climate Change, Displacement and Conflict: Afghanistan Case

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Přívarová

2019

Sustainability

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The character, the motion and the proportion of environment-induced migration have radically changed in recent years. Environment-induced migration is an increasingly recognized fact and has become one of the main challenges of the 21st century, and needs to be focused on to ensure sustainable growth. This new stance is due to the changing character of environmental degradation. Global environmental issues, including climate change, loss of biodiversity, river and oceanic contamination, land degradation, drought, and the destruction of rainforests, are progressively stressing the earth’s ecosystems. Among these issues, climate change is one of the most severe threats. Climate change alone does not directly induce people to move but it generates harmful environmental effects and worsens present vulnerabilities. The current study aims to provide cornerstone links between the effects of climate change, migration decisions, displacement risk and conflicts in the example of Afghanistan, as a country that is extremely affected by both climate change and conflicts, and outline priority policy focuses to mitigate the current situation in the country.

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Section: Environment-induced Mobility: Types and Issues Of Assessingmentioning

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Nexus between Climate Change, Displacement and Conflict: Afghanistan Case

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Přívarová

2019

Sustainability

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“…Fulfilling the short‐term needs of displaced communities is not the only intervention needed to sustain the health of displaced women and children. An innovative, holistic, and interdisciplinary approach is required to address a wide range of issues surrounding maternal and child health during forced displacement (Rechkemmer et al., ). Addressing the issues surrounding health, well‐being, and development of displaced women and children is essential to achieving sustainable development goals (United Nations, ).…”

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Maternal and Child Health During Forced Displacement

Hirani

Richter

2019

J of Nursing Scholarship

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Purpose To discuss the effects of forced displacement on maternal and child health, highlight the major pitfalls in delivering humanitarian services to this vulnerable group, and underscore the need for multilayered interventions to improve health, protect rights, and reduce vulnerabilities during forced displacements. Methods A comprehensive literature search was undertaken from databases including Medline, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, Scopus, and ProQuest. No restrictions were placed on geographical region, type, and year of publication. The key words used were displacement, children, women, health, challenges, disaster response, emergency medicine, terrorism, maladjustment, morbidity, disaster response, cultural sensitivity, and interventions. Conclusions Forced displacement negatively affects maternal and child health. The key challenges during forced displacement include food insecurity, lack of shelter, unavailability of clean water and sanitation, poor infrastructure of healthcare services, unavailability of birth attendants and healthcare professionals to manage medical emergencies, inaccessibility to educational and training facilities, and lack of cultural sensitivity of humanitarian workers. The ultimate outcome of forced displacement is a sudden rise in maternal and child mortality and morbidity, maladjustment, psychological issues, altered familial roles, displaced parenting, and vulnerability to exploitation. In view of Bronfenbrenner's socio‐ecological framework, multilayered interventions are proposed to improve maternal and child health during forced displacements. Clinical Relevance In view of the effects of forced displacement on maternal and child health and considering the major pitfalls in the delivery of humanitarian services to this vulnerable group, the proposed multilayered interventions can improve health, protect rights, and reduce vulnerabilities surrounding maternal and child health during forced displacements.

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“…Several scholars have employed a socio‐ecological lens for studying general migration, rural depopulation, urban integration, and environmentally induced migration (Niva, Taka, & Varis, 2019; Ostrum, 2009; Rechkemner et al., 2016), showing that there are multiple levels of relevant phenomena that span the social and the environmental. Recent extensions of this model to include infrastructure systems are particularly relevant to industrial ecology (McPhearson et al., 2016; Ramaswami et al., 2012).…”

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Toward a research agenda on climate‐related migration

Andrews

2020

J of Industrial Ecology

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Climate change is one of the many stressors to which humans must adapt. Environmental concerns usually combine with other factors such as poverty, ethnic strife, or poor governance to become serious enough problems to warrant strong action. Migration away from affected areas is one time-tested response. This article proposes a migration-oriented research agenda for industrial ecology based on an examination of migration flows and ways of thinking about them, variations across contexts, implications for infrastructure and housing, the framing of climate-related migration, and short-term and longer-term fluctuations in the demand for shelter and services in high and low income countries. Elements of this agenda include understanding decentralized migration decisions, developing socio-ecologically based solutions for migration-related problems, and embracing an urban focus that makes infrastructures more adaptable and makes cities more resilient and equitable.

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A complex social-ecological disaster: Environmentally induced forced migration

Cited by 27 publications

References 8 publications

Nexus between Climate Change, Displacement and Conflict: Afghanistan Case

Nexus between Climate Change, Displacement and Conflict: Afghanistan Case

Maternal and Child Health During Forced Displacement

Toward a research agenda on climate‐related migration

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