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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.01.011
	Challenging climate change and migration discourse: Different understandings of timescale and temporality in the Maldives
	Arnall A.; Kothari U.
发表日期	2015
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	31
英文摘要	This article draws on ongoing research in the Maldives to explore differences between elite and non-elite perceptions of climate change and migration. It argues that, in addition to variations in perceptions based on diverse knowledge, priorities and agendas, there exists a more fundamental divergence based upon different understandings of the timescale of climate change and related ideas of urgency and crisis. Specifically, elites tend to focus on a distant future, which is generally abstracted from people's everyday lived realities, and to utilise the language of a climate change-induced migration 'crisis' in their discussions about impacts in a manner not envisaged by non-elites. The article concludes that, rather than unproblematically mapping global, external facing narratives wholesale onto ordinary people's lives and experiences, there needs to be more dialogue between elites and non-elites on climate change and migration issues. These perspectives should be integrated more effectively into the development of policy interventions designed to support people in adapting to the impacts of global environmental change. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Climate change; Crisis; Maldives; Migration; Temporality; Timescale
学科领域	climate change; climate effect; elite politics; environmental policy; migration; policy making; timescale; Maldives
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate change; climate effect; elite politics; environmental policy; migration; policy making; timescale; Maldives
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117542
作者单位	School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Earley Gate, PO Box 237, Reading, RG6 6AR, United Kingdom; School of Environment, Education and Development, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Arnall A.,Kothari U.. Challenging climate change and migration discourse: Different understandings of timescale and temporality in the Maldives[J],2015,31.
APA	Arnall A.,&Kothari U..(2015).Challenging climate change and migration discourse: Different understandings of timescale and temporality in the Maldives.Global Environmental Change,31.
MLA	Arnall A.,et al."Challenging climate change and migration discourse: Different understandings of timescale and temporality in the Maldives".Global Environmental Change 31(2015).