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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102803
	Beyond the binary of trapped populations and voluntary immobility: A people-centered perspective on environmental change and human immobility at Lake Urmia, Iran
	Transiskus, Sebastian Fernand; Bazarbash, Monir Gholamzadeh
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0959-3780
EISSN	1872-9495
起始页码	84
卷号	84
英文摘要	Empirical research on the links between environmental change and human (im)mobility has made considerable progress in the last decade. However, most attention is given to migration rather than understanding immobility, where human-centered perspectives are scarce and various regions remain critically understudied. This paper seeks to address these deficits. Methodologically based on 75 qualitative in-depth interviews and 8 focus group sessions with rural residents around desiccating Lake Urmia (Iran), the study takes individual perceptions of environmental degradation and lived experiences of immobility as its fundamental starting point. It investigates what (in)tangible losses occur and analyses what matters most in shaping the aspirations and capabilities to migrate or stay. The findings provide unique empirical evidence of the multifaceted dimensions along the spectrum of immobility, moving beyond the prevailing binary views of voluntary immobility and trapped populations. A key finding of this study is the elucidation of 'ambivalent immobility', comprising individuals whose (im)mobility aspirations are complex and contradictory: they want to stay, but also leave, constantly weighing their growing local dissatisfaction against their attachments to place and the psychological/economic costs of migration. Another novel contribution concerns 'precarious immobility', expanding our knowledge of how individuals understand themselves as trapped. Grounded in capability constraints and emotional distress exacerbated by environmental change, individuals from this group did not voice any (im)mobility aspirations. This distinguished them from the involuntary or acquiescent immobile residents in the study, who despite capability constraints either aspired to migrate or expressed a preference to stay. Thus, this paper highlights the complexity of aspirations in contexts of environmental degradation and underscores the need for more qualitative research to complement quantitative efforts to foster a more nuanced understanding of the diverse causes, dimensions, and consequences of immobility.
英文关键词	Environmental change; Immobility; Migration; Trapped populations; Place attachment; Iran
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geography
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Geography
WOS记录号	WOS:001181420700001
来源期刊	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/302503
作者单位	University of Augsburg; Purdue University System; Purdue University; University of Augsburg
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Transiskus, Sebastian Fernand,Bazarbash, Monir Gholamzadeh. Beyond the binary of trapped populations and voluntary immobility: A people-centered perspective on environmental change and human immobility at Lake Urmia, Iran[J],2024,84.
APA	Transiskus, Sebastian Fernand,&Bazarbash, Monir Gholamzadeh.(2024).Beyond the binary of trapped populations and voluntary immobility: A people-centered perspective on environmental change and human immobility at Lake Urmia, Iran.GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS,84.
MLA	Transiskus, Sebastian Fernand,et al."Beyond the binary of trapped populations and voluntary immobility: A people-centered perspective on environmental change and human immobility at Lake Urmia, Iran".GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS 84(2024).