Changes in Environment as Cause for Environmentaly Induced Migration of People Cover Image

Промене у животној средини и еколошке миграције
Changes in Environment as Cause for Environmentaly Induced Migration of People

Author(s): Aleksandra Ljuština
Subject(s): Environmental Geography, Environmental interactions, Migration Studies
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: environment; migration; population; environmental migration; climate change

Summary/Abstract: Migration is one of the oldest and most used strategies for overcoming negative social issues. Despite the fact that it is historically deeply rooted, environmental migration as a social phenomenon has only recently become the subject research of numerous scientific fields. However, the study of current environmental migration is characterized by a number of issues, such as absence of an adequate definition and multi-causality of environmental migration. In this paper, through conceptual framework, author analyzed two main questions: who are environmental migrants and what reasons cause environmental migration. Due to the destruction of the global environmental balance, as well as accumulated environmental disturbances, it is likely that environmental migration will increase in future and there is nowhere you cannot make more use of scientific and professional projection of the future than in demographic and environmental spheres of human life. There is no doubt that our future is unpredictable. However, the environmental factors influencing the pattern of human interaction with the environment must be taken into account when projecting future development of the modern society. Such is the context in which the complex relation among migration, change and the environment has to be studied. In order to establish the basis for controlling environmental migration caused by negative changes in the environment, it is necessary to adopt a consistent strategy instead of ad hoc activities that are being used. In this paper, author analysed societal respoonse for the chalenges caused by environmental migration, specificaly regarding actions related to governing environmental migrations.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 163
  • Page Range: 527-537
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Serbian