A discursive review of the textual use of ‘trapped’ in environmental migration studies: The conceptual birth and troubled teenage years of trapped populations

Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja; Smith, Christopher D.; Kniveton, Dominic

doi:10.1007/s13280-017-1007-6

Cited by 136Climate Change, Adaptation, MigrationHydropower, Displacement, Environmental ImpactClimate Change Communication and Perception

A discursive review of the textual use of ‘trapped’ in environmental migration studies: The conceptual birth and troubled teenage years of trapped populations

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Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, Smith, Christopher D., Kniveton, Dominic·2018·Ambio

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First mooted in 2011, the concept of Trapped Populations referring to people unable to move from environmentally high-risk areas broadened the study of human responses to environmental change. While a seemingly straightforward concept, the underlying discourses around the reasons for being 'trapped', and the language describing the concept have profound influences on the way in which policy and practice approaches the needs of populations at risk from environmental stresses and shocks. In this article, we apply a Critical Discourse Analysis to the academic literature on the subject to reveal some of the assumptions implicit within discussing 'trapped' populations. The analysis reveals a dominant school of thought that assisted migration, relocation, and resettlement in the face of climate change are potentially effective adaptation strategies along a gradient of migrant agency and governance.

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The empirical evidence on the existence of trapped populations is scarce despite considerable conceptual discussion.
“While there has been a considerable conceptual discussion of trapped populations in the environmental migration literature, the empirical evidence on their existence is scarce.”
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Authors: Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Smith, C. D., & Kniveton, D.
Affiliations: University of Sussex (GB)
ORCID: Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja
Kniveton, Dominic
Venue: Ambio
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2018-02-12
Volume: 47
Issue: 5
Pages: 557-573
ISSN: 0044-7447 (ISSN-L)
1654-7209
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-017-1007-6
PMC: PMC6072639
OpenAlex: W2788815232
Cited by: 136
References: 102
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 1
FWCI: 4.18
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (tdm)
Locations: AMBIO (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
UNU Collections (United Nations University) (submittedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
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Funders: Royal Geographical Society
University of Sussex
Durham University
United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
Keywords: trapped populations, environmental migration, climate change adaptation, migrant agency, environmental governance, high-risk areas
MeSH terms: Environmental Exposure, Environmental Health, Humans, Population Dynamics, Transients and Migrants, Climate Change

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A discursive review of the textual use of ‘trapped’ in environmental migration studies: The conceptual birth and troubled teenage years of trapped populations

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