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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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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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Fig. 1 Word cloud 1 has been generated from the full text of the Foresight MGEC (2011) report and is dominated by the words migration, environmental, and change. To enable more in-depth analysis, Word cloud 2 has been created using the same source text but is displayed with the words migration, environmental, and change removed. Larger font size of a word indicates greater prevalence within the text with non-conceptual words such as ‘the’, ‘by’, and ‘for’ removed
Fig. 1 Word cloud 1 has been generated from the full text of the Foresight MGEC (2011) report and is dominated by the words migration, environmental, and change. To enable more in-depth analysis, Word cloud 2 has been created using the same source text but is displayed with the words migration, environmental, and change removed. Larger font size of a word indicates greater prevalence within the text with non-conceptual words such as ‘the’, ‘by’, and ‘for’ removedCC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors
Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Smith, C. D., & Kniveton, D.
Affiliations
University of Sussex (GB)
Venue
Ambio
Published
2018-02-12
Volume
47
Issue
5
Pages
557-573
ISSN
  • 0044-7447 (ISSN-L)
  • 1654-7209
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
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)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
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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