Bogumil Terminski Environmentally-Induced Displacement ... - Cedem

to detach the general category of environmental migrants from the narrower(and thereby subordinate to it) category of environmentally displaced people:α) Environmental migrants are persons making a short-lived, cyclical, orlong-term change of residence, of a voluntary or forced character, due tospecific environmental factors. Environmentally displaced people form aspecific type of environmental migrant;β) Environmentally displaced people are persons compelled tospontaneous, short-lived, cyclical, or long-term changes of residence dueto sudden or gradually emerging changes in the environment essential totheir living conditions, which may be of either a short-term or anirreversible character.We can describe the general ecosystemic properties relevant to human functioningin a particular area as “environmental conditions” or “environmentalfactors”.Thus every environmental refugee is an environmental migrant, but not everyenvironmental migrant is an environmental refugee.The following table lists the most commonly used terms for the people forcedto abandon their homes due to environmental reasons:Major analytical categoriesRefugeesMigrantsDisplaced peopleMost common terms“environmental refugees”; “climate refugees”; “climate change refugees”;“eco-refugees”; “environmental-refugee-to-be”; “ecological refugees” (L.Brown, 1976; L. Westra 2009)“environmental migrants”; “environmentally induced migrants”; “climatemigrants”; “climigrants”; “ecomigrants”; “environmemtal forcedmigrants”; “environmemtally forced migrant”; “environmemtal emergencymigrant”; “environmemtally motivated migrant”; “climate forcedmigrants”; “environment influenced mobility”; “forced climate migrants”;“climate-driven migrants”;“environmentally displaced people”; “environmental displacees”;“environmentally induced displaced persons”; “ecologically displaced