Bogumil Terminski Environmentally-Induced Displacement ... - Cedem

environmentally-induced migrations in the countries of South Asia (such as in Bangladesh) orOceania is accompanied by a small number or even a complete lack of similar studies on theregions of Central and Southern Africa and Europe. The social implications of environmentalchanges are currently not limited to a few chosen problems or areas of the world. Therefore, itis vital, going forward, to more broadly examine the relationship between the currentlyobserved climate changes and the various forms of human spatial mobility.* * *The main themes of the publications listed in the present book include the following:1. Theoretical approaches to environmentally induced displacement (aspects ofterminology and definitions, conceptualisation of research problems, etc.);2. Selected aspects of research into the relationship between environment, displacementand vulnerability (including, for instance, approaches related to ecology, climatestudies, hydrology, geology, or the study of natural disasters);3. The addition of environmentally displaced people (`environmental refugees`) as acategory of participants in migration processes;4. The compilation of data for the interplay between population mobility and the changesof the natural environment (especially, but not limited to: land degradation, soildesertification, drought, rising sea levels, the increasing salinity of groundwater, forestthinning, etc.);5. Analysis of the social implications of climate change, when it forces people to changetheir place of residence (as in the cases of famine, deteriorating housing conditions,lack of access to drinking water supplies, health problems, increased mortality, etc.);6. Obtaining regional data in order to differentiate amongst the environmental situationof displaced people in various regions (especially in Africa, South-east Asia, the