Climate Change, Voluntary Immobility, and Place-Belongingness: Insights from Togoru, Fiji
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چکیده
Many low-lying communities around the world are increasingly experiencing coastal hazard risks. As such, climate-related relocation has received significant global attention as an adaptation response. However, emerging cases of populations resisting in preference for remaining place emerging. This paper provides account residents Togoru, a settlement on Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Despite facing impacts form erosion, tidal inundation, and saltwater intrusion, Togoru opposing plans relocation; instead opting in-situ adaptation. We conceptualize place-belongingness to land people—through personal, historic ancestral, relational, cultural, economic, legal connections—as critical mobility decision-making. argue that strategies be successful sustainable, they must acknowledge values, perspectives, preferences local people tangible intangible connections place.
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عنوان ژورنال: Climate
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2225-1154']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10030046