International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
Ambio. 2022 Jan;51(1):241-252. doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01543-9. Epub 2021 Mar 18.
A large body of literature exists arguing that numerous, complex factors result in environmental migration. Thus, in order to understand environmental migration, we must investigate how its drivers are defined, explained and interrelated. This study aims to produce a comprehensive analysis of the literature on the drivers of environmental migration and assess future opportunities for studying 'environmental migration'. We conduct a systematic literature search using the keywords 'environmental migration' and 'drivers' in Scopus and Web of Knowledge, analysing 146 publications. The findings are organised as a bibliometric analysis, including network analysis and evaluation of publication metrics. Results show that the literature on environmental migration drivers constitutes a relatively new, growing field largely developed in the USA. It is rooted in the wider environmental migration literature and strongly associated with the discourse of climate change impacts as driving factors. Typologies of 'migrants' are more prevalent than 'refugees' when referring to actors.
大量文献认为,许多复杂的因素导致了环境移民。因此,为了了解环境移民,我们必须研究其驱动因素是如何被定义、解释和相互关联的。本研究旨在对环境移民驱动因素的文献进行综合分析,并评估研究“环境移民”的未来机会。我们使用 Scopus 和 Web of Knowledge 中的关键词“环境移民”和“驱动因素”进行了系统的文献搜索,分析了 146 篇出版物。研究结果以文献计量分析的形式呈现,包括网络分析和出版物指标的评估。结果表明,环境移民驱动因素的文献构成了一个相对较新的、不断发展的领域,主要在美国发展。它植根于更广泛的环境移民文献中,并与气候变化影响作为驱动因素的论述密切相关。在提到行为者时,“移民”的类型比“难民”更为常见。