Abstract
While there is a growing focus on ‘who are environmental migrants,’ the questions ‘where do they go?’ and ‘why there?’ have often been overlooked. We address this gap with data gathered from interviews with migrant and non-migrant households. Our results indicate those fleeing from environmental stress often move to nearby areas, sometimes shifting multiple times before settling down permanently. We also found that climate conditions of the potential destination, its geographic and social proximity to area or origin, and affordability are the most influential factors in destination selection. The relative importance of these factors varied significantly according to respondents’ occupation and migration status.
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The datasets generated used for the current study are not publicly available due to protect the confidentiality of respondents but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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Although PERMANOVA is commonly used in ecological and species studies, it has also been used in perception studies (Marincioni et al., 2012).
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Jennath, A., Paul, S. Trajectories of Environmental Migrants: Understanding Migration Destinations of the Coastal Population in Kerala, India. Hum Ecol 52, 99–113 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-024-00476-7
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