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Climate change and the planned relocation of people: A longitudinal analysis of Vunidogoloa, Fiji.

Celia McMichael, Teresia Powell, Annah E Piggott-McKellar, Merewalesi Yee

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Article in Ambio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Celia McMichaelSchool of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia. celia.mcmichael@unimelb.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4572-602X
Teresia PowellSchool of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Annah E Piggott-McKellarSchool of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Merewalesi YeeSchool of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.

Funding

Australian Research Council DP190100604National Gegraphic Society HJ2-194R-18
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rising sea levels under a changing climate will cause permanent inundation, flooding, coastal erosion, and saltwater intrusion. An emerging adaptation response is planned relocation, a directed process of relocating people, assets, and infrastructure to safer locations. Climate-related planned relocation is an unfolding process, yet no longitudinal studies have examined outcomes over time. Vunidogoloa, a low-lying coastal village in Fiji, relocated to higher land in 2014. This paper considers the dynamic outcomes of relocation, based on qualitative data collected between 2015 and 2023. It examines: residents' changing experience of climate and environmental risk; governance and decision-making processes over time; improved access to many resources and services along with incomplete infrastructure; opportunities and threats to health; and changing social organization and place-based values. The paper foregrounds change over time and provides in-depth examination of dynamic planned relocation experiences and (mal)adaptation outcomes in Vunidogoloa, Fiji.

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Climate ChangeConservation of Natural ResourcesFijiHumansLongitudinal StudiesClimate changeFijiLongitudinalPlanned relocation

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PMID39775408
PMCPMC12055693

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