Part 3 Forced Displacement, Health Impacts of Im/mobility and Security Implications
9 The Bikini Atoll Community: A Case Study in Displacement, Climate Change Vulnerability and (Im)mobility
Abstract
Many communities in Oceania face the growing threat of climate change, with important implications for the future habitability of their lands. For communities with a history of forced mobility climate change may impose the risk of further displacement. This chapter explores the case of the Bikini Atoll community in the Marshall Islands and how their displacement influences their vulnerability to climate change and future considerations around mobility and immobility. In 1946, the Bikini community were coerced into leaving ...
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