Abstract

VALENCIA HERNANDEZ, JAVIER GONZAGA  and  MUNOZ VILLARREAL, ÉRIKA MILENA. Socio-Environmental Displacement Associated with Climate Change: An Emergency of the Risk Society in Colombia's Central Coffee-Growing Region. Estud. Socio-Juríd [online]. 2023, vol.25, n.1, e08.  Epub Oct 12, 2023. ISSN 0124-0579.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/sociojuridicos/a.12349.

In the Eje Cafetero, Colombia's central coffee belt, climate risk situations have caused the involuntary displacement of human populations. Based on a documentary analysis, this qualitative research describes how the relationship of environmental displacement is the result of different climate change factors, taking as empirical reference some climatic risks presented in this region during the 2010-2011 rainy season. A cycle of analysis was designed according to the case study approach. It describes fifteen cases of environmental displacement associated with climate change scenarios, such as climate variability, ecological degradation, socio-environmental conflicts, and megaprojects. In an era of climate change, the risk society undermines the permanence of human populations in their territories.

Keywords : Socio-environmental displacement; climate change; risk society; environmental impacts.

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