While much of the existing research on human (im)mobility decisions focuses on economic drivers, such as material assets and livelihoods, non-economic factors like cultural ties, emotional connections to place, and local knowledge remain significantly underexplored.

This research brings different concepts to addresse that gap. In order to understand the adaptive responses of communities facing high risk of climate-induced displacement, this study adopts an integrated framework that brings together economic, affective, cultural, local knowledge, attitudes and practices, and policy dimensions, offering a more holistic and evidence-based understanding of human (im)mobility in climate-vulnerable contexts.