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Environment, environmental refugees and green social work

Çevre, çevre mültecileri ve çevreci sosyal hizmet

Pages
905–914
Publication Date
2016-07-01
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Meantime it has to conduct psycho-social support services at micro-mezzo scale to those people who are affected by environmental factors and to environmental refugees.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Social work evaluates an individual within her/his environment.
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Key Findings & Data:Those who migrate by necessary towards other countries are named as environmental refugees or climate refugees.
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Conclusion & Impact:Meantime it has to conduct psycho-social support services at micro-mezzo scale to those people who are affected by environmental factors and to environmental refugees.
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📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Çevre · Çevreci Sosyal Hizmet · Çevresel Mülteciler

Abstract

Social work evaluates an individual within her/his environment. As the individual is affected by the social environment she/he is also affected by the physical environment. Thus, social work also deals with physical problems caused by the physical environment of an individual. Climate and ecological factors are important determinants on human behavior and adaptation, for human and climate affect each other. In order to express the social work that treats the effects of the various environmental factors on human behavior with a holistic approach, the term “environmentalist/green social work” is used. Among these environmental factors; climate change due to global warming, increasing sea levels, floods, drought, desertification and deforestation can be seen. People are deprived from viable secure environment due to environmental degradation and climate change, and as a consequence are forced to displace towards viable countries. Those who migrate by necessary towards other countries are named as environmental refugees or climate refugees. According to the 1951 Geneva Convention, where those people who are outside their home-state due to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership of a particular social group are named as refugee; environmental refugees are outside the scope of this definition. The social work with a preventative and holistic approach to the environment and environmental refugee problem, has to act in local, national and international levels to decrease the negative effects of environmental factors on people, consciousness-raising, mobilizing people and advocating at macro level towards protecting the rights of environmental refugees. Meantime it has to conduct psycho-social support services at micro-mezzo scale to those people who are affected by environmental factors and to environmental refugees.

Özet

Sosyal hizmet bireyi çevresiyle etkileşimi içinde değerlendirir. Birey sosyal çevresinden etkilendiği gibi fiziksel çevresinden de etkilenir. Bundan dolayı sosyal hizmet insanın fiziksel çevreden kaynaklanan sorunları ile de ilgilenmektedir. İklimsel ve ekolojik faktörler insan davranışı ve uyumunda önemli bir belirleyicidir ve insan iklimi, iklim de insanı büyük ölçüde etkilemektedir. İnsan davranışı üzerindeki çeşitli çevresel faktörlerin etkilerini bütüncül bir yaklaşımla ele alan sosyal hizmeti ifade etmek üzere “çevreci sosyal hizmet (green social work)” terimi kullanılmaktadır. Bu çevresel faktörler arasında küresel ısınmadan kaynaklı iklim değişimi, deniz seviyesinin yükselmesi, su baskınları, kuraklık, çölleşme, ormansızlaşma vb. yer almaktadır. Çevresel bozulmalardan ve iklim değişikliğinden dolayı insanlar yaşanabilir güvenli çevreden mahrum olmakta ve bunun sonucunda yaşanabilir güvenli ülkelere doğru yer değiştirmeye zorlanmaktadırlar. Zorunlu olarak başka ülkelere göç eden bu insanlar çevresel mülteci veya iklim mültecisi olarak adlandırılmaktadır. 1951 Cenevre Sözleşmesine göre, ırkı, dini, tabiiyeti, belli bir toplumsal gruba mensubiyeti veya siyasi düşünceleri yüzünden vatandaşı olduğu ülkenin dışında bulunan kişiler mülteci olarak tanımlanırken, iklim mültecileri bu tanımın dışında kalmaktadırlar. Sosyal hizmet çevre ve çevre mültecileri sorununun çözümü açısından koruyucu- önleyici ve bütüncül bir yaklaşımla yerel, ulusal ve uluslar arası düzeyde çevresel faktörlerin insan üzerindeki negatif etkisini azaltmaya ve çevre mültecilerinin haklarını korumaya yönelik makro boyutta farkındalık geliştirici ve insanları harekete geçirici, savunucu çalışmalar yapmalıdır. Aynı zamanda çevresel faktörlerden etkilenen insanlara ve çevre mültecilerine mikro-mezzo boyutta psiko-sosyal destek hizmetlerini de yürütmelidir.

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Demirbilek, M. (2016). Environment, environmental refugees and green social work. International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research, Cilt: 2 - Sayı: 3, 905–914. https://ajindex.com/articles/414552

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