Uwarunkowania ekomigracji w Polsce
Determinants of eco-migration in Poland

Summary/Abstract: Migration, which is a movement of masses of people from one place to another, is a phenomenon which has occurred throughout the world since times immemorial, and is likely to continue. Reasons for migrations vary, but the common denominator is a desire for better living conditions. We can distinguish external migration, from one country to another, and internal migration, which means population movements within a country. Recently a new kind of internal migrants have appeared: “eco-migrants” or “eco-refugees”, motivated by environmental concerns. Citizens have started to abandon crowded, inconvenient and polluted metropolitan areas for the comfort of the countryside, where they can breathe uncontaminated air, and enjoy peace and silence. The aim of the paper is to examine the phenomenon of “eco-migration”, which has also been observed in Poland in recent times. For this purpose, the case study of Cracow was used as a method of research.

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