Rising sea levels and associated coastal hazards will lead to the relocation of some communities away from sites of high exposure. In Fiji, several communities have already initiated relocation, with hundreds more considered in need of future relocation by the Fijian government. Yet, often relocation is viewed as an inevitable response to coastal exposure, whereby an entire community is relocated from one location (of high exposure) to another (of lesser exposure) with the assistance of an external actor, namely the State and donors. Limited research has drawn attention to the heterogenous nature of relocation (and immobility responses), and the factors that shape these diverse processes. Drawing on fieldwork undertaken across seven low-lying communities in Fiji that are facing exposure to coastal erosion, tidal inundation, and storm surges, we highlight different immobility and relocation responses that are being implemented both within and across villages. These responses can be viewed along a continuum, referred to here as the immobility-relocation continuum, and include: voluntary immobility, immobility due to restricted relocation options, incremental relocation, partial relocation, and full community relocation. We identify factors - climatic and environmental, past and current adaptations and mobilities, socio-cultural, land rights and tenure, and institutional – that shape these varied responses. This research underscores the need to expand our thinking regarding how climate-related relocation is conceptualized and implemented in policy and practice toward a nuanced understanding of (im)mobility as a form of adaptation to coastal hazard risks, accounting for diversity in local conditions, preferences, and resources available to communities.

海平面上升和相关的沿海灾害将导致一些社区搬离高暴露地点。在斐济，几个社区已经开始搬迁，还有数百个社区被斐济政府考虑需要在未来搬迁。然而，搬迁通常被视为对沿海暴露的不可避免的反应，即整个社区在外部参与者（即国家和捐助者）的帮助下从一个（暴露程度高的）地点搬迁到另一个（暴露程度较低的）地点。有限的研究已经引起人们对搬迁（和不动反应）的异质性以及塑造这些不同过程的因素的关注。利用在斐济面临海岸侵蚀、潮汐淹没和风暴潮的七个低洼社区进行的实地调查，我们强调了在村庄内和村庄之间正在实施的不同的不动产和搬迁对策。这些响应可以沿着一个连续统一体（这里称为不动-搬迁连续统一体）来查看，包括：自愿不动、由于搬迁选项受限而导致的不动、增量搬迁、部分搬迁和完全社区搬迁。我们确定了影响这些不同反应的因素——气候和环境、过去和当前的适应和流动、社会文化、土地权利和保有权以及制度。这项研究强调需要扩大我们关于如何在政策和实践中对与气候相关的搬迁进行概念化和实施的思考，以细致入微地理解（不动）作为适应沿海灾害风险的一种形式，