Indigenous Pacific Approaches to Climate Change Pacific Island Countries /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bryant-Tokalau, Jenny (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Disaster Anthropology
• Θέματα: Environmental sociology.; Ethnology.; Human geography.; Environmental policy.; Environmental Sociology.; Social Anthropology.; Human Geography.; Environmental Policy.

This book explores how Pacific Island communities are responding to the challenges wrought by climate change-most notably fresh water accessibility, the growing threat of disease, and crop failure. The Pacific Island nations are not alone in facing these challenges, but their responses are unique in...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Pacific Responses to and Knowledge of Climate Change
• 2. Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands: Theory, Dreams, Practice and Reality
• 3. Handling Weather Disasters: The Resilience and Adaptive Capacity of Pacific Communities
• 4. Urban Responses to Climate Change
• 5. Pacific Islands Here, Now and in the Future of a Changed World.