Indigenous Pacific approaches to climate change : Pacific island countries / Jenny Bryant-Tokalau.
Indigenous Pacific approaches to climate change : Pacific island countries / Jenny Bryant-Tokalau.
Indigenous Pacific approaches to climate change : Pacific island countries / Jenny Bryant-Tokalau.
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[s.l.] : Birkhauser, 2018.
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Date
2018.
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H 2018/3543
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxi, 111 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Pacific Responses to and Knowledge of Climate Change -- Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands : Theory, Dreams, Practice and Reality -- Handling Weather Disasters : The Resilience and Adaptive Capacity of Pacific Island Communities -- Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ur...
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Publisher
[s.l.] : Birkhauser, 2018.
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Date Published
2018.
[2018]
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Summary
"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 that they arise from traditional and community-...
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Indigenous Pacific approaches to climate change : Pacific island countries / Jenny Bryant-Tokalau.
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Palgrave Studies in Disaster Anthropology
Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-106) and index.
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H 2018/3543
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74VKV88vRJx3
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ISBN
9783319783987 hardback
331978398X
MMS ID
991024191217602626
