Security implications of a worst-case scenario of climate change in the South-west Pacific

Australian Geographer

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-330

  Edwards, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; Island states; Land loss and society; Land tenure systems; Migration; Security; South west Pacific; Worst case scenarios analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPOLITICS; LAND TENURE; SECURITY THREAT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033386569     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049189993602     Document Type: Article

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