On the convergence of myth and reality: Examples from the Pacific Islands

Geographical Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-138

  Nunn, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Flood; Myth; Pacific basin; Subsidence; Uplift

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PERCEPTION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0034911180     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4959.00012     Document Type: Article

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