Climate change on three polynesian outliers in the solomon Islands: Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Rasmussen, Kjeld ^a   May, Wilhelm ^b   Birk, Thomas ^a   Mataki, Melchior ^c   Mertz, Ole ^a   Yee, Douglas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^d Meteorological Service Centre   (Solomon Islands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bellona; Climate change; Ontong java; Solomon islands; Tikopia; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ISLAND; OUTLIER; RESILIENCE; WEATHER;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 67651099053     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2009.10649592     Document Type: Article

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