Kiribati: An environmental 'perfect storm'

Australian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-181

  Storey, Donovan ^a   Hunter, Shawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Found for Development Cooperation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental policy; Kiribati; Sustainability; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

KIRIBATI;

EID: 77953512035     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049181003742294     Document Type: Article

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