Prospects for climate change on three polynesian outliers in solomon islands: Exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-57

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Bellona; Climate change; Ontong Java; Solomon Islands; Tikopia; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; ISLAND STATE; LOCAL PLANNING; OUTLIER;

SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 79959352307     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2011.10669521     Document Type: Article

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