Solastalgia and the gendered nature of climate change: An example from Erub Island, Torres Strait

EcoHealth

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-236

  McNamara, Karen Elizabeth ^a,b   Westoby, Ross ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Gender; Solastalgia; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROL; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860216713     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0698-6     Document Type: Article

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