Population Resettlement in the Pacific: Lessons from a hazardous history?

Australian Geographer

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-142

  Connell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environment; hazards; identity; islands; resettlement; return

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; ISLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RETURN MIGRATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84862598271     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2012.682292     Document Type: Article

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