Globalization, Pacific Islands, and the paradox of resilience

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-50

  Lauer, Matthew ^a   Albert, Simon ^b   Aswani, Shankar ^c   Halpern, Benjamin S ^c,d   Campanella, Luke ^a   La Rose, Douglas ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Coral reef; Globalization; Resilience trade offs; Solomon Islands; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COPING STRATEGY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOOD PRODUCTION; FRINGING REEF; GLOBALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; ISLAND; TSUNAMI; VILLAGE; VULNERABILITY;

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

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84872605847     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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