The end of the Pacific? Effects of sea level rise on Pacific Island livelihoods

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-171

  Nunn, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coasts; Livelihoods; Pacific; Sea level; Society

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; SALINIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84880023317     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjtg.12021     Document Type: Article

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