Migration from atolls as climate change adaptation: Current practices, barriers and options in Solomon Islands

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Birk, Thomas ^a   Rasmussen, Kjeld ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Atoll livelihoods; Climate change; Migration; SIDS; Small island developing States; Small islands; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ATOLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; MIGRATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SMALL ISLAND STATE;

ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 84894061715     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12038     Document Type: Article

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