Culturally grounded responses to coastal change on islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, northwest Pacific Ocean

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 959-971

  Nunn, Patrick D ^a   Runman, John ^b   Falanruw, Margie ^c   Kumar, Roselyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b Government of Yap   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^c Federated States of Micronesia   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Coastal change; Island; Micronesia; Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964409720     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-016-0950-2     Document Type: Article

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