Rethinking the vulnerability of small island states: Climate change and development in the Pacific Islands

The Palgrave Handbook of International Development

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 731-748

  Barnett, Jon ^a   Waters, Elissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-42724-3_40     Document Type: Chapter

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