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Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific - Couverture rigide

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Campbell, John; Barnett, Jon

 
9781844074945: Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1844074943 ISBN 13 : 9781844074945
Editeur : Earthscan Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause celebre of many involved in climate science, politics and the media. Yet while small island developing states are much talked about, the production of both scientific knowledge and policies to protect the rights of these nations and their people has been remarkably slow. This book is the first to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacific region. It shows how groups within politically and scientifically powerful countries appropriate the issue of island vulnerability in ways that do not do justice to the lives of island people. It argues that the ways in which islands and their inhabitants are represented in climate science and politics seldom leads to meaningful responses to assist them to adapt to climate change. Throughout, the authors focus on the hitherto largely ignored social impacts of climate change, and demonstrate that adaptation and mitigation policies cannot be effective without understanding the social systems and values of island societies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr Jon Barnett has a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Science from the Australian National University and is currently an Australian Research Council Fellow at the University of Melbourne. John Campbell has a PhD in Geography from the University of Hawaii and is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Waikato, New Zealand.

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Éditeur
Earthscan Ltd
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1844074943
ISBN 13 
9781844074945
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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