Failing adaptation in island contexts: The growing need for transformational change

Patrick Nunn; Karen E McNamara

doi:10.17875/gup2019-1210

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Failing adaptation in island contexts: The growing need for transformational change

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Failing adaptation in island contexts: The growing need for transformational change

Patrick Nunn and Karen E McNamara

Dealing with Climate Change on Small Islands: Towards Effective and Sustainable Adaptation?, pp.19-44

Göttingen University Press

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17875/gup2019-1210

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Environmental Science and Management

Small islands have received growing attention in the context of climate change. Rising sea-levels, intensifying storms, changing rainfall patterns and increasing temperatures force islanders to deal with and adapt to a changing climate. How do they respond to the challenge? What works, what doesn't - and why? The present volume addresses these questions by exploring adaptation experiences in small islands across the world's oceans from various perspectives and disciplines, including geography, anthropology, political science, psychology, and philosophy. The contributions to the volume focus on political and financial difficulties of climate change governance; highlight the importance of cultural values, local knowledge and perceptions in and for adaptation; and question to what extent mobility and migration constitute sustainable adaptation. Overall, the contributions highlight the diversity of island contexts, but also their specific challenges; they present valuable lessons for both adaptation success and failure, and emphasise island resilience and agency in the face of climate change. [Book Synopsis]

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Title: Failing adaptation in island contexts: The growing need for transformational change
Authors: Patrick Nunn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Karen E McNamara (Author) - The University of Queensland
Contributors: C Klock (Editor)
M Fink (Editor)
Publication details: Dealing with Climate Change on Small Islands: Towards Effective and Sustainable Adaptation?, pp.19-44
Publisher: Göttingen University Press
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.17875/gup2019-1210
ISBN: 9783863954352
Copyright note: Copyright © 2019 The Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450850902621
Output Type: Book chapter

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