Dissertation
Food security in an era of rapid social and ecological change in Fiji
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00068
Abstract
Social and ecological changes in Pacific Island Countries are rapidly forcing a dependence upon poor quality imported foods that undermine food security and health. Climate change is already being experienced in the Pacific Islands Region with implications for food security, particularly among non-urban Indigenous populations. These changes are expected to continue and, in many instances, worsen in the future with further effects on food security. The relationship between food security, peripherality (distance to a regional centre) and climate change, however, remains poorly understood.
This dissertation investigates the relationship between food security, social and ecological change and peripherality. This relationship is empirically tested in three villages in Viti Levu, Fiji that are located at different distances to a regional centre to document how social and ecological changes are affecting the dual food system (subsistence and imported) and what role, if any, does peripherality play in food security. The research is distinct from other food security research in the Pacific Island Countries (PIC) in that it considers climate change in the context of other social and ecological factors that influence food security and does so at a household scale.
Details
- Title
- Food security in an era of rapid social and ecological change in Fiji
- Authors
- Kerrie Pickering
- Contributors
- Tim Smith (Supervisor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research ClusterTristan Pearce (Supervisor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research ClusterRyan Plummer (Supervisor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research ClusterBill Carter (Supervisor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research Cluster
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00068
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99541106302621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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