Journal article
Peripherality as key to understanding climate-associated risk and resilience for Pacific island communities
APN Science Bulletin, Vol.9(1), pp.102-105
2019
Abstract
To address the lack of effective sustained interventions for climate-change adaptation in Pacific island communities, a study to capture individual community risk and resilience profiles using peripherality was undertaken. Based on questionnaires completed in 73 communities, three peripherality indices were tested and refined and demonstrated to adequately capture various things such as community exposure to climate change and autonomous community coping capacity. The implications of this study are many, not least in helping define national policy towards greater self-sufficiency but also in helping design more effective and sustainable external interventions for future climate change adaptation.
Details
- Title
- Peripherality as key to understanding climate-associated risk and resilience for Pacific island communities
- Authors
- Patrick Nunn (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Social SciencesEugene Joseph (Author)Isoa Korovulavula (Author) - University of the South PacificRoselyn Kumar (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Social Sciences
- Publication details
- APN Science Bulletin, Vol.9(1), pp.102-105
- Publisher
- Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.30852/sb.2019.888
- ISSN
- 2185-791X
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2019 Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN). Reproduced here with permission of the copyright holder.
- 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
- 99450844502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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