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Browsing by Subject "Climate change"

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  • Assessing the role of climate change and human predation on marine resources at the Fatu-ma-Futi site, Tutuila Island, American Samoa: an agent based model 
    Morrison, Alex E; Addison, David J (_Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2008)
    In the tropical Pacific, climate change has been implicated as a causal variable in the development of a variety of social processes, including resource scarcity, cultural diversification, changes in spatial organization, ...
  • Climate change and community resilience in Samoa 
    Latai-Niusulu, Anita; Binns, Tony; Nel, Etienne (John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2020-01)
    Being resilient in the face of climate change seems especially important for island societies, which face the effects of rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, changing wind patterns and sea level rise. To date, most ...
  • Climate change and global warming: causes, evidence and effects in local scale 
    Rezaie Narimisa, Mohammad; Rezaie Narimisa, Manouchehr (2018)
    The purpose of this study is to study the probable deviation of temperature and precipitation elements in the northwest of the country from normal. For this purpose, at first, the time series of the minimum temperature and ...
  • Climate change and global water resources 
    Arnell, Nigel W. (Elsevier Science, 1999-06)
    By 2025, it is estimated that around 5 billion people, out of a total population of around 8 billion, will be living in countries experiencing water stress (using more than 20% of their available resources). Climate change ...
  • Climate change and the health sector 
    Thomas, Alexander (eds); K, Srinath Reddy (eds); Alexander, Divya ...et.al(eds) (Routledge, 2022)
    "The health sector is known to be one of the major contributors towards the greenhouse gas emissions causing the climate crisis, the greatest health threat of the 21st century. This volume positions the health sector as a ...
  • Climate change, human security and violent conflict. 
    Barnett, Jon; Adger, W Neil (Elsevier, 2007)
    Climate change is increasingly been called a ‘security’ problem, and there has been speculation that climate change may increase the risk of violent conflict. This paper integrates three disparate but well founded bodies ...
  • Climate change, human security and violent conflict. 
    Barnett, Jon; Adger, W Neil (Elsevier, 2007)
    Climate change is increasingly been called a ‘security’ problem, and there has been speculation that climate change may increase the risk of violent conflict. This paper integrates three disparate but well founded bodies ...
  • Climate-induced migration in Lotofaga village in Samoa 
    Flores-Palacios, Ximena (Göttingen: Göttingen University Press, 2019)
    Climate-induced migration has received increasing attention in both research and policy. However, the voices of people affected by climate change are in most cases neglected. People’s voices and perspectives are important, ...
  • Food security and nutrition: challenges for agriculture and the hidden potential of soil 
    OECD; FAO (OECD and FAO, 2018-02)
    This report, prepared by FAO and the OECD with inputs from IFPRI, IFAD,the World Bank and WTO, has been submitted to the G20 Presidency of the Republic of Argentina in response to the Presidency’s request for information ...
  • Social and cultural issues raised by climate change in Pacific Island countries: an overview 
    Weir, Tony; Dovey, Liz; Orcherton, Dan (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2016-06-05)
    Climate-related disasters such as tropical cyclones, floods and droughts are not new to Pacific Islanders, who have developed customary or ‘traditional’ practices to enable communities to adapt and recover from such hazards. ...

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