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Abaiang Island, Kiribati: a whole-of-island integrated vulnerability assessment

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dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-29T22:54:04Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-29T22:54:04Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.isbn 9789820009875
dc.identifier.uri ${digitallibrary.baseUrl}/handle/1/841
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/702
dc.description viii, 83 p. : ill ; 28 cm en_US
dc.description.abstract This report assesses the socioecological context of Abaiang Atoll in relation to climate change and disaster risks, and examines the capacity of the atoll community to reduce risks and adapt to the impact of environmental change. As such, an understanding of the atoll’s vulnerability was developed by identifying Abaiang’s key socioecological features and the experienced and anticipated pressures stemming from demographic, developmental and climatic change. The gradual impact of climate change is expected to have a ‘multiplier effect’ on the impacts of population growth, land-use practices and resource extraction. Abaiang’s adaptive capacity is determined by the natural, infrastructural, financial and human resources the atoll community has to adapt, and the ability of local institutions to utilise accessible resources efficiently and effectively to adequately meet livelihood (settlement, water, food, income) needs on a daily basis, as well as in periods of climatic and disaster-related stress (Office of te Beretitenti) en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Pacific Community (SPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) en_US
dc.subject Climatic changes - Kiribati en_US
dc.subject Climatic changes - management - Kiribati en_US
dc.subject Climatic changes - environmental aspects - Kiribati en_US
dc.subject Climate change mitigation - Kiribati en_US
dc.subject Livelihood and environment - Kiribati en_US
dc.subject Environment - management - Kiribati en_US
dc.title Abaiang Island, Kiribati: a whole-of-island integrated vulnerability assessment en_US
dc.type Other en_US


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