Global warming and Pacific Islands Edited by Hiroshi moriwaki and Kei Kawai
Language: ENG, Japanese Series: Occasional Papers ; 47Publication details: Kagoshima, Japan Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands 2007Description: iv, 50 p. ill. 26 cmISSN: 1345-0441Subject(s): Coastal zone management -- Environmental aspects -- Islands of the Pacific | Oceania -- Environmental aspects | Global warming | Sea levelGenre/Form: -- Nishimura S.DDC classification: JOU OCC| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| MAIN LIBRARY Noumea | JOU OCC | Available | 31548 |
Contents :
I.Holocene sea-level change in Eastern Polynesia, the South Pacific in the light of change in coastal environment associated with global warming.
II.What's happening in Tuvalu, realities of global warming
III.Impacts on the land maintenance mechanisms of Atolls induced by the climate change and the sea levels-rise, field survey on Majuro Atoll, the Marshall Islands
IV.Adaptation policy in a post-2012 climate regime
V.Adapting to climate change in the Pacific Islands
VI.Problems and prospects for Islands at the margins : a case study of Moturiki Island, Central Fiji
Includes bibliographical references