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Land solutions for climate displacement
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- Summary
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"This book includes ten chapters of highly original and innovative research on the reality and dynamics of climate displacement in seven of the countries which are most seriously affected, or which...
"This book includes ten chapters of highly original and innovative research on the reality and dynamics of climate displacement in seven of the countries which are most seriously affected, or which will be in the future. The book includes both general analytical chapters as well as country-specific chapters on Bangladesh, Kiribati, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. All country chapters are written by nationals of those countries, lending a first-hand account of how these frontline nations are grappling with the human consequences of climate displacement"--
Details
- Creator
- edited by Scott Leckie
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xix, 382 p. : ill., maps)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780415703734, 1138210013, 1134485050, 0203762517, 9780203762516, 9781134485123, 0415703735, 1134485123, 9781134485055
- OCLC
- ocn880827279, ocn893452511
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Also available in print edition.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- 1. Introduction / Scott Leckie -- 2. Climate change, displacement and resettlement / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- 3. The efficacy of the forms of climate change adaptation / Leslie A. Stein -- 4. Land availability for climate-displaced communities in Bangladesh / MD. Shamsuddoha, M. Shahadat Hossain and Mohammad Shahjahan -- 5. Land acquisition for climate-displaced communities in Bangladesh / MD. Shamsuddoha, Mohammad Shahid Ullah and Mohammad Shahjahan -- 6. The viability of the Chittagong Hill tracts as a destination for climate-displaced communities in Bangladesh / Mohammad Shahid Ullah, MD. Shamsuddoha and Mohammad Shahjahan -- 7. Climate displacement and Kiribati : notes from the frontline / Linda Uan and John Anderson -- 8. Climate displacement and land solutions in Myanmar / Swe Set -- 9. The sinking Carteret Islands : leading change in climate change adaptation and resilience in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea / Ursula Rakova -- 10. Climate-related displacement and options for resettlement in Solomon Islands / Rebecca Monson and Joseph D. Foukona -- 11. Climate displacement in Tuvalu / Faatasi Malologa -- 12. Climate displacement in the United States : the case of Newtok village, Alaska / Robin Bronen -- 13. Conclusions : possible land solution tools to resolve climate displacement / Scott Leckie