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Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell
| Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell |
| Autore | Barnett Jon <1971-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina |
363.738/74560995
363.73874560995 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CampbellJohn |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy - Oceania
Human ecology - Oceania |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786612617355
1-136-54286-8 1-282-61735-4 1-84977-489-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 The Trouble with Climate Change; Introduction; Pacific Island countries; Climate change and the Pacific Islands; About this book; 2 Environment and Development in Pacific Islands; Pacific Island environments; Early transformations: Traditional human environment systems; Colonization and environmental transformation; The post-colonial Pacific: Environment and development; Conclusions
3 The History and Architecture of Climate ScienceInitial stirrings; International research programmes; The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Big science and big pictures; Conclusions; 4 Pacific Science Initiatives; The Association of South Pacific Environmental Institutions initiative; Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme initiatives; START-Oceania (including APN and AIACC); Lacunae; Conclusions; 5 The Architecture of Climate Change Policy; The emergence of climate change as a global policy issue; The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol The Global Environmental FacilityThe Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS); The Pacific Islands Forum; Australia and New Zealand; Conclusions; 6 Doing Climate Change in the Pacific; An overview of projects and programmes; Regional responses; Projects funded bilaterally; Projects implemented by NGOs; Conclusions; 7 Investing in Uncertainty and Vulnerability; The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring project; The Environmental Vulnerability Index project; Conclusions; 8 Discourses of Danger; Insularity: Smallness and isolation; What is vulnerability?; Island vulnerability Titanic statesClimate refugees; Conclusions; 9 Conclusions; Three themes; To the future; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458885203321 |
Barnett Jon <1971-, >
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| London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell
| Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell |
| Autore | Barnett Jon <1971-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina |
363.738/74560995
363.73874560995 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CampbellJohn |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy - Oceania
Human ecology - Oceania |
| ISBN |
1-136-54285-X
9786612617355 1-136-54286-8 1-282-61735-4 1-84977-489-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 The Trouble with Climate Change; Introduction; Pacific Island countries; Climate change and the Pacific Islands; About this book; 2 Environment and Development in Pacific Islands; Pacific Island environments; Early transformations: Traditional human environment systems; Colonization and environmental transformation; The post-colonial Pacific: Environment and development; Conclusions
3 The History and Architecture of Climate ScienceInitial stirrings; International research programmes; The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Big science and big pictures; Conclusions; 4 Pacific Science Initiatives; The Association of South Pacific Environmental Institutions initiative; Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme initiatives; START-Oceania (including APN and AIACC); Lacunae; Conclusions; 5 The Architecture of Climate Change Policy; The emergence of climate change as a global policy issue; The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol The Global Environmental FacilityThe Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS); The Pacific Islands Forum; Australia and New Zealand; Conclusions; 6 Doing Climate Change in the Pacific; An overview of projects and programmes; Regional responses; Projects funded bilaterally; Projects implemented by NGOs; Conclusions; 7 Investing in Uncertainty and Vulnerability; The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring project; The Environmental Vulnerability Index project; Conclusions; 8 Discourses of Danger; Insularity: Smallness and isolation; What is vulnerability?; Island vulnerability Titanic statesClimate refugees; Conclusions; 9 Conclusions; Three themes; To the future; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792600003321 |
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Barnett Jon <1971-, >
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| London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell
| Climate change and small island states : power, knowledge and the South Pacific / / Jon Barnett and John Campbell |
| Autore | Barnett Jon <1971-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina |
363.738/74560995
363.73874560995 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CampbellJohn |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy - Oceania
Human ecology - Oceania |
| ISBN |
1-136-54285-X
9786612617355 1-136-54286-8 1-282-61735-4 1-84977-489-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 The Trouble with Climate Change; Introduction; Pacific Island countries; Climate change and the Pacific Islands; About this book; 2 Environment and Development in Pacific Islands; Pacific Island environments; Early transformations: Traditional human environment systems; Colonization and environmental transformation; The post-colonial Pacific: Environment and development; Conclusions
3 The History and Architecture of Climate ScienceInitial stirrings; International research programmes; The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Big science and big pictures; Conclusions; 4 Pacific Science Initiatives; The Association of South Pacific Environmental Institutions initiative; Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme initiatives; START-Oceania (including APN and AIACC); Lacunae; Conclusions; 5 The Architecture of Climate Change Policy; The emergence of climate change as a global policy issue; The UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol The Global Environmental FacilityThe Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS); The Pacific Islands Forum; Australia and New Zealand; Conclusions; 6 Doing Climate Change in the Pacific; An overview of projects and programmes; Regional responses; Projects funded bilaterally; Projects implemented by NGOs; Conclusions; 7 Investing in Uncertainty and Vulnerability; The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring project; The Environmental Vulnerability Index project; Conclusions; 8 Discourses of Danger; Insularity: Smallness and isolation; What is vulnerability?; Island vulnerability Titanic statesClimate refugees; Conclusions; 9 Conclusions; Three themes; To the future; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799968203321 |
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Barnett Jon <1971-, >
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| London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic . 2 The physical environment : the culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society / / Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, and Meredith Osmond
| The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic . 2 The physical environment : the culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society / / Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, and Meredith Osmond |
| Autore | Ross Malcolm |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Canberra, Australia : , : ANU E Press, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 306.0995 |
| Collana | Pacific Linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - Oceania
Human ecology - Oceania Proto-Oceanic language - Lexicology, Historical Ethnology Manners and customs Proto-Oceanic language |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141819603321 |
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Ross Malcolm
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| Canberra, Australia : , : ANU E Press, , 2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tropical forests of Oceania : anthropological perspectives / / edited by Joshua A. Bell, Paige West and Colin Filer
| Tropical forests of Oceania : anthropological perspectives / / edited by Joshua A. Bell, Paige West and Colin Filer |
| Autore | Bell Joshua A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | ANU Press, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 pages) |
| Disciplina | 577.34 |
| Collana | Asia-Pacific environment monograph |
| Soggetto topico |
Rain forests - Oceania
Forest conservation - Oceania Forests and forestry - Oceania Human ecology - Oceania |
| Soggetto non controllato |
oceania
tropical forests political ecology anthropology Deforestation Kamula language Logging Lumber Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation |
| ISBN | 1-925022-73-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Joshua A. Bell, Paige West and Colin Filer -- Wildlands, deserted bays and other bushy metaphors of Pacific place / Alexander Mawyer -- Non-pristine forests : a long-term history of land transformation in the western Solomons / Edvard Hviding -- Forests of gold : from mining to logging (and back again) / Jamon Alex Halvaksz -- The impact of mining development on settlement patterns, firewood availability and forest structure in Porgera / Jerry K. Jacka -- The structural violence of resource extraction in the Purari Delta / Joshua A. Bell -- The fate of Crater Mountain : forest conservation in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea / Paige West and Enock Kale -- How April Salumei became the REDD queen / Colin Filer -- Representational excess in recent attempts to acquire forest carbon in the Kamula Doso area, Western Province, Papua New Guinea / Michael Wood -- 'Evergreen' and REDD+ in the forests of Oceania / Jennifer Gabriel. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910131523603321 |
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Bell Joshua A
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| ANU Press, 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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