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Stormy weather : the challenge of climate change and displacement /
Climate change is predicted to dislocate millions of people in regions already vulnerable to economic, political and environmental disruption. Already some communities, notably Pacific Islanders, are under direct threat of displacement due to climate-related factors. Stormy Weather looks at the effe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sydney, N.S.W. :
UNSW Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Briefings (Sydney, N.S.W.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Climate change is predicted to dislocate millions of people in regions already vulnerable to economic, political and environmental disruption. Already some communities, notably Pacific Islanders, are under direct threat of displacement due to climate-related factors. Stormy Weather looks at the effects of climate change as experienced by the people of Tuvalu, a tiny, picturesque Pacific nation. It looks at how the international community should respond to climate-related migration in Asia, the Pacific and Africa, and argues that Australia - in a region in which 60 per cent of the world's popul. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-96). |
| ISBN: | 9781742230672 1742230679 1742230083 9781742230085 |