A review of mental health and wellbeing under climate change in small island developing states (SIDS) [PDF]
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Small island developing states (SIDS) are often at the forefront of climate change impacts, including those related to health, but information on mental health and wellbeing is typically underreported.
Ilan Kelman +6 more
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Optimising small island developing states and overseas countries and territories classification for comparative public health research: an alternative methodological approach [PDF]
BMJ Global HealthAiming to investigate small island resilience in public health emergencies, we found existing classifications of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) failed to provide a homogeneous group suitable for comparative studies.
Aura Timen +4 more
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Mortality risk and burden associated with non-optimum temperatures in Puerto Rico [PDF]
Environmental Research LettersThe effects of a changing climate are already evident in Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) like Puerto Rico, where heat episodes have become more frequent.
Francisco Díaz-Collado +4 more
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Estimating food availability and self-reliance in island territories: Puerto Rico as a case study [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionIntroductionIn Small Island Developing States (SIDS), limited statistical capacity and reliance on imports hinder comprehensive assessments of food systems.
Nayla Bezares +6 more
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Island Studies Journal, 2019 This paper demonstrates the nexus of tourism demand and the migrants from small island developing states (SIDS) in the Pacific region using an econometric approach. Emigrants are an important element of island society. The tourism industry is crucial for
Kantaro Takahashi
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The Fragility of Success: Repositioning Mauritian Development in the Twenty-First Century
Island Studies Journal, 2011 Mauritius is often considered a ‘success story’ to be read for salutary purposes by other small island developing states (SIDS). While it does share broadly similar attributes with many other SIDS, and acts in unison with other SIDS in international fora,
Alastair Greig +2 more
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Islandness within climate change narratives of small island developing states (SIDS)
Island Studies Journal, 2018 Small island developing states (SIDS) are portrayed as icons of climate change impacts, with assumed islandness characteristics being used to emphasize vulnerability.
Ilan Kelman
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Industrial Development in an Island Economy: US Trade Policy and Canned Tuna Production in American Samoa [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2007 It is widely argued that small states and territories have relied upon the strategic trade and economic policies of larger countries to achieve development goals.
Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice
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Fragility of Success: Repositioning Mauritian Development in the Twenty-First Century [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2011 Mauritius is often considered a ‘success story’ to be read for salutary purposes by other small island developing states (SIDS). While it does share broadly similar attributes with many other SIDS, and acts in unison with other SIDS in international fora,
Greig, Alastair +2 more
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Understanding climate-human interactions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Implications for future livelihood sustainability [PDF]
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 2018 Purpose – Climate change poses diverse, often fundamental, challenges to livelihoods of island peoples. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that these challenges must be better understood before effective and sustainable adaptation is possible ...
Patrick Nunn
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