Seizing history: development and non-climate change in Small Island Developing States [PDF]
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 2018 Purpose – This paper offers a critical review of climate change related initiatives in small island states, including Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which can end up as ontological traps: fuelled and supported by external donor agencies ...
Godfrey Baldacchino
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Comment l’île Maurice est-elle devenue Covid free ?
EchoGéo, 2021 After being affected by the COVID-19 epidemic in March 2020 and having implemented a whole series of sanitary measures, Mauritius has become, for more than ten months, one of the few Covid-free States on the planet, until a new epidemic wave hits it ...
Nathalie Bernardie-Tahir
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 137-165., 2020 This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library.
Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Konstantin Litasov +3 more
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More Than Just SIDS: Local Solutions for Global Problems on Small Islands
Island Studies Journal, 2019 Small islands are often taken as poster children for climate change vulnerability, and their status as hotspots of climate change impacts has been widely acknowledged in the scientific literature.
Jan Petzold, Beate M. Ratter
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Difficult decisions: Migration from Small Island Developing States under climate change [PDF]
, 2015 The impacts of climate change on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are leading to discussions regarding decision-making about the potential need to migrate.
Kelman, I
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Climate Risk Management, 2022 Small island developing states (SIDS) are recognized as being among the most vulnerable countries to climate change—many are highly exposed and sensitive to, inter alia, sea-level rise and increased intensity storms, yet often lack the human and ...
Ellis Kalaidjian, Stacy-ann Robinson
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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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Marine and coastal accounts for Small Island Developing States: A case study and application in Grenada [PDF]
One Ecosystem, 2022 In recent decades, a concerted effort has been made to define methodologies and frameworks to account for the contribution of the natural environment to national wealth and its role in fulfilling societal and economic needs.
Elena Mengo +5 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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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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