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Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Pacific Impact
Climate Change and Impacts in the Pacific
Author: Lalit Kumar
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030328783
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
This edited volume addresses the impacts of climate change on Pacific islands, and presents databases and indexes for assessing and adapting to island vulnerabilities. By analyzing susceptibility variables, developing comprehensive vulnerability indexes, and applying GIS techniques, the book's authors demonstrate the particular issues presented by climate change in the islands of the Pacific region, and how these issues may be managed to preserve and improve biodiversity and human livelihoods. The book first introduces the issues specific to island communities, such as high emissions impacts, and discusses the importance of the lithological traits of Pacific islands and how these physical factors relate to climate change impacts. From here, the book aims to analyze the various vulnerabilities of different island sectors, and to formulate a susceptibility index from these variables to be used by government and planning agencies for relief prioritization. Such variables include tropical cyclones, built infrastructures, proximity to coastal areas, agriculture, fisheries and marine resources, groundwater availability, biodiversity, and economic impacts on industries such as tourism. Through the categorization and indexing of these variables, human and physical adaptation measures are proposed, and support solutions are offered to aid the inhabitants of affected island countries. This book is intended for policy makers, academics, and climate change researchers, particularly those dealing with climate change impacts on small islands.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030328783
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
This edited volume addresses the impacts of climate change on Pacific islands, and presents databases and indexes for assessing and adapting to island vulnerabilities. By analyzing susceptibility variables, developing comprehensive vulnerability indexes, and applying GIS techniques, the book's authors demonstrate the particular issues presented by climate change in the islands of the Pacific region, and how these issues may be managed to preserve and improve biodiversity and human livelihoods. The book first introduces the issues specific to island communities, such as high emissions impacts, and discusses the importance of the lithological traits of Pacific islands and how these physical factors relate to climate change impacts. From here, the book aims to analyze the various vulnerabilities of different island sectors, and to formulate a susceptibility index from these variables to be used by government and planning agencies for relief prioritization. Such variables include tropical cyclones, built infrastructures, proximity to coastal areas, agriculture, fisheries and marine resources, groundwater availability, biodiversity, and economic impacts on industries such as tourism. Through the categorization and indexing of these variables, human and physical adaptation measures are proposed, and support solutions are offered to aid the inhabitants of affected island countries. This book is intended for policy makers, academics, and climate change researchers, particularly those dealing with climate change impacts on small islands.
Essential Fish Habitat Designation and Minimization of Adverse Impacts, Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
Potential Effects of OCS Oil and Gas Exploration and Development on Pacific Northwest Indian Tribes
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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The Social Protection Indicator for the Pacific
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292699962
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This report presents the analysis of 2018 data on social protection measures in Asian Development Bank’s 14 Pacific developing member countries. It uses the Asian Development Bank’s Social Protection Indicator to assess the level of resources invested in social protection, extent of coverage, and benefit levels of social protection programs. Further data disaggregation provides the distribution of social protection expenditures in terms of poverty, gender, and for people with disabilities. The report identifies measures adopted in response to the coronavirus disease pandemic and outlines the future directions for social protection in the Pacific region.
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292699962
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This report presents the analysis of 2018 data on social protection measures in Asian Development Bank’s 14 Pacific developing member countries. It uses the Asian Development Bank’s Social Protection Indicator to assess the level of resources invested in social protection, extent of coverage, and benefit levels of social protection programs. Further data disaggregation provides the distribution of social protection expenditures in terms of poverty, gender, and for people with disabilities. The report identifies measures adopted in response to the coronavirus disease pandemic and outlines the future directions for social protection in the Pacific region.
Mobil-Pacific Oil Shale
Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management
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Category : Oil-shale industry
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : Oil-shale industry
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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500 KV Powerline, Midpoint, ID to Medford OR, Pacific Power and Light Company
Inequality in Asia and the Pacific
Author: Ravi Kanbur
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134670206
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Asia’s rapid economic growth has led to a significant reduction in extreme poverty, but accompanied by rising inequality. This book deals with three questions: What have been the trends of inequality in Asia and the Pacific? What are the key drivers of rising inequality in the region? How should Asian countries respond to the rising inequality? Technological change, globalization, and market-oriented reform have been the key drivers of Asia’s remarkable growth and poverty reduction, but they have also had significant distribution consequences. These three drivers of growth cannot be hindered because they are the sources of productivity improvement and betterment of quality of life. This book will be useful to those interested in policy options that could be deployed by Asian countries in confronting rising inequality.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134670206
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Asia’s rapid economic growth has led to a significant reduction in extreme poverty, but accompanied by rising inequality. This book deals with three questions: What have been the trends of inequality in Asia and the Pacific? What are the key drivers of rising inequality in the region? How should Asian countries respond to the rising inequality? Technological change, globalization, and market-oriented reform have been the key drivers of Asia’s remarkable growth and poverty reduction, but they have also had significant distribution consequences. These three drivers of growth cannot be hindered because they are the sources of productivity improvement and betterment of quality of life. This book will be useful to those interested in policy options that could be deployed by Asian countries in confronting rising inequality.
Culture Contact in the Pacific
Author: Max Quanchi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521422840
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The authors have brought together a collection of works from specialists in Pacific History from across Australia and throughout the Pacific. The individual contributions were specifically written to meet the needs of senior history courses in Australia. Max Quanchi and Ron Adams are well-known educationists who have specialised in the pacific. They have extensively travelled and studied in the Pacific and have spent many years teaching history to secondary and fertiary students. The result is an authoritative text for all senior History and Australian Studies students who need to understand the Pacific region.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521422840
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The authors have brought together a collection of works from specialists in Pacific History from across Australia and throughout the Pacific. The individual contributions were specifically written to meet the needs of senior history courses in Australia. Max Quanchi and Ron Adams are well-known educationists who have specialised in the pacific. They have extensively travelled and studied in the Pacific and have spent many years teaching history to secondary and fertiary students. The result is an authoritative text for all senior History and Australian Studies students who need to understand the Pacific region.
Globalization and Armed Conflict
Author: Gerald Schneider
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 146163685X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes within and between states? Here, cutting-edge research by leading figures in international relations shows that expanding commercial ties between states pacifies some, but not necessarily all, political relationships. The authors demonstrate that the pacific effect of economic integration hinges on democratic structures, the size of the global system, the nature of the trade goods, and a reduced influence of the military on political decisions. In sum, this book demonstrates how important the still fragile "capitalist peace" is.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 146163685X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes within and between states? Here, cutting-edge research by leading figures in international relations shows that expanding commercial ties between states pacifies some, but not necessarily all, political relationships. The authors demonstrate that the pacific effect of economic integration hinges on democratic structures, the size of the global system, the nature of the trade goods, and a reduced influence of the military on political decisions. In sum, this book demonstrates how important the still fragile "capitalist peace" is.