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02672aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 D1E996347E8911E893E09E1097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180703010845 008 180517t20182018sz a b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018940529 020 $a 331978398X 020 $a 9783319783987 035 $a (OCoLC)1035850394 040 $a HCW $e rda $e rda $c HCW $d YDX $d SILO 043 $a po----- 050 4 $a GF71 $b .B79 2018 100 1 $a Bryant-Tokalau, Jenny. 245 10 $a Indigenous Pacific approaches to climate change : $b pacific island countries / $c Jenny Bryant-Tokalau. 264 1 $a Cham, Switzerland : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c [2018] 300 $a xxi, 111 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Palgrave Studies in Disaster Anthropology 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Pacific Responses to and Knowledge of Climate Change -- Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands : Theory, Dreams, Practice and Reality -- Handling Weather Disasters : The Resilience and Adaptive Capacity of Pacific Island Communities -- Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Urbanization : Relocation, Planning and Modern Disasters -- Conclusion : What Can Pacific Island Countries Teach Others About Climate Change? 520 $a "This book explores how Pacific Island communities are responding to the challenges wrought by climate change--most notably fresh water accessibility, the growing threat of disease, and crop failure. The Pacific Island nations are not alone in facing these challenges, but their responses are unique in that they arise from traditional and community-based understandings of climate and disaster. Knowledge sharing, community education, and widespread participation in decision-making have promoted social resilience to such challenges across the Pacific. In this exploration of the Pacific Island countries, Bryant-Tokalau demonstrates that by understanding the inter-relatedness of local expertise, customary resource management, traditional knowledge and practice, as well as the roles of leaders and institutions, local "knowledge-practice-belief systems" can be used to inform adaptation to disasters wherever they occur."--Page [4] of cover. 650 0 $a Human beings $x Effect of climate on $z Islands of the Pacific. 650 0 $a Traditional ecological knowledge $z Islands of the Pacific. 650 0 $a Climatic changes $z Islands of the Pacific. 830 0 $a Palgrave Studies in Disaster Anthropology. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191105023548.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D1E996347E8911E893E09E1097128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search