Land Solutions for Climate Displacement

Herausgeber: Leckie, Scott

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book includes ten chapters of highly original and innovative research on the reality and dynamics of climate displacement in seven of the countries which are most seriously affected, or which will be in the future. The book includes both general analytical chapters as well as country-specific chapters on Bangladesh, Kiribati, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. All country chapters are written by nationals of those countries, lending a first-hand account of how these frontline nations are grappling with the human consequences of climate displacement.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 769g
• ISBN-13: 9780415703734
• ISBN-10: 0415703735
• Artikelnr.: 40140951

Autorenporträt

Scott Leckie is Director of Displacement Solutions, a non-profit initiative designed to assist refugees and displaced persons to return and recover their original homes. An international human rights lawyer and global housing advocate, he is recognised internationally as an expert in the field of economic and social rights. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword 1.Introduction 2. Climate Change, Displacement and Resettlement 3.
The Efficacy of the Forms of Climate Change Adaptation 4. Land Availability
for Climate Displaced Communities in Bangladesh 5. Land Acquisition for
Climate Displaced Communities in Bangladesh 6. The Viability of the
Chittagong Hill Tracts as a destination for Climate Displaced Communities
in Bangladesh 7. Climate Displacement and Kiribati: Notes from the
Frontline 8. Climate Displacement and Land Solutions in Myanmar 9. The
Sinking Carterets Islands: Leading Change in Climate Change Adaptation and
Resilience in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea 10. Climate-related
Displacement and Options for Resettlement in Solomon Islands 11. Climate
Displacement in Tuvalu 12. Climate Displacement in the United States: The
Case of Newtok Village, Alaska 13. Conclusions: Possible Land Solution
Tools to Resolve Climate Displacement