Climate-Induced Disasters in the Asia-Pacific Region: Response, Recovery, Adaptation
Andreas Neef · Natasha Pauli
Nov 2020 · Emerald Group Publishing
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Climate-induced disasters constitute a major risk to peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. Drawing on case studies from Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa, the contributions in this volume examine local response, recovery and adaptation strategies, incorporating the perspectives and knowledge of affected individuals and communities. Asia-Pacific is the world's most disaster-prone region, accounting for about half of the climate-related displacements of 19 million people globally in 2017. Climate-related, fast-onset hazards, such as floods, cyclones and typhoons, have claimed many lives, displaced a high number of people and caused widespread damage over the past twenty years. The cost of short-term response to and medium- to long-term recovery from climate-induced disasters falls disproportionately on the poorest and most marginalised communities within Asia-Pacific countries. This book presents richly-detailed qualitative research from diverse contexts across the Asia-Pacific region, and adds to scholarship on the trajectory of community resilience and adaptation to climate-related hazards.
About the author
Andreas Neef is a Professor in Development Studies at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. His current research focuses on adaptation and resilience to climate change, climate-induced migration and displacement, post-disaster response and recovery, and land grabbing.
Natasha Pauli is a Lecturer in Geography at The University of Western Australia. Her research examines human-environment interactions, with an emphasis on understanding how people perceive and manage ecological relationships under changing environmental conditions.
Natasha Pauli is a Lecturer in Geography at The University of Western Australia. Her research examines human-environment interactions, with an emphasis on understanding how people perceive and manage ecological relationships under changing environmental conditions.
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