Sustainable Development Across Pacific Islands
Author | : Edoardo Monaco |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9819736293 |
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Author | : Edoardo Monaco |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : |
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ISBN | : 9819736293 |
Author | : Antony Hooper |
Publisher | : ANU E Press |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2005-04-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 192094222X |
Throughout the South Pacific, notions of ‘culture’ and ‘development’ are very much alive—in political debate, the media, sermons, and endless discussions amongst villagers and the urban élites, even in policy reports. Often the terms are counterposed, and development along with ‘economic rationality’, ‘good governance’ and ‘progress’ is set against culture or ‘custom’, ‘tradition’ and ‘identity’. The decay of custom and impoverishment of culture are often seen as wrought by development, while failures of development are haunted by the notion that they are due, somehow, to the darker, irrational influences of culture. The problem is to resolve the contradictions between them so as to achieve the greater good—access to material goods, welfare and amenities, ‘modern life’—without the sacrifice of the ‘traditional’ values and institutions that provide material security and sustain diverse social identities. Resolution is sought in this book by a number of leading writers from the South Pacific including Langi Kavaliku, Epeli Hau’ofa, Marshall Sahlins, Malama Meleisea, Joeli Veitayaki, and Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka. The volume is brought together for UNESCO by Antony Hooper, Professor Emeritus at the University of Auckland. UNESCO experts include Richard Engelhardt, Langi Kavaliku, Russell Marshall, Malama Meleisea, Edna Tait and Mali Voi.
Author | : Jim McMaster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Environmental policy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ben Burt |
Publisher | : Asia Pacific Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Economic development |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Pacific Islands Conference (17, 1998, Koror) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Resina Katafono |
Publisher | : Commonwealth Secretariat |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2017-09-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1849291632 |
A Sustainable Future for Small States: Pacific 2050 is part of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s regional strategic foresight programme that examines whether current development strategies set the region on a path to achieve sustainable development by 2050. The study analyses whether Commonwealth Pacific small states (Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) will achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It reviews critical areas that can serve as a catalyst for change in the region: governance (examining political governance, development effectiveness and co-ordination, and ocean governance); non-communicable diseases; information and communications technology and climate change (focussing on migration and climate change, and energy issues). In each of these areas, possible trajectories to 2050 are explored, gaps in the current policy responses are identified, and recommendations are offered to steer the region towards the Pacific Vision of ‘a region of peace, harmony, security, social inclusion, and prosperity, so that all Pacific people can lead free, healthy, and productive lives’.
Author | : Gregory Votaw |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Economic development |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. Overton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1999-08-20 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
This book shows how the environments and cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia need to be taken careful account of in fashioning sustainable development projects and strategies. Case studies point up good and bad development practices.
Author | : Giff Johnson |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Islands of the Pacific |
ISBN | : 9781512235586 |
Can Pacific nations, endowed with islands of travel poster beauty, vibrant cultures, and centuries old ways of life based on sustainable practices, hurdle significant development and political challenges they face today - in addition to withstanding climate change and rising sea levels? Corruption, reliance on donor-driven aid and consultants, dwindling rural populations and burgeoning urban centers that stress the ability of governments to provide education and health services, an epidemic of non-communicable diseases as lifestyles change, and battles with countries outside the region for control of fisheries and deep sea resources - these are among the increasingly challenging issues facing the islands today. In a series of essays about the looming climate threat, sustainable development and the region's multi-billion dollar tuna industry, the U.S. nuclear test legacy in the Marshall Islands, and the impact of out-migration, 'Idyllic No More' addresses the often difficult problems and choices facing the Pacific islands today.The author, says veteran Oceania journalist Floyd K. Takeuchi, "frames a view of the Pacific islands that's characterized by hard-edge realism while offering a way forward. 'Idyllic No More' is a bracing look at where the islands are today, and what it will take to build a future of hope and opportunity for islanders across the region." 'Idyllic No More' is an excellent resource for stimulating discussion in classes, and for readers interested in contemporary Pacific island issues.
Author | : William S. Beller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |