Thesis
Rising seas and sinking islands: the geopolitics of climate change in Tuvalu and Kiribati
- Abstract:
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Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to accelerate throughout the 21st century, with transformative impacts for biophysical and social systems. Due to their vulnerability to sea level rise and because of fears that they may be fully inundated, low-lying atoll states have been framed as spaces at the forefront of climate change. Questions have been raised over the future sovereignty, territorial integrity and identity of these states in a warmer and wetter world. This thesis explores c...
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Authors
Contributors
+ McConnell, F
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-3841-4263
+ Klinke, I
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
+ Royal Geographical Society
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Funder identifier:
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000623
Grant:
19.18
+ St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford
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Funder identifier:
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010361
Grant:
Wilfrid Knapp Scholarship (Arts)
Philip Fothergill Travel Award
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- Subjects:
- Deposit date:
- 2021-09-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Saddington, LR
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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