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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.10.007
	Where does climate fit? Vulnerability to climate change in the context of multiple stressors in Funafuti, Tuvalu
	McCubbin S.; Smit B.; Pearce T.
发表日期	2015
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	30
英文摘要	This paper examines vulnerability to climate change in the context of multiple stressors through a case study of Funafuti, Tuvalu. Climate change research in Pacific Islands has largely focused on biophysical changes such as sea-level rise. Less is known about how livelihoods are affected and what adaptation options are realistic. The research employs a vulnerability framework to identify where climate fits in the suite of forces (socioeconomic, cultural, environmental) already affecting livelihoods. The participatory approach includes semi-structured interviews with community members, initially without reference to climate. Key areas of concern to people in Funafuti are economic, food, water and overcrowding, rather than climate change. Vulnerability to changing climatic conditions is evident in water, land, and food through the interaction of non-climatic forces (e.g. overcrowding, urbanization, few economic opportunities, changing land use, and shifting cultural norms), and climatic forces (e.g. dry spells, extreme sea-levels, strong winds and changing marine conditions). Adaptations, beyond bearing the effects and sharing the burden, are mainly reactive and short-term. Future changes in climate will be experienced in the context of these multiple, interacting forces, and adaptation initiatives will need to be designed in light of these. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Adaptation; Climate change; Multiple stressors; Pacific; Small islands; Vulnerability
学科领域	biophysics; climate change; climate conditions; economic activity; environmental stress; participatory approach; questionnaire survey; sea level change; vulnerability; Funafuti; Pacific islands; Tuvalu
语种	英语
scopus关键词	biophysics; climate change; climate conditions; economic activity; environmental stress; participatory approach; questionnaire survey; sea level change; vulnerability; Funafuti; Pacific islands; Tuvalu
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117558
作者单位	Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine CoastQLD, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	McCubbin S.,Smit B.,Pearce T.. Where does climate fit? Vulnerability to climate change in the context of multiple stressors in Funafuti, Tuvalu[J],2015,30.
APA	McCubbin S.,Smit B.,&Pearce T..(2015).Where does climate fit? Vulnerability to climate change in the context of multiple stressors in Funafuti, Tuvalu.Global Environmental Change,30.
MLA	McCubbin S.,et al."Where does climate fit? Vulnerability to climate change in the context of multiple stressors in Funafuti, Tuvalu".Global Environmental Change 30(2015).