Climate Change and Impacts in the Pacific (Paperback)

Chapter1. Climate Change and the Pacific Islands.- Chapter2. Islands in the Pacific ? settings, distribution, classification.- Chapter3 Climate Change Scenarios and Projections for the Pacific.-Chapter4. Comparison of the physical susceptibility of Pacific Islands to risks potentially associated with variability in weather and climate.- Chapter5 Downscaling from Whole Island to an island-coast assessment of coastal landform susceptibility to metocean change in the pacific.- Chapter6. A review of South Pacific tropical cyclones: Impacts of natural climate variability and climate change.- Chapter7. Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Infrastructure in the Pacific.- Chapter 8 Population distribution in the Pacific islands, proximity to coastal areas, and risks.- Chapter9. Agriculture under a changing climate.- Chapter10. Impacts of climate change on marine resources in the Pacific Island region.- Chapter11. Freshwater availability under climate change.- Chapter12. Climate change and impacts on biodiversity on small islands.- Chapter13. Economic impacts and implications of climate change in the Pacific.- Chapter14. Adaptation to climate change: contemporary challenges and perspectives.