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Chapter
Freshwater Availability Under Climate Change
The 2014 Samoa UN Conference on Small Island Develo** States (SIDS) reaffirmed the vulnerability of SIDS to global changes and extreme events. The effect of climate change on freshwater availability was high...
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Integrated Management of Urban Water Supply and Water Quality in Develo** Pacific Island Countries
Urban areas in Pacific island countries (PICs) use varied sources of water and have very diverse water supply challenges. They share, however, common, concerns particularly over the adequacy and continuity of ...
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Climate and Security in Asia and the Pacific (Food, Water and Energy)
The impacts of increasing natural climate disasters are threatening food security in the Asia-Pacific region. Rice is Asia’s most important staple food. Climate variability and change directly impact rice prod...
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Article
Management of freshwater lenses on small Pacific islands
The nature of shallow aquifers and the impacts of seawater intrusion in small islands within the Pacific Ocean are reviewed. Many Pacific islands rely on shallow fresh groundwater lenses in highly permeable aq...
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Safe Water for People in Low, Small Island Pacific Nations: The rural–urban dilemma
The issue of ensuring that growing communities in small island countries have access to safe water and adequate sanitation is examined in Kiribati, whose islands are spread over three million square kilometres...
