Author: Margaret Chung
Publisher:
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Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Author: Antony Hooper
Publisher: Anu Press
ISBN: 9781920942236
Category : Pacific Area
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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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: John E. Hay
Publisher:
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Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Author: John Connell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113454071X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307

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Managing rapid urban growth presents a significant challenge in the small independent countries of the Pacific Islands. Although they originated in colonial times, the towns and cities are now distinctively post-colonial, with economies, environments and social structures that reflect unique island characteristics. This transformation has stimulated new concerns, such as the causes and effects of pollution, the need for employment for landless migrants, the need for adequate and affordable housing and the financing of expanding urban services. This book explores the diversity of the urban experience in the ten independent island states, focusing on strategies to secure long term sustainable development.

Author: Edoardo Monaco
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9819736293
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 327

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Author: Ben Burt
Publisher: Asia Pacific Press
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: Kanayathu Koshy
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Author: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher: United Nations
ISBN: 9213627335
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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This publication is the first Asia-Pacific report that comprehensively maps out the intersections between gender and environment at the levels of household, work, community and policy. It examines gender concerns in the spheres of food security, agriculture, energy, water, fisheries and forestry, and identifies strategic entry points for policy interventions. Based on a grounded study of the reality in the Asia-Pacific region, this report puts together good practices and policy lessons that could be capitalized by policymakers to advance the agenda of sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.

Author: Shripad Tuljapurkar
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402034121
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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In the 21st century, the populations of the world’s nations will display large and long-lived changes in age structure. Many of these began with fertility change and are amplified by declining mortality and by migration within and between nations. Demography will matter in this century not by force of numbers, but by the pressures of waves of age structural change. Many developing countries are in relatively early stages of fertility decline and will experience age waves for two or more generations. These waves create shifting flows of people into the key age groups, greatly complicating the task of managing development, from building human capabilities and creating jobs to growing industry, infrastructure and institutions. In this book, distinguished scientists examine key demographic, social, economic, and policy aspects of age structural change in developing economies. This book provides a joint examination of dimensions of age structural change that have often been considered in isolation from each other (for example, education, job creation, land use, health); it uses case studies to examine policy consequences and options and develops qualitative and formal methods to analyze the dynamics and consequences of age structural change.

Author: Indo-Pacific Fishery Commission
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251035597
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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