Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies for Coastal Communities

Chapter 1 “We’re not Refugees, We’ll Stay Here Until We Die!”—Climate Change Adaptation and Migration Experiences Gathered from the Tulun and Nissan Atolls of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

Chapter 2 Sustainable Small-scale Mariculture Ventures as a Comparative Climate Friendly Livelihood Alternative in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Chapter 3 Planning and Urban Informality—Addressing Inclusiveness for Climate Resilience in the Pacific

Chapter 4 At the Frontline of Climate Change: Adaptation, Limitations and Way Forward for the South Pacific Island States

Chapter 5 Enhancing Adaptive Capacity and Climate Change Resilience of Coastal Communities in Yap

Chapter 6 Capacity Development and TVET: Accredited Qualifications for Improving Resilience of Coastal Communities—A Vanuatu Case Study

Chapter 7 An Evaluation of Climate Change Effects on Fishermen and Adaption Strategies in Central Region, Ghana

Chapter 8 Retreat or Rebuild: Exploring Geographic Retreat in Humanitarian Practices in Coastal Communities

Chapter 9 “God and Tonga Are My Inheritance!”—Climate Change Impact on Perceived Spritiuality, Adaptation and Lessons Learnt from Kanokupolu, ‘Ahau, Tukutonga, Popua and Manuka in Tongatapu, Tonga

Chapter 10 Ecosystem-Based Adaptation (EbA) for Coastal Resilience Against Water Related Disasters in Bangladesh

Chapter 11 Black Pearl Farming as an Adaptation to Coastal Climate Change

Chapter 12 Reviving Traditional Croplands to Improve Community Climate Resilience

Chapter 13 Coping with Future Coastal Floods in Denmark—Advancing the Use of Global Frameworks

Chapter 14 Local Knowledge Co-production, Emergent Climate Adaptation Publics and Regional Experimentalist Governance: An Institutional Design Case Study

Chapter 16 Advantages and Challenges of Participatory Management of Customary Coastal Areas in the French Islands of the Pacific

Chapter 17 Courts as Decision-Makers on Sea Level Rise Adaptation Measures: Lessons from New Zealand

Chapter 18 Mapping of Benthic Habitats in Komave, Coral Coast Using WorldView-2 Satellite Imagery

Chapter 19 Exploring the Practicability and Applicability of Payment for Ecosystem Services in the Protection of Samoa’s Selected Watershed Areas

Chapter 20 Predicting True Climate Change Risks and Opportunities in the Cook Islands: How Vulnerable Are Pacific Maritime Supply Chain Stakeholders?

Chapter 21 Climate Change and Integrated Coastal Management: Risk Perception and Vulnerability in the Luanda Municipality (Angola)

Chapter 22 A Psychological Model of Climate Change Adaptation: Influence of Resource Loss, Posttraumatic Growth, Norms, and Risk Perception Following Cyclone Winston in Fiji

Chapter 23 ‘Yakasisi’ in Planning for a More Sustainable Future of Coastal Communities Impacted by Climate Change, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Chapter 24 Limits and Barriers to Transformation: A Case Study of April Ridge Relocation Initiative, East Honiara, Solomon Islands

Chapter 25 Impacts of Climate Change in Coastal Areas: Lessons Learned and Experiences