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10 Papua New Guinea’s Response to Climate Change: Challenges and Ways Forward 巴布亚新几内亚对气候变化的应对:挑战和前进方向

Pacific Climate Cultures Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.2478/9783110591415-011

N. Bingeding

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6 Nothing There Atoll? “Farewell to the Carteret Islands” 6那里什么都没有?《告别卡特雷特群岛》

Pacific Climate Cultures Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.2478/9783110591415-007

J. Connell

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2 “Prophecy from the Past”: Climate Change Discourse, Song Culture and Emotions in Kiribati 2“来自过去的预言”:基里巴斯的气候变化话语、宋文化与情感

Pacific Climate Cultures Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.2478/9783110591415-003

Elfriede Hermann, W. Kempf

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3 Woosh–Cyclones as Culturalnatural Whirls: The Receptions of Climate Change in the Cook Islands 作为文化自然漩涡的旋风:库克群岛对气候变化的接受

Pacific Climate Cultures Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.2478/9783110591415-004

Cecilie Rubow

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8 Reflections on Climate Change by Contemporary Artists in Papua New Guinea 巴布亚新几内亚当代艺术家对气候变化的思考

Pacific Climate Cultures Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.2478/9783110591415-009

Marion Struck-Garbe

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5 A Tsunami from the Mountains: Interpreting the Nadi Flood 来自山区的海啸:解读纳迪洪水

Pacific Climate Cultures Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.2478/9783110591415-006

Émilie Nolet

引用次数: 7

List of Figures 数字一览表

Pacific Climate Cultures Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.2478/9783110591415-014

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Afterword 后记

Pacific Climate Cultures Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.2478/9783110591415-012

Dame Anne Salmond

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Prelude: Climate Change and the Perspective of the Fish 前奏:气候变化和鱼类的视角

Pacific Climate Cultures Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.2478/9783110591415-001

Tui Atua

引用次数: 2

9 Lessons from Lomani Gau Project, Fiji: A Local Community’s Response to Climate Change 斐济Lomani Gau项目的经验教训:当地社区应对气候变化

Pacific Climate Cultures Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.2478/9783110591415-010

J. Veitayaki, E. Holland

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