Land tenure and urban climate resilience in the South Pacific

D McEvoy, D Mitchell, A Trundle - Climate and Development, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Urbanisation trends and global environmental change are two of the most critical modern-
day stressors threatening the resilience of cities around the world. This paper focuses on …

[HTML][HTML] The benefits of fit-for-purpose land administration for urban community resilience in a time of climate change and COVID-19 pandemic

D Mitchell, B Barth, S Ho, MS Sait, D McEvoy - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
The major global pressures of rapid urbanization and urban growth are being compounded
by climate impacts, resulting in increased vulnerability for urban dwellers, with these …

[HTML][HTML] Suitability Assessment of Small Dams' Location as Nature-Based Solutions to Reduce Flood Risk in Mataniko Catchment, Honiara, Solomon Islands

J Liu, J Tan, S Zhang, C Zhong, L Lv, A Tara - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
As global temperatures rise, flooding and storm surges caused by extreme weather threaten
people's safety and nations' development. Nature-based Solutions (NBS) are practical …

[PDF][PDF] Urban development in Honiara: harnessing opportunities, embracing change

M Keen, J Barbara, J Carpenter, D Evans, JD Foukona - 2017 - core.ac.uk
As Solomon Islanders we haven't thought enough about our cities. Our capital, Honiara, was
developed by chance as a result of World War II. Many see the city as a temporary stopping …

Property rights and climate migration: Adaptive governance in the South Pacific

D Fitzpatrick, R Monson - Regulation & Governance, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
How would a polycentric property system react to mass movements of people caused by
escalating climate change? Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, the article suggests …

[PDF][PDF] Urban land in Solomon Islands: Powers of exclusion and counter-exclusion

JD Foukona, MG Allen - EDITED BY STEWART FIRTH, 2019 - library.oapen.org
Donovan Storey has observed that urban growth in Melanesia 'has created an unabated
demand on services, shelter, infrastructure and land—all of which are in limited …

[HTML][HTML] A preliminary assessment of horticultural postharvest market loss in the Solomon Islands

SJR Underhill, L Joshua, Y Zhou - Horticulturae, 2019 - mdpi.com
Honiara's fresh horticultural markets are a critical component of the food distribution system
in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Most of the population that reside in Honiara are now …

Urbanisation at risk: Urban resilience in Pacific island countries

J Connell, M Keen - Urbanisation at risk in the Pacific and Asia, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Pacific island cities and towns are growing at globally high rates, placing significant strains
on services, infrastructure and ecological systems. Weak urban planning and governance …

Fragments of Youth: Young Men and the State in Honiara, Solomon Islands

D Evans - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The thesis examines the lives of a group of young men who live in and around Honiara, the
growing capital of Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific. Based on field work mainly …

[PDF][PDF] Vulnerability Mapping in Oceania

C Ray, C Matos, M Preisser, M Ellsworth - 2020 - sites.utexas.edu
The small Pacific island states of Oceania are some of the most vulnerable countries in the
world to climate change. The purpose of this research project is to anticipate and minimize …