Samoa: Exploring the Linkages Between Climate Change and Population Movements

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dc.contributor.advisorFairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy
dc.contributor.advisorBoon Nanai, Juliet
dc.contributor.authorFlores-Palacios, Ximena
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-27T00:02:36Z
dc.date.available2017-04-27T00:02:36Z
dc.date.copyright2016
dc.date.created2017
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.updated2017-04-26T22:35:35Z
dc.description.abstractThis Samoan study explores people’s experiences and understandings of climate change, including whether and how climate-related factors have influenced internal and international mobility patterns in the last 30 years. This interdisciplinary village and family-based study combined a Samoan worldview which acknowledges the place of traditional knowledge, values, beliefs and practices in people’s responses to climate change, and Western-based perspectives to set the knowledge base. Findings were: (a) that family resilience in dealing with the effects of climate change was grounded in fa’a Samoa norms including access to customary land and reciprocity, (b) that mobility has become an integral adaptation strategy as seen in relocation from coastal areas to inland customary lands, temporary and permanent migration to the capital, and overseas migration, and (c) that climate change effects have exacerbated differences among groups. Those with limited access to resources and support systems have fewer adaptation options and are less able to use mobility as an adaptive mechanism. The main implication for policy design is that the voices of people affected by climate change must be incorporated in both research and policy. While this may serve a political purpose, axiomatic also is that the voices carry considerable knowledge.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/10441
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectClimate changeen_NZ
dc.subjectMigrationen_NZ
dc.subjectEnvironmental migrationen_NZ
dc.subjectClimate-induced migrationen_NZ
dc.subjectForced migrationen_NZ
dc.subjectClimate displacementen_NZ
dc.subjectDisplacement and relocation linked to climate changeen_NZ
dc.subjectCross-border migration due to climate changeen_NZ
dc.subjectEnvironmental migrantsen_NZ
dc.subjectClimate refugeesen_NZ
dc.subjectClimate justiceen_NZ
dc.subjectTraditional knowledgeen_NZ
dc.subjectCommunity-based adaptation to climate changeen_NZ
dc.subjectPacific island countriesen_NZ
dc.subjectPacific island countries and territoriesen_NZ
dc.subjectSamoaen_NZ
dc.titleSamoa: Exploring the Linkages Between Climate Change and Population Movementsen_NZ
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral Theses
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_NZ
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