Holland, Elisabeth A. and Iese, Viliamu and Nand, Moleen M. and Salili, Diana Hinge and Wairiu, Morgan and Yuen, Linda B.K. and Harms, Natalie and Naupa, Anna and Ngo, Ly and Siddique, Omar (2018) Policy Brief 2: Building Community Resilience. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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Abstract
Building resilience in Ocean Cities of the Pacific region is key to converting challenges and risks communities face into opportunities for systemic transformation toward sustainable development. Island settlements at the nexus of ocean health, climate change and urban development will need to build anticipatory, adaptive, absorptive and transformative capacity in the face of complex stressors.
The interlinked challenges and resource constraints in rapidly growing Ocean Cities in the Pacific means that the ability to absorb shocks and bounce back
relevant partners and stakeholders to promote equitable opportunities for all people in urban communities to access resources and use them sustainably, and to apply standardized methods contextualized for the Pacific to assess the relative vulnerability of communities in Ocean Cities. It also recognizes the importance of promoting stronger governance regimes within urban communities, aligning these with the policies of local government, and encouraging partnerships between urban and rural communities. This second policy brief in the Ocean Cities series offers guidance in this direction.
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology |
| Divisions: | Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD) |
| Depositing User: | Linda Yuen |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2019 00:02 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2019 23:04 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/11253 |
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