Thomas, Frank R. (2015) Marginal islands and sustainability: 2,000 years of human settlement in eastern Micronesia. Ekonomska i ekohistorija, 11 (11). pp. 64-74. ISSN 1845-5867
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Abstract
Low coral islands in the Pacific are often perceived as marginal habitats for human settlement.
This view is supported by the small and fragmented islet landmass, poor soils, lack of perennial
surface fresh water, and extreme vulnerability to flooding by storm waves, and more recently,
rising sea-level attributed to global warming. The atolls and table reefs of Kiribati and the
Marshall Islands have produced some of the earliest dates for human settlement of eastern
Micronesia. Sustainability for the last 2,000 years was just as likely the result of relatively low
population densities, low impact extractive technologies, and efficient use of limited resources,
as the application of intentional and unintentional conservation practices.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies |
| Depositing User: | Fulori Nainoca - Waqairagata |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Dec 2015 00:40 |
| Last Modified: | 01 May 2016 22:17 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/8649 |
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