Open AccessAn Approach to Spatial Variations and Resilience of Small Island Sustainability: A Case Study of Kiribati
Author(s) -
Chunyu Liu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/693/1/012130
Subject(s) - sustainability , geography , resilience (materials science) , small island developing states , atoll , psychological resilience , climate change , environmental resource management , environmental planning , economic geography , ecology , environmental science , psychology , physics , reef , psychotherapist , biology , thermodynamics
Small island states are regarded as the poster children in the resilience of global climate change, while their sustainability varies within individual states considering the complicated interactions of spatially differentiated environmental, economic, and social factors. As the typical case of sea-locked scattering atolls, Kiribati shows its dramatic sustainability variations in different spatial scales. The findings of place-specified questionnaires from Kiribati citizens show that local perspectives on sustainability vary among urban areas, rural areas, as well as remote island areas. The results of the research hopefully provide policy implications for space-specific small island sustainability resilience.