Environmental change and food security : the special case of small island developing states

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dc.contributor.authorLowitt, Kristen
dc.contributor.authorSaint Ville, Arlette
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Patsy
dc.contributor.authorHickey, Gordon M.
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-04T12:38:35Z
dc.date.available2016-04-04T12:38:35Z
dc.date.copyright2015
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractSmall island developing states (SIDS) are recognized as a special case for sustainable development due to the unique set of challenges and vulnerabilities they face. While SIDS are a diverse group of nations, most share characteristics of small size, limited land availability, insularity, susceptibility to natural disasters and deep integration into global markets that make them particularly vulnerable to global environmental and economic change processes. Although there has been considerable research into the impacts of global change processes on small island vulnerability, much less attention has been paid to their resilience, particularly at the intersection of environmental and economic change and the consequences for food security. This paper presents an overview of the social–ecological vulnerabilities that drive food and nutrition insecurity in different SIDS contexts and considers how policies and governance arrangements might better support more resilient and sustainable small island food systems drawing from the collection of papers in this Special Issue.en
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dc.identifier.citationLowitt, K., Saint Ville, A.S., Lewis, P., & Hickey, G.M. (2015). Environmental change and food security: the special case of small island developing states. Regional Environmental Change, 15(7), 1293-1298. doi:10.1007/s10113-015-0849-3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/55510
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.pep-net.org/sites/pep-net.org/files/CBMS/Publications/TheManyFacesofPoverty_Vol7.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpingeren
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMING SYSTEMSen
dc.subjectCOMPLEXITYen
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATIONen
dc.subjectADAPTATIONen
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMSen
dc.titleEnvironmental change and food security : the special case of small island developing statesen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.copyright.holderSpringer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
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idrc.project.number106525
idrc.project.titleImproving the Nutrition and Health of CARICOM Populations (CIFSRF)en
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC01-671-83
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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