Journal article
Socio-metabolic risk and tipping points on islands
Abstract
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face enormous sustainability challenges such as heavy reliance on imports to meet basic needs, tenuous resource availability, coastal squeeze, and reduced waste absorption capacity. At the same time, the adverse effects of global environmental change such as global warming, extreme events, and outbreaks of pandemics significantly hinder SIDS’ progress towards sustainable development. This paper makes a …
Authors
Singh SJ; Huang T; Nagabhatla N; Schweizer P-J; Eckelman M; Verschuur J; Soman R
Journal
Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 17, No. 6,
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Publication Date
June 1, 2022
DOI
10.1088/1748-9326/ac6f6c
ISSN
1748-9318