Islands and cultures : how Pacific islands provide paths toward sustainability

Parallelsachtitel: How Pacific Islands provide paths toward sustainability
Islands & cultures
1. Verfasser: Beamer, Kamanamaikalani, , [VerfasserIn]
Tau, Te Maire, , [VerfasserIn]
Vitousek, Peter Morrison, , [VerfasserIn]
Weitere Verfasser: Anderson, Atholl , [MitwirkendeR]
Chadwick, Oliver A., , [MitwirkendeR]
Duarte, T. Kaeo, , [MitwirkendeR]
Haoa Cardinali, Sonia, , [MitwirkendeR]
Kirch, Patrick Vinton , [MitwirkendeR]
Kurashima, Natalie, , [MitwirkendeR]
Ladefoged, Thegn N. , [MitwirkendeR]
Lincoln, Noa, , [MitwirkendeR]
Matson, P. A. , [MitwirkendeR]
Stevenson, Christopher M. 1952- , [MitwirkendeR]
Vaughan, Mehana Blaich, , [MitwirkendeR]
Winter, Kawika B., , [MitwirkendeR]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2022].
Umfang/Format: viii, 228 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Background. Who are the Polynesians and what is Polynesia?
  • Polynesian islands as model social-environmental systems
  • Narratives of Islands and Societies. Hawai'i
  • Rapa Nui (Easter Island) rock gardens
  • Tikopia : a 3,000 year journey toward sustainability
  • Mahinga kai nō Tonganui (New Zealand) : making a living in South Polynesia, 1250-1800
  • Comparisons and Syntheses. The hidden pā of knowledge and the mind of Māori
  • Similarities and differences in island social-environmental systems
  • Sustainability in Polynesian island societies.