Internal relocation as a relevant and feasible adaptation strategy in Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia.

ABSTRACT: Atoll islands face increasing coastal risks (coastal erosion and marine flooding) due to climate change, especially sea-level rise. To face increasing coastal risks, various adaptation options are considered by atoll countries and territories, including in particular hard protection (preferred option to date), Nature-based Solutions (increasingly used) and island raising (considered a longer-term solution and a potential alternative to international migration, e.g. in the Maldives). Internal relocation within the same atoll island or atoll, which refers to long-term community movement from one threatened island area or island to a safer island area or island, has previously been disregarded by scholars as a potentially relevant climate adaptation strategy. However, in low-lying coastal are

SUBMITTER: Duvat VKE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9391457 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature