The growing demand for construction materials in South Tarawa, a remote atoll in the South Pacific, provides an example of the environmental and social challenges associated with the use of nonrenewable resources in the context of small island countries threatened by coastal erosion and climate change. In many small Pacific island countries, the availability of construction materials is limited, with the majority mined from beaches and coastal reefs...
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2014/02/01
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Журнальная статья
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94659
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2016/01/09
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Disclosed
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Sustainably managing natural resources and the need for construction materials in Pacific Island countries : the example of South Tarawa, Kiribati
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beach mining