Atoll Island States and International Law: Climate Change Displacement and Sovereignty

by Lilian Yamamoto and Miguel Esteban

Book Overview

Atoll Island States exist on top of what is perceived to be one of the planet's most vulnerable ecosystems: atolls. It has been predicted that an increase in the pace of sea level rise brought about by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will cause them to disappear, forcing their inhabitants to migrate.
The present book represents a multidisciplinary legal and engineering perspective on this problem, challenging some...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662524163
• ISBN13: 9783662524169
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"