Investigation of Social Aspects of Disaster Resilience.
Excerpt.
Understanding climate-human interactions in small island developing states (SIDS): Implications for future sustainability
“Many local methods have become casualties of globalization.
There is good reason to try and conserve traditional knowledge in many rural/peripheral island contexts, even the stories, myths that may have been passed down for generations because this represents an accumulation of wisdom over hundreds, sometimes thousands of years that often captures the environmental and cultural nuances of living in particular places
Roots of modern globalization took hold on most oceanic islands 150-100 years ago and initiated livelihood changes that became more dominant subsequently, a reliance on cheap imported store-bought food is now widespread on many more populous islands with agriculture and fisheries often sidelined.
Resilience of many Island Societies is evident from their unbroken residence comparatively small and remote ocean bounded landmass, often for a millennia and has its core a communal approach to sustainability.” Patrick Nunn, Rosalyn Kumar.