1st Edition

Migration, Land and Livelihoods Creating Alternative Modernities in the Pacific

Edited By George Curry, Gina Koczberski, John Connell Copyright 2015
112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

This book critically and succinctly examines recent changes in land ownership, mobility and livelihoods in various Pacific island states, from East Timor to the Solomon Islands, where climate change, environmental change (including hazards of various origins), population growth and urbanization have contributed to new tensions and discords and resulted in complex structures of migration and... Read more

1. Introduction: enacting modernity in the Pacific?  2. Population Resettlement in the Pacific: lessons from a hazardous history?  3. Migration, Informal Urban Settlements and Non-market Land Transactions: a case study of Wewak, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea  4. Land, Identity and Conflict on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands  5. Changing Land Tenure and Informal Land Markets in the Oil Palm Frontier Regions of Papua New Guinea: the challenge for land reform  6. Access to Land and Livelihoods in Post-conflict Timor-Leste

Biography

George Curry is Professor of Geography in the Faculty of the Built Environment at Curtin University, Perth.



Gina Koczberski is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of the Built Environment at Curtin University, Perth.



John Connell is Professor of Geography in the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney.