Numerical modeling of small island socio-economics to achieve sustainable development

1996 ◽  
pp. 437-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Engelen ◽  
Roger White ◽  
Inge Uljee ◽  
Serge Wargnies
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Small Island

Promoting Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

2013 ◽  
pp. 403-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Everson J. Peters
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Small Project ◽  
Local Construction ◽  
Quality Design ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Eastern Caribbean

A sustainable development path is critical to most small island developing states, which are often environmentally fragile and have little natural resources. For decades, the small Grenadine islands in the Eastern Caribbean have depended on rainwater harvesting (RWH) for water supply. The RWH systems have improved from the use of household drums and communal cisterns to individual cisterns such that water per capita use at some households is at a similar level to that of developed countries. This improvement was brought about through self-financed projects and the use of local construction know-how. A small project to promote RWH in Green St. Vincent was reviewed to procure an appreciation of the diffusion process. The RWH experiences in these islands as they relate to quality, design, and cost can be relevant to the regional efforts of promoting RWH. The chapter proposes a framework for enhancing the promotion of RWH. The chapter recognizes the importance of RWH in disaster management in the islands.

Promoting Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

2013 ◽  
pp. 1657-1682
Author(s):  
Everson J. Peters
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Small Project ◽  
Local Construction ◽  
Quality Design ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Eastern Caribbean

A sustainable development path is critical to most small island developing states, which are often environmentally fragile and have little natural resources. For decades, the small Grenadine islands in the Eastern Caribbean have depended on rainwater harvesting (RWH) for water supply. The RWH systems have improved from the use of household drums and communal cisterns to individual cisterns such that water per capita use at some households is at a similar level to that of developed countries. This improvement was brought about through self-financed projects and the use of local construction know-how. A small project to promote RWH in Green St. Vincent was reviewed to procure an appreciation of the diffusion process. The RWH experiences in these islands as they relate to quality, design, and cost can be relevant to the regional efforts of promoting RWH. The chapter proposes a framework for enhancing the promotion of RWH. The chapter recognizes the importance of RWH in disaster management in the islands.

Management of Tuna Fisheries for Sustainable Development in the Pacific Islands

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-209
Author(s):  
Michael Batty ◽  
Vivian Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Small Island ◽  
List Type ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Central Pacific ◽  
Central Pacific Ocean ◽  
Tuna Fisheries ◽  
Tuna Fishery

Cooperation by Pacific Island countries in the management of tuna fisheries is an important means of achieving sustainable development of these shared resources, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 14. The Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) tuna fishery is the largest tuna fishery in the world and two examples of arrangements based on regional cooperation are provided: • The purse seine Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) is a fisheries management system that is being implemented through the cooperation of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA), which regulates harvesting of tuna in line with SDG 14.4. The scheme also establishes rights in the shared fishery for small island developing states, increasing economic returns in support of SDG 14.7. • Regional cooperation in fisheries Monitoring Control and Surveillance is a unique collaboration between the members of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) to address illegal, unreported and unregistered (IUU) fishing in support of SDG 14.4. A range of regionally agreed systems and tools is applied.

Sustainable development opportunities in small island nations: A case study of the Cook Islands

2020 ◽  
Vol 277 ◽  
pp. 123045
Author(s):  
Elijah Tyedmers ◽  
Arunima Malik ◽  
Jacob Fry ◽  
Arne Geschke ◽  
Moslem Yousefzadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Cook Islands

Sustainable development and small island states of the Caribbean

1996 ◽  
pp. 385-419
Author(s):  
Erik Blommestein ◽  
Barbara Boland ◽  
Trevor Harker ◽  
Swinburne Lestrade ◽  
Judith Towle
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Island States ◽  
Small Island States ◽  
The Caribbean
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