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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Campbell, Yonique,
• Connell, John,

Titel

Covid in the islands : a comparative perspective on the Caribbean and the Pacific

Ort / Verlag

Singapore : Springer,

Erscheinungsjahr

[2021]

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: COVID-19 and Small Island States -- Public Health -- Economies in Crisis -- Tourism -- Beyond Tourism -- Employment -- Remittances -- At Home: Back to Basics? -- Social Lives, Social Worlds -- Public Policy: Assistance from Afar -- The Diversity of SIDS -- References -- Chapter 2: Public Health and Political Imperatives: Balancing Lives, Livelihoods, and Democracy in Jamaica's COVID-19 Experience -- Introduction -- Lives -- Livelihoods -- Politics in a Pandemic -- Infections Surge, Restrictions Relax -- No Playbook -- Chapter 3: COVID-19 in Pacific Islands People of Aotearoa/New Zealand: Communities Taking Control -- Introduction -- Pacific Islands People of Aotearoa/New Zealand -- Socio-Economic Determinants of Health -- COVID-19 in Aotearoa/New Zealand -- The Auckland August Cluster -- Pacific Communities Respond -- Looking to the Future -- References -- Chapter 4: Coronavirus and CARICOM: The Benefit of a Regional University in a Coherent Pandemic Response -- Introduction -- CARICOM and UWI: Regional Partners in Perpetuity -- Zika: Practice Makes Perfect -- Laboratories as Lynchpin -- The UWI COVID-19 Task Force: Informing the Caribbean's Response -- Recapitulating the WHO's Health Systems Framework in a Regional Pandemic Response -- References -- Chapter 5: Caribbean Economies and COVID-19: Impact and Prospects for 2021 and Beyond -- Introduction -- Economic Context of the Caribbean -- Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Caribbean -- Economic Support from the International Community -- Policy Recommendations and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 6: Did French Polynesia Cope with COVID-19? Intrinsic Vulnerabilities and Decreased Resilience -- Introduction -- The Idea of Vulnerability -- Vulnerabilities in French Polynesia.
• Economic Dependence on Tourism -- Spatial Dependencies and Inequalities -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Covid-19 Management in New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna: A Magnifying Glass for Local Political and Economic Issues -- Introduction -- Islandness, Remoteness and the Diffusion of COVID-19 -- Epidemic Management Controversies Despite Two (Almost) COVID-Free Territories -- COVID-19 Management Embroiled in Local Geopolitics -- COVID-19 Questioning Economic and Financial Dependence on France -- COVID-19 Restrictions Generating New Domestic Tourism and Development Opportunities -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Double Jeopardy: Distance and Decentralisation in Tuvalu -- Introduction -- An Urban World? -- Migration -- Permanent Migration -- COVID-19 and Mobility Reversal -- Conclusion: Returning to the World? -- References -- Chapter 9: Learning from the Past? Sovereign Space and Recreating Self-Reliance in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia -- A Brief History of Kosrae -- Reduction, Acceleration, and Redirection of Global Flows -- Navigating Uncertainty -- Seeing the Positive - Seeing the Island -- Concluding Thoughts - Departing and Arriving -- References -- Chapter 10: Healthcare Denied? Covid-19 and Kiribati's Shrinking Transnational Space -- Introduction -- Healthcare in Kiribati -- Local Outcomes -- Beyond International Healthcare -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Small and Isolated Vava'u, Tonga: From Weakness to Strength During COVID-19? -- Introduction -- The Absence of COVID-19 -- Agriculture -- Cash Crops -- Tonga Tackles COVID -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: The Bahamas: Tourism Policy Within a Pandemic -- The Bahamas as a Tourist Destination -- Towards a Strategy? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: An Industry in Crisis: How Vanuatu's Tourism Sector Is Seeking Economic Recovery.
• Introduction -- The Non-Arrival of the Pandemic and Vanuatu's Economic Context -- A Changed World: The Impacts of the Pandemic on Vanuatu's Tourism Industry -- Case Study 1 - Business-Level Response: The Havannah Resort -- Case Study 2 - Sector Level Response: A New Domestic Tourism Campaign -- Case Study 3 - Policy Level Response and Recovery?: COVID Safe Business Operations Guidelines -- Crisis Response: Lessons and Cautionary Tales -- Conclusion: Policy, Politics and a Pandemic - Learning as we Go -- References -- Chapter 14: Vaccination for Vacation: Assessing the Resilience of the Jamaican Hospitality Industry in a Pandemic -- Introduction -- Jamaica: Heartbeat of the World -- An Industry in Crisis. Framing the Local Within the Global -- Lives Versus Livelihoods -- The Reopening -- Facing the Future -- The Final Analysis -- References -- Chapter 15: Tourism in a World of Disorder: A Return to the Vanua and Kinship with Nature in Fiji -- Introduction -- Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and Complex Systems Theory -- The Research Area and Context -- Approaches -- Adaptive Strategies: Looking Inwards -- Conclusions: The Place of Vanua -- References -- Chapter 16: COVID-19 and Transnational Remittances in Samoa: Maintaining Family Ties in the Face of Crisis -- Introduction -- A Short Background on Remittances and Disaster -- Samoans, Transnational Ties and Remittances -- The Impacts of COVID-19 on Samoans -- Remittances in the Face of COVID-19 -- Disaster and Transnational Community Response: Beyond COVID-19 -- References -- Chapter 17: Pacific Labour Mobility on Pause: Consequences of Temporary Immobility During the Pandemic -- Introduction -- A Brief History of Contemporary Pacific Labour Mobility -- Pacific Labour Mobility and Immobility: COVID-19-Induced Changes -- Methodology -- Impacts on Workers -- Employment Impacts: Prospective Workers.
• Employment Impacts: Current Workers -- Financial Impacts -- Community Assistance -- Isolation and Missing Families -- PLM During a Global Pandemic: An Opportunity for Recognising and Revaluing Pacific Islander Labour -- References -- Chapter 18: From Face to Face to Meeting in Space: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Events Industry in Trinidad and Tobago -- Introduction -- Trinidad and Tobago's Response to COVID-19 -- COVID-19's Impact on Trinidad and Tobago's Events Industry -- Events Cancellations and Postponement: Economic Impacts -- Pivot or Perish: Strategies for Managing Events -- Emergence of Virtual Events -- Emergence of Micro Events -- Moving Forwards, Moving Outwards -- References -- Chapter 19: Challenging the Idea of Work: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Future of Work, Health and Well-Being of the Jamaican Workforce -- Introduction -- A Conceptual Framework -- The Jamaican Context -- Economic Impact -- Remote Work -- Technology and Digitisation -- Gender Inequalities -- Leadership and Management -- Situation Analysis of Occupational Health in Jamaica in the Context of Sustainable Development -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 20: COVID-19 and Food Security in Fiji's Urban Areas: The Rise of Urban Farming and Home Gardening as a 'New Way of Life' -- Introduction -- Methodology -- COVID-19 and the Threat to Food Security: The Reinforcement of Urban Farming in Suva -- COVID-19: A Catalyst for a National Nutritional Shift? -- Conclusion: COVID-19 as an Opportunity for Social Change? -- References -- Chapter 21: Catching Fish in COVID-19 Currents: Food Security and Governance in Rural Communities in Solomon Islands -- Introduction -- Coastal Fisheries, Food Security and COVID-19 Currents in Solomon Islands -- Impacts of COVID-19 Currents on Gender and Fisheries.
• Strategies for Fish and Food Security from COVID-19 to the "New Normal" -- References -- Chapter 22: Of Isolation and Atolls: Coping with Covid-19 in Manus, Papua New Guinea -- Introduction -- Ahus Island -- Methods -- Markets -- Livelihoods -- Access to Services -- Food and Nutrition Security -- Social Relationships -- Isolation and Adaptive Capacity -- New Normal: Ways Forward -- References -- Chapter 23: COVID-19: The Impact of a Complex Disaster on Household Food Security in Caribbean SIDS -- Introduction -- Human Behaviour and Reducing Risk in a Complex and Uncertain Environment -- Methods and Islands -- How Was Food Security Incorporated into National Interventions, Other Policies, and Households' Response Measures? -- Policy Considerations to Safeguard Food Security in a Pandemic -- References -- Chapter 24: God and the Virus in Papua New Guinea: Outsourcing Risk, Living with Uncertainty and (Re)creating a Niupela Pasin -- Introduction -- Outsourcing Risk -- Living with Uncertainty -- (Re)creating a niupela pasin -- Conclusion: Science, Religion and Tradition -- Coda -- References -- Chapter 25: Igat wei bilong lukautim mipela yet istap (We Can Look After Ourselves): Community-Based Organisations Responding to COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea -- Introduction -- COVID-19 and Challenges for Vulnerable Groups in PNG -- CBOs Advocating for Human Rights in PNG -- Methodology -- Impacts of COVID-19 State of Emergency as Reported by Participants -- Programs Implemented by KUSWA and KWP -- Challenges and Opportunities Experienced by the CBOs -- Discussion -- Recognising the role of CBOs in Emergency Response -- References -- Chapter 26: Safeguarding Human Rights in a Global Pandemic: Reflections on the Caribbean's Response to COVID-19 -- Introduction -- The Need for a Holistic Rights-Based Response to COVID-19.
• Civil and Political Rights: Personal Freedoms Versus Public Health.
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