SDSU Geological Sciences - Thesis - Jared Warner

Atoll Island States and International Law

“…Sidr slammed the highly vulnerable low lying densely populated coastal areas with heavy rain, winds of up to 215 km/h, and a significant storm surge. 127 However, tropical cyclones occur most frequently in the western north Pacific Area, which accounts for approximately one-third of all typhoons in the world. In some areas of the country coastal dikes were built before cyclone Sidr struck, and even though these were reinforced in areas with sandbags many could not resist the force of the waves.…”

“…125 Displacement Solutions (2009). 127 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2011), p. 13. otherwise it is unlikely that any new piece of land that they could obtain would offer them many opportunities. 127 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2011), p. 13. otherwise it is unlikely that any new piece of land that they could obtain would offer them many opportunities.…”

“…Only in 1967, the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees enlarged the protection to other nationalities. 127 Until recent times, with the development of science, these situations were not attributed to human activities and States would not consider that they had an obligation to compensate others for climate conditions. 124 The displacement of people by sea level rise emphasizes that those typically pictured as "saviours" (i.e.…”

“…) structures, 9, 64, 87-90, 96, 97, 151-155 vulnerability, 54, 67, 230,239,241 Collaboration,9 Collective implementation,[149][150][151]192,288 Colonization,21 Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), 125,126,141 Comores,29,49 Complementary protection,5,222,223,245,246,248 [182][183][184]181 Contiguous zone,124,127,131,135,143,195 Continental shelf broad,125,127,141,125,127,141,142 geological,125, 3, 132, 175, 176, 178, 180-183, 185, 212, 287 178 Copra,30,178,197 Coral adaptation,43,…”

“…While we agree that such developments would be welcome, we argued that raising existing islands would be the most obvious and clear way of protecting the maritime zones that originate from them, and would not require any changes to UNCLOS. See British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Bleaching,15,23,[43][44][45][46]49,50,116,118,135 Boers,[189][190]200,288 Border control,189 Bosnia and Herzegovina,183,261 Boundary agreements,140,145,146 fixing,[139][140][141][142][143][144][145][146]148,150 maritime,[123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131]138,[140][141][142]145,148,151 Boungainville 126,196 government,197 population,…”