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2021, ''A close and friendly alliance': Biology, geology and the great barrier reef expedition of 1928-1929', in Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, Volume 59, pp. 89 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003138846-2
,2020, 'Adaptation to climate change: Contemporary challenges and perspectives', in Springer Climate, pp. 499 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32878-8_14
,2020, 'Comparison of the physical susceptibility of pacific islands to risks potentially associated with variability in weather and climate', in Springer Climate, pp. 201 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32878-8_4
,2020, 'Downscaling from whole-island to an island-coast assessment of coastal landform susceptibility to metocean change in the pacific ocean', in Springer Climate, pp. 225 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32878-8_5
,2020, 'Islands in the pacific: Settings, distribution and classification', in Springer Climate, pp. 33 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32878-8_2
,2014, 'Small Islands', in Barros VR; Field CB (ed.), Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabiity, Cambridge University Press, USA, pp. 1613 - 1654, http://www.cambridge.org/9781107683860
,2014, 'Technical Summary', in Field CB; Barros VR; Dokken DJ; Mach KJ; Mastrandrea MD; Bilir TB; Chatterjee M; Ebi KL; Estrada YO; Genova RC; Girma B; Kissel ES; Levy AN; MacCracken S; Mastrandrea PR; White LL (ed.), CLIMATE CHANGE 2014: IMPACTS, ADAPTATION, AND VULNERABILITY, PT A: GLOBAL AND SECTORAL ASPECTS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. 35 - 94, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000368115400005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2014, 'Summary for policymakers', in Field CB; Barros VR; Dokken DJ; Mach KJ; Mastrandrea MD; Bilir TE; Chatterjee M; Ebi KL; Estrada YO; Genova RC; Girma B; Kissel ES; Levy AN; MacCracken S; Mastrandrea PR; White LL (ed.), Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1 - 32, https://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/WG2AR5_SPM_FINAL.pdf
,2011, 'Atoll Islands (Motu)', in Hopley D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 47 - 51
,2011, 'Bassett Edges', in Hopley D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 107 - 107
,2011, 'Beach Rock', in Hopley D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 107 - 111
,2011, 'Boat Channel', in Hopley D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 165 - 165
,2011, 'Faroes Reefs', in Hopley D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 405 - 405
,2011, 'Platforms (Cemented)', in Hopley D (ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 812 - 813
,2008, 'Coastal systems and low-lying areas', in Parry M (ed.), Climate Change 2007 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Working Group II Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 315 - 356
,2008, 'Coral reefs', in Burt TP; Chorley RJ; Brunsden D; Cox NJ; Goudie AS (ed.), The History of the Study of Landforms, Geological Society, London, pp. 863 - 922
,2008, 'Small islands', in Parry M (ed.), Climate Change 2007 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Working Group II Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 687 - 716
,2007, 'Summary for policymakers', in Parry ML; Canziani OF; Palutikof JP; van der Linden PJ; Hanson CE (ed.), Climate Change 2007 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Working Group II Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 7 - 22
,2004, 'Brunn Rule', in Goudie AS (ed.), Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, Routledge, London, pp. 103 - 106
,2001, 'Coastal zones and marine ecosystems', in McCarthy JJ; Canziani OF; Leary NA; Dokken DJ; White KS (ed.), Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Contribution of Working Group II to Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 343 - 379
,2001, 'Summary for policymakers', in McCarthy JJ; Canziani OF; Leary NA; Dokken DJ; White KS (ed.), Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Contribution of Working Group II to Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 1 - 18
,2001, 'Technical summary', in McCarthy JJ; Canziani OF; Leary NA; Dokken DJ; White KS (ed.), Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Cambridge University Press for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, New York and Cambridge, pp. 19 - 73
,2000, 'Atolls', in Lal B; Fortune K (ed.), The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, pp. 20 - 21
,2000, 'Tsunami', in Lal B; Fortune K (ed.), The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, pp. 49 - 50
,1998, 'Small island states', in The regional impacts of climate change an assessment of vulnerability, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 333 - 354
,1998, 'Summary for policymakers: The regional impacts of climate change - an assessment of vulnerability', in The Regional Impacts of Climate Change an Assessment of Vulnerability, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1 - 18
,1998, 'Tropical Asia', in The regional impacts of climate change an assessment of vulnerability, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 383 - 407
,1996, 'Coastal zones and small islands', in Watson RT; Zinyowera MC; Moss RH (ed.), Climate Change 1995 Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific and Technical Analyses, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 289 - 324
,1994, 'Coral Atolls', in Carter RWG; Woodroffe CD (ed.), Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary Shoreline Morphodynamics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 267 - 302
,1991, 'Weather and climate interactions with coastal environmental systems in the South Pacific', in South Pacific Environments: Interactions with Weather and Climate, Environmental Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, pp. 49 - 56
,1986, 'New Zealand', in Araya-Vergara JE (ed.), International Bibliography on Coastal Geomorphology, International Geographical Union, Commission on the Coastal Environment, Santiago, Chile, pp. 131 - 132
,1985, 'New Zealand', in Bird ECF; Schwartz ML (ed.), The World's Coastline, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, New York, pp. 981 - 994
,1983, 'Lakeba: Coastal geomorphology', in Latham, M, (réd.), Brookfield, HC, (réd.), Denis, B, Bayliss-Smith, JP, Brookfield, M, Campbell, JR, Hope, GC, Hughes, PJ & Mac Lean, RF (ed.), Iles Fidji orientales : étude du milieu naturel, de son utilisation et de son évolution sous l'influence humaine = the Eastern Islands of Fidji : A Study of the Natural Environment, its Use and Man's Influence on its Evolution, ORSTOM, Paris, pp. 23 - 27
,1982, 'Biologic weathering and erosion', in Schwartz ML (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Beaches and Coastal Environments, Hutchinson Ross Pub. Co., Stroudsburg, Pa, pp. 424 - 424
,1982, 'Fault coast', in Schwartz ML (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Beaches and Coastal Environments, Hutchinson Ross Pub. Co., Stroudsburg, Pa, pp. 455 - 456
,1982, 'Gravel ridge and rampart', in Schwartz ML (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Beaches and Coastal Environments, Hutchinson Ross Pub. Co., Stroudsburg, Pa, pp. 699 - 699
,1982, 'Rock borers', in Schwartz ML (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Beaches and Coastal Environments, Hutchinson Ross Pub. Co., Stroudsburg, Pa, pp. 876 - 876
,1982, 'Zingg shape', in Schwartz ML (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Beaches and Coastal Environments, Hutchinson Ross Pub. Co., Stroudsburg, Pa, pp. 885 - 885
,1980, 'Spatial and temporal variability of external physical controls on small island ecosystems', in Population-Environment Relations in Tropical Islands: The Case of Eastern Fiji, UNESCO, Paris, pp. 149 - 175
,1980, 'The land-sea interface of small tropical islands: Morphodynamics and man', in Population-Environment Relations in Tropical Islands: The Case of Eastern Fiji, UNESCO, Paris, pp. 125 - 130
,1979, 'The coast of Lakeba: A geomorphological reconnaissance', in Lakeba: Environmental Change, Population Dynamics and Resource Use, Development Studies Centre, ANU for UNESCO, Canberra, pp. 65 - 81, http://www.islandvulnerability.org/docs/mab5.pdf
,1978, 'Kabara in the 1970s: Home in spite of hazards', in The Small Islands and Reefs, Development Studies Centre, ANU for UNESCO, Canberra, pp. 9 - 67, http://www.islandvulnerability.org/docs/mab4.pdf
,1978, 'Recent coastal progradation in New Zealand', in Davies JL (ed.), Landform Evolution in Australasia, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 168 - 196
,1977, 'The hurricane hazard in the eastern islands of Fiji: An historical analysis, 1875-1975', in McLean RF; Bayliss-Smith TP; Brookfield M; Campbell JR (ed.), The Hurricane Hazard: Natural Disaster and Small Populations, Development Studies Centre, Australian National University for UNESCO, Canberra, pp. 9 - 63, http://www.islandvulnerability.org/docs/mab1.pdf
,1967, 'The drainage basin as a functional region', in Dynamic Relationships in Physical Geography, Dept. of Geography and Dept. of Extension Studies, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, pp. 77 - 86
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