Since then that space has been transformed into a sacred place to those people and no one can ever take that away from them. As time has passed, the Native Hawaiian population has decreased immensely, who widely remain now, after years of transforming once again, are Locals, a term which Costa & Besio (2011) explain as “encompassing many of the ethnic groups who migrated to Hawai'i to work in plantation agriculture during the latter half of the nineteenth century such as Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese, and now includes Native Hawaiians, Portuguese, and Caucasians (haole).” (pg. 839-840). Place, especially a place like Hawai'i, is also being transformed over time with relation to climate change and the evolving changes to the environment. Nunn (2013) states: “Climate and geology are the principal controls on global landform development. Climatic and oceanographic controls, particularly precipitation, are important causes of landform variation throughout the Pacific Islands.” (pg. 45). So not only are the social and cultural changes contributing to the transformation of Hawai'i, but so are the physical
Since then that space has been transformed into a sacred place to those people and no one can ever take that away from them. As time has passed, the Native Hawaiian population has decreased immensely, who widely remain now, after years of transforming once again, are Locals, a term which Costa & Besio (2011) explain as “encompassing many of the ethnic groups who migrated to Hawai'i to work in plantation agriculture during the latter half of the nineteenth century such as Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese, and now includes Native Hawaiians, Portuguese, and Caucasians (haole).” (pg. 839-840). Place, especially a place like Hawai'i, is also being transformed over time with relation to climate change and the evolving changes to the environment. Nunn (2013) states: “Climate and geology are the principal controls on global landform development. Climatic and oceanographic controls, particularly precipitation, are important causes of landform variation throughout the Pacific Islands.” (pg. 45). So not only are the social and cultural changes contributing to the transformation of Hawai'i, but so are the physical