| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge international handbooks |
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Routledge international handbooks.
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| Contents |
Part I Foundations of islands and island life -- chapter 1 Definitions and typologies / Stephen A. Royle -- chapter 2 Locations and classifications / Christian Depraetere -- chapter 3 Origins and environments / Patrick D. Nunn -- chapter 4 Evolution / Andrew J. Berry -- chapter 5 Flora / Diana M. Percy -- chapter 6 Fauna / R.J. "Sam" Berry and Adrian M. Lister -- Part II The human world of islands -- chapter 7 History and colonisation / Robert Aldrich -- chapter 8 Governance / Edward Warrington -- chapter 9 Economics and development / Geoff Bertram -- chapter 10 Tourism / Sonya Graci -- chapter 11 Migration / John Connell -- chapter 12 Health and wellbeing / Robin Kearns -- chapter 13 Literature and the literary gaze / Elizabeth McMahon -- chapter 14 Cities and urbanisation / Adam Grydehøj -- chapter 15 Rivers and estuaries / Mitul Baruah -- chapter 16 Society and community / Godfrey Baldacchino -- chapter 17 Resilience and sustainability / Ilan Kelman -- chapter 18 Brands and branding / Godfrey Baldacchino -- chapter 19 Commoning and alternative development / Eric Clark -- chapter 20 Artificial islands and islophilia / Klaus Dodds and Veronica della Dora -- chapter 21 Futures: green and blue / Graeme Robertson |
| Summary |
"From tourist paradises to immigrant detention camps, from offshore finance centres to strategic military bases, islands offer distinct identities and spaces in an increasingly homogeneous and placeless world. The study of islands is important, for its own sake and on its own terms. But so is the notion that the island is a laboratory, a place for developing and testing ideas, and from which lessons can be learned and applied elsewhere. This International Handbook of Island Studies is a global, research-based and pluri-disciplinary overview of the study of islands. Its chapters deal with the contribution of islands to literature, social science and natural science, as well as other applied areas of inquiry. The collated expertise of interdisciplinary and international scholars offers unique insights: individual chapters dwell on geomorphology, zoology and evolutionary biology; the history, sociology, economics and politics of island communities; tourism, wellbeing and migration; as well as island branding, resilience and commoning. The text also offers pioneering forays into the study of islands that are cities, along rivers or artificial constructions. This insightful Handbook will appeal to geographers, environmentalists, sociologists, political scientists and, one hopes, some of the 600 million or so people who live on islands or are interested in the rich dynamics of islands and island life."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 03, 2018) |
| SUBJECT |
Initiative für Selbstbestimmtes Leben Behinderter Menschen Hamburg gnd |
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Islands -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Islands -- Social conditions -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Islands -- Social life and customs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Island ecology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Island ecology
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Islands
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Islands -- Social conditions
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Islands -- Social life and customs
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Governance
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Ökologie
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Soziale Situation
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Wirtschaftliche Lage
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Baldacchino, Godfrey, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317027256 |
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1317027256 |
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9781317027249 |
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1317027248 |
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9781315556642 |
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1315556642 |
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9781317027232 |
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131702723X |
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