Geography Of Islands,9781857288650

Geography Of Islands

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ISBN13: 9781857288650
ISBN10: 1857288653
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-03-19
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

A Geography of Islandsgives a comprehensive survey of 'islandness' and its defining features. Steve Royle has visited and studied 312 islands in 49 countries in all the worlds oceans. It is full of up to date global case studies, from Okinawa to Inishboffin, and Hawaii to Crete. In the final chapter, all the themes are brought together in a case study of the Atlantic island of St Helena. It is well illustrated with the authors own photographs and maps. This book will appeal to those studying islands as well as those with an interest in the topic, particularly those engaged in dealing with small island economies.

Table of Contents

List of figures
vi
List of tables
viii
Acknowledgements ix
Inslands: dreams and realities
1(24)
Islands: their formation and nature
25(17)
Insularity: processes and effects
42(26)
Islands in the past
68(19)
Islands: people and migration
87(23)
Islands: communications and services
110(24)
Politics and small islands
134(32)
Making a living: island economies in the contemporary period
166(22)
Islands of dreams: tourism, the universal panacea for island problems?
188(22)
Conclusion: St Helena wins again
210(17)
Index 227

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