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From tourist paradises to immigrant detention camps, from offshore finance centres to strategic military bases, islands offer distinct identities and spaces in an increasingly homogenous 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.
The Routledge 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.
Prelims | Download PDF |
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Chapter 1: Definitions and typologies | Download PDF |
Chapter 2: Locations and classifications | Download PDF |
Chapter 3: Origins and environments | Download PDF |
Chapter 4: Evolution | Download PDF |
Chapter 5: Flora | Download PDF |
Chapter 6: Fauna | Download PDF |
Chapter 7: History and colonisation | Download PDF |
Chapter 8: Governance | Download PDF |
Chapter 9: Economics and development | Download PDF |
Chapter 10: Tourism | Download PDF |
Chapter 11: Migration | Download PDF |
Chapter 12: Health and wellbeing | Download PDF |
Chapter 13: Literature and the literary gaze | Download PDF |
Chapter 14: Cities and urbanisation | Download PDF |
Chapter 15: Rivers and estuaries | Download PDF |
Chapter 16: Society and community | Download PDF |
Chapter 17: Resilience and sustainability | Download PDF |
Chapter 18: Brands and branding | Download PDF |
Chapter 19: Commoning and alternative development | Download PDF |
Chapter 20: Artificial islands and islophilia | Download PDF |
Chapter 21: Futures | Download PDF |
Index | Download PDF |