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Islands at Risk? - Environments, Economies and Contemporary Change (Hardcover)
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Islands at Risk? - Environments, Economies and Contemporary Change (Hardcover)
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This book provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of
contemporary economic, social, political and environmental change
in small islands, island states and territories, through every
ocean. It focuses on those island realms conventionally perceived
as developing, rather than developed, in the Caribbean, Pacific and
Indian Oceans.John Connell examines the decline of agriculture and
the rise of tourism, the problems of urbanization, and the
particular role of migration and remittances, within a culture of
migration. He seeks to balance economic challenges with
environmental threats, notably that of climate change, and social
changes with the survival of culture, pointing to awkward and
hybrid development futures. This unique study comprehensively
balances environmental, social and economic changes to provide a
more wide-ranging assessment of sustainability that will be
invaluable for academics and postgraduate students on environment
and international development courses. Contents: Preface 1.
Introduction 2. Islands and Political Economies 3. The Historic
Core: Agriculture and Fisheries 4. Towards Modern Economies? 5.
Urban Futures? 6. Leaving the Islands: International Migration 7.
Environmental Change 8. Islands at Risk? References Index
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