Geography of Small Islands
Outposts of Globalisation
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Beschreibung
This book is dedicated to the study of the islands and their role in a globalised world. Beside Coastal or Oceanic/Marine Geography, there is little comprehensive material about the speciality of small island geography so far. It aims to bridge natural, social and cultural science perspectives. In Geography of Small Islands readers learn about the physical development of islands, their cultural and political importance, as well as their economic particularities. This book appeals to researchers, students and scholars with an interest in the special characteristics in spatialities of islands.
Comprehensive compilation of island studies issues
Analysis of the singularities of small island communities
Contribution to the concept of nissology
Global in perspective with specific case studies based on experience and the author's own work
Comprehensive compilation of island studies issues Analysis of the singularities of small island communities Contribution to the concept of nissology Global in perspective with specific case studies based on experience and the author's own work
Autor*in
Beate M.W. Ratter
Themen in »Geography of Small Islands«
Economic Geography Insularity Islandness Nissology Physical Geography Small Islands Socio-ecological Complex Systems world regional geography economic geology