Geography of Small Islands

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction to the Geography of Small Islands

   • Beate M. W. Ratter

   Pages 1-24

3. Genesis of Islands

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   Pages 25-59

4. Cultural History of Islands

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   Pages 61-91

5. Geopolitics of Small Islands

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   Pages 93-131

6. Socio-spatial and Globalised Economies

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7. Island Vulnerability and Resilience

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   Pages 173-199

8. Conclusion

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9. Back Matter

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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. This volume 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.

• Economic Geography
• Insularity
• Islandness
• Nissology
• Physical Geography
• Small Islands
• Socio-ecological Complex Systems
• world regional geography
• economic geology

• Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

  Beate M.W. Ratter

Professor of Integrative Geography at the University of Hamburg, Beate Ratter is also head of the Department of Human Dimensions in Coastal Areas at the Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht. She spent the last 25 years studying boundaries and Maritime Delimitation for Islands and became expert on impact of maritime delimitation processes and regional cultural development in islands.

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