Geography of Small Islands
Outposts of Globalisation
Authors: Ratter, Beate M.W.
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction to the Geography of Small Islands
Pages 1-24
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Genesis of Islands
Pages 25-59
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Cultural History of Islands
Pages 61-91
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Geopolitics of Small Islands
Pages 93-131
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Socio-spatial and Globalised Economies
Pages 133-172
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Geography of Small Islands
- Book Subtitle
- Outposts of Globalisation
- Authors
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- Beate M.W. Ratter
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-63869-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-63869-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-63867-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-87659-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXI, 224
- Number of Illustrations
- 6 b/w illustrations, 43 illustrations in colour
- Topics
