Elsewhere : A Journey into Our Age of Islands /

There are millions of islands on our planet. New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate, for tourism and territorial ambition. Many are also disappearing, besieged by rising sea levels. The story of our world's islands is one of the great dramas of our time, and it is playing out arou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bonnett, Alastair (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2020]
Temas:
Artificial islands.
Islands.
Travel / General.
geography, social studies, islands, tourism, territory, expansion, climate change, sea levels, south china, water, atlantic, pacific, oceans, scotland, travel, wanderlust, photographs, nature, natural world, buildings, inequality, economics, conflict, history, historical, archipelago, dubai, hong kong, central america, adventure, easy to read, traveler, jetsetter, international, power, global, globetrotter, netherlands, ocean reef, panama, hungary.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Rising
  • Part Two: Disappearing
  • Part Three: Future
  • Not an Ending
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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