Island sustainability

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Contains papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Island Sustainability organized on the Island of Brac, dealing with projects, initiatives and experiences related to different island issues. By using the experience of economically developed island environments, it is possible to learn how to ensure the development of other island communities, not only to prevent depopulation but to encourage new settlement. Those projects will serve as guidelines for other initiatives in less de…

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Full title :Island sustainability / editors, S. Favro & C.A. Brebbia.

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Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):WIT Press
Place of Publication:Southampton
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

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Conference proceedings.

The Physical Object

Description:285 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781845644345, 1845644344
oclc:ocn456170925
LC Classification:G154.9
Dewey Decimal:338.479109142

Section 1. Tourism impact and strategies: Possibilities and limitations in the development of selective forms of tourism in the Croatian archipelago: case study of the Istrian islands -- Selection, design and dissemination of Fuerteventura's projected tourism image (Canary Isles) -- How far does tourism stress coral reef environment in island states: case studies of Indian Ocean and Caribbean islands -- Tourism valorisation of lighthouses on Croatian islands and along the coast -- Section 2. Community issues: Scales and scenarios of change in the anthropology-landscape relationship: models of cultural tourism in Fuerteventura (Canary Isles) -- Development of sustainability indices for the wider area of Troodos in Cyprus -- The attitudes of the island local community towards sustainable tourism development -- the case of Stari Grad, island Hvar -- The socio-cultural impacts of visiting friends and relatives on hosts: a Samoan study -- Traditional medicinal knowledge in Cuba -- Section 3. Changing climate and environment: Is it really happening here? A study of climate change perception in the Azores -- Future sea level rise implications on development of Lazarus Island, Singapore S…

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Capacité limite (Écologie) -- Congrès Conference papers and proceedings Ecological carrying capacity Ecological carrying capacity -- Congres… Îles -- Congrès. -- Conditions économiq… Infrastrukturversorgung Insel Islands Islands -- Congresses. -- Economic cond… Islands -- Economic conditions Nachhaltigkeit Ökotourismus Sustainable tourism Sustainable tourism -- Congresses Tourism Tourism -- Congresses Tourisme durable -- Congrès Tourismuswirtschaft Welt