- Routledge Studies in Human Geography: Island Geographies : Essays and Conversations (2016, Hardcover) download book DOC, EPUB, TXT
9781138921726 1138921726 Islands and their environs aerial, terrestrial, aquatic may be understood as intensifiers, their particular and distinctive geographies enabling concentrated study of many kinds of challenges and opportunities. This edited collection brings together several emerging and established academics with expertise in island studies, and interest in geopolitics, governance, adaptive capacity, justice, equity, self-determination, environmental care and protection, and land management. Individually and together, their perspectives provide theoretically useful, empirically grounded evidence of the contributions human geographers can make to knowledge and understanding of island places and the place of islands. Nine chapters engage with the themes, issues, and ideas that characterise the borderlands between island studies and human geography and allied fields, and are contributed by authors for whom matters of place, space, environment, and scale are key, and for whom islands hold an abiding fascination. The penultimate chapter is rather more experimental a conversation among these authors and the editor and the last chapter offers timely reflections upon island geographies past and future, penned by the first named professor of island geography, Stephen Royle. ", Islands and their environs--aerial, terrestrial, aquatic--may be understood as intensifiers, their particular and distinctive geographies enabling concentrated study of many kinds of challenges and opportunities. This edited collection brings together several emerging and established academics with expertise in island studies, and interest in geopolitics, governance, adaptive capacity, justice, equity, self-determination, environmental care and protection, and land management. Individually and together, their perspectives provide theoretically useful, empirically grounded evidence of the contributions human geographers can make to knowledge and understanding of island places and the place of islands. Nine chapters engage with the themes, issues, and ideas that characterise the borderlands between island studies and human geography and allied fields, and are contributed by authors for whom matters of place, space, environment, and scale are key, and for whom islands hold an abiding fascination. The penultimate chapter is rather more experimental--a conversation among these authors and the editor--and the last chapter offers timely reflections upon island geographies' past and future, penned by the first named professor of island geography, Stephen Royle., This book provides an in-depth exploration of islands from a human geography perspective, with contributions from leading scholars within the field and international examples of topical debates within island studies. A range of diverse and challenges and issues are analysed using multiple theoretical, methodological and empirical contexts. Questions of environmental governance and management are explored, from seabed mining in Australasia to waste and energy production in the Caribbean, to questions of climate finance and economic fairness. The changing land use of islands is analysed in Bangladesh, using GIS and remote sensing data, to offer important insights into planning for sustainable land use. Island feminism is analysed in the Aegean, Pacific and Caribbean to examine gendered experiences and the organization of island communities. In Tasmania, perceptions and experiences of lighthouses are explored, drawing on a phenomenological approach to understand the relationship between the built and natural environment. The cultural heritage of islands and conservation of protected areas is considered in New Zealand, drawing on concepts of nature and culture, and the influence of 'islandness' on heritage management. A 'round table discussion chapter', where contributors reflect on their approaches and perspectives, enables the reader to reflect on their own practices. The concluding chapter offers reflections on the future of island geography.
9781138921726 1138921726 Islands and their environs aerial, terrestrial, aquatic may be understood as intensifiers, their particular and distinctive geographies enabling concentrated study of many kinds of challenges and opportunities. This edited collection brings together several emerging and established academics with expertise in island studies, and interest in geopolitics, governance, adaptive capacity, justice, equity, self-determination, environmental care and protection, and land management. Individually and together, their perspectives provide theoretically useful, empirically grounded evidence of the contributions human geographers can make to knowledge and understanding of island places and the place of islands. Nine chapters engage with the themes, issues, and ideas that characterise the borderlands between island studies and human geography and allied fields, and are contributed by authors for whom matters of place, space, environment, and scale are key, and for whom islands hold an abiding fascination. The penultimate chapter is rather more experimental a conversation among these authors and the editor and the last chapter offers timely reflections upon island geographies past and future, penned by the first named professor of island geography, Stephen Royle. ", Islands and their environs--aerial, terrestrial, aquatic--may be understood as intensifiers, their particular and distinctive geographies enabling concentrated study of many kinds of challenges and opportunities. This edited collection brings together several emerging and established academics with expertise in island studies, and interest in geopolitics, governance, adaptive capacity, justice, equity, self-determination, environmental care and protection, and land management. Individually and together, their perspectives provide theoretically useful, empirically grounded evidence of the contributions human geographers can make to knowledge and understanding of island places and the place of islands. Nine chapters engage with the themes, issues, and ideas that characterise the borderlands between island studies and human geography and allied fields, and are contributed by authors for whom matters of place, space, environment, and scale are key, and for whom islands hold an abiding fascination. The penultimate chapter is rather more experimental--a conversation among these authors and the editor--and the last chapter offers timely reflections upon island geographies' past and future, penned by the first named professor of island geography, Stephen Royle., This book provides an in-depth exploration of islands from a human geography perspective, with contributions from leading scholars within the field and international examples of topical debates within island studies. A range of diverse and challenges and issues are analysed using multiple theoretical, methodological and empirical contexts. Questions of environmental governance and management are explored, from seabed mining in Australasia to waste and energy production in the Caribbean, to questions of climate finance and economic fairness. The changing land use of islands is analysed in Bangladesh, using GIS and remote sensing data, to offer important insights into planning for sustainable land use. Island feminism is analysed in the Aegean, Pacific and Caribbean to examine gendered experiences and the organization of island communities. In Tasmania, perceptions and experiences of lighthouses are explored, drawing on a phenomenological approach to understand the relationship between the built and natural environment. The cultural heritage of islands and conservation of protected areas is considered in New Zealand, drawing on concepts of nature and culture, and the influence of 'islandness' on heritage management. A 'round table discussion chapter', where contributors reflect on their approaches and perspectives, enables the reader to reflect on their own practices. The concluding chapter offers reflections on the future of island geography.