Geography of small islands: outposts of globalisation
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- References -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Textboxes -- List of Island Brain Teasers -- 1: Introduction to the Geography of Small Islands -- 1.1 What Is an Island? -- 1.2 Isolation: How Isolated Are Islands? -- 1.3 Distance: How Remote Is an Island? -- 1.4 Smallness: How Structured Are Islands? -- 1.5 Insularity: Is There an Insular Identity? -- 1.6 Connection: The Other Side of the Coin or How Globalised Is an Island? -- 1.7 Islands as Outposts of Globalisation -- References -- 2: Genesis of Islands -- 2.1 Volcanic Islands -- 2.2 Tecto-Orogenetic Islands -- 2.3 Sedimentary Islands -- 2.4 Coralline Islands -- 2.4.1 Reef Types: Fringing Reefs, Barrier Reefs and Patch Reefs -- 2.4.2 Atolls -- 2.4.3 Threats to Coralline Islands -- 2.5 Secondary Island Formation Processes -- 2.5.1 Subsidence, Ingression and Emerging Islands -- 2.5.2 Residual or Outlier Islands -- 2.5.3 Dislocation Islands (Horst and Drift Islands) -- 2.5.4 Diapir Islands -- References -- 3: Cultural History of Islands -- 3.1 The Reception of Islands from a Historico-cultural Perspective -- 3.1.1 The Development of the Topos of Crete -- 3.1.2 The Formation of the Roman Island Narrative of Sicily -- 3.1.3 Island Narratives in the European Middle Ages -- 3.1.4 Island Narratives of the Early Modern Period -- 3.1.5 Island Narratives of Modernity -- 3.2 Non-European Island Images -- 3.2.1 The Japanese Creation Myth of Islands -- 3.2.2 Chinese Island Images -- 3.2.3 Chinese Stereotypes of Taiwan -- 3.3 Island Research: Nissology -- 3.4 Island Palimpsest -- 3.5 Island Projections and Representations -- References -- 4: Geopolitics of Small Islands -- 4.1 Guano Islands -- 4.2 Strategic Island Military Bases -- 4.3 The Territorialisation of the Seas: United National Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS).