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Small Islands in Peril? : Island Size and Island Lives in Melanesia by Colin Filer is a politics available to read on EtoBox.
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This book explores the idea that small island communities could be regarded as canaries in the coal mine of sustainable development because of scientific and anecdotal evidence of a common link between rapid population growth, degradation of the local resource base, and intensification of disputes over the ownership and use of terrestrial and marine resources. The authors are all anthropologists with a specific interest in the question of whether the economic and social ‘safety valves’ that have
Who reads Small Islands in Peril? : Island Size and Island Lives in Melanesia?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Colin Filer
- Publisher
- ANU Press
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781760466541
- Category
- politics
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Science, Engineering
- Updated
- 2026-03-25