04529nam 2201081z- 450 991055774630332120231214132839.0(CKB)5400000000045879(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76650(EXLCZ)99540000000004587920202201d2021 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Metabolism of IslandsBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20211 electronic resource (201 p.)3-0365-0936-4 3-0365-0937-2 This book makes the case for why we should care about islands and their sustainability. Islands are hotspots of biocultural diversity and home to 600 million people that depend on one-sixth of the earth’s total area, including the surrounding oceans, for their subsistence. Today, they are at the frontlines of climate change and face an existential crisis. Islands are, however, potential “hubs of innovation” that are uniquely positioned to be leaders in sustainability and climate action. This volume argues that a full-fledged program on “island industrial ecology” is urgently needed, with the aim of offering policy-relevant insights and strategies to sustain small islands in an era of global environmental change. The nine contributions in this volume cover a wide range of applications of socio-metabolic research, from flow accounts to stock analysis and their relationship to services in space and time. They offer insights into how reconfiguring patterns of resource use will allow island governments to build resilience and adapt to the challenges of climate change.Research & information: generalbicsscBiology, life sciencesbicsscEcological science, the BiospherebicsscplasticsTrinidad and Tobagoinstitutionalmetabolismwaste managementislandspublic-private partnershipssocial metabolismisland metabolismquiet sustainabilityFaroe Islandslandesque capitalhistorical political ecologyovergrazingsoil erosionrural abandonmentsedentary extensive livestock systemsCommon Agricultural Policy (CAP)socio-ecological systemsmaterial flow analysis (MFA)mixed methods approachmaterial stock analysisdemolition of buildingsGISclimate changeglobal warmingisland sociometabolic regimetransdisciplinary researchreal-world learning lab for sustainability transitionlivestock herding, subsidies and overgrazingtourism infrastructureUNESCO Biosphere ReservesMFAnexus approachindustrial wastemetabolic profileholarchyholonindustrial ecologymaterial flow analysishurricane Irmaterritorial metabolismisland waste managementpost-disaster stock and flow evolutionAntigua and Barbudatourismsmall island developing states (SIDS)island sustainabilityresource use and efficiencyconstruction materialsgeographical information systems (GIS)island industrial ecologysocio-metabolic researchmetabolic risksocio-metabolic collapseResearch & information: generalBiology, life sciencesEcological science, the BiosphereSingh Simronedt1324795Fischer-Kowalski MarinaedtChertow MarianedtSingh SimronothFischer-Kowalski MarinaothChertow MarianothBOOK9910557746303321The Metabolism of Islands3036310UNINA