LEADER 04529nam 2201081z- 450 001 9910557746303321 005 20231214132839.0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000045879 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76650 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000045879 100 $a20202201d2021 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThe Metabolism of Islands 210 $aBasel, Switzerland$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2021 215 $a1 electronic resource (201 p.) 311 $a3-0365-0936-4 311 $a3-0365-0937-2 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aResearch & information: general$2bicssc 606 $aBiology, life sciences$2bicssc 606 $aEcological science, the Biosphere$2bicssc 610 $aplastics 610 $aTrinidad and Tobago 610 $ainstitutional 610 $ametabolism 610 $awaste management 610 $aislands 610 $apublic-private partnerships 610 $asocial metabolism 610 $aisland metabolism 610 $aquiet sustainability 610 $aFaroe Islands 610 $alandesque capital 610 $ahistorical political ecology 610 $aovergrazing 610 $asoil erosion 610 $arural abandonment 610 $asedentary extensive livestock systems 610 $aCommon Agricultural Policy (CAP) 610 $asocio-ecological systems 610 $amaterial flow analysis (MFA) 610 $amixed methods approach 610 $amaterial stock analysis 610 $ademolition of buildings 610 $aGIS 610 $aclimate change 610 $aglobal warming 610 $aisland sociometabolic regime 610 $atransdisciplinary research 610 $areal-world learning lab for sustainability transition 610 $alivestock herding, subsidies and overgrazing 610 $atourism infrastructure 610 $aUNESCO Biosphere Reserves 610 $aMFA 610 $anexus approach 610 $aindustrial waste 610 $ametabolic profile 610 $aholarchy 610 $aholon 610 $aindustrial ecology 610 $amaterial flow analysis 610 $ahurricane Irma 610 $aterritorial metabolism 610 $aisland waste management 610 $apost-disaster stock and flow evolution 610 $aAntigua and Barbuda 610 $atourism 610 $asmall island developing states (SIDS) 610 $aisland sustainability 610 $aresource use and efficiency 610 $aconstruction materials 610 $ageographical information systems (GIS) 610 $aisland industrial ecology 610 $asocio-metabolic research 610 $ametabolic risk 610 $asocio-metabolic collapse 615 7$aResearch & information: general 615 7$aBiology, life sciences 615 7$aEcological science, the Biosphere 700 $aSingh$b Simron$4edt$01324795 702 $aFischer-Kowalski$b Marina$4edt 702 $aChertow$b Marian$4edt 702 $aSingh$b Simron$4oth 702 $aFischer-Kowalski$b Marina$4oth 702 $aChertow$b Marian$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557746303321 996 $aThe Metabolism of Islands$93036310 997 $aUNINA