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The Timor-Tanimbar region constitutes part of the non-volcanic outer Banda Arc of Eastern Indonesia. Here, the world's youngest 'A'-type high-pressure metamorphic belt crops out with different stages of evolution. Whereas an advanced... more
The University of the South Pacific was created in 1968 to serve12 small island countries, Fiji has been the host of the largest campus, and has also been the USP's largest funder and beneficiary. This paper will explore the recent... more
Caribbean archaeologists have tended to focus exclusively on the prehistory of the largest islands, perhaps because large islands are believed to provide the landmass necessary to support long-term population growth and cultural... more
The Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) is the only general hospital in St Vincent and the Grenadines and is the main referral healthcare facility in the country. It accounts for over 75% of the 272 acute care hospital beds in the public... more
Public participation in transport planning is a recent trend. There is an increasing number of cases in Europe where the public is involved in the decision-making process. In Portugal, where the use of a motor vehicle as a means of... more
Amazona imperialis) and the Red-necked or Jaco Parrot (A. arausiaca). These birds are of national as well as international significance, as their populations have been on the decline for several years. During the last 15 years the local... more
In an arid to semiarid country, such as Namibia, water may be the single most important limiting resource in sustainable development. The planning and operation of surface water supply must therefore take into account the natural... more
We provide an in-depth study of applying wireless sensor networks to real-world habitat monitoring. A set of system design requirements are developed that cover the hardware design of the nodes, the design of the sensor network, and the... more
Current threats to the planet's biodiversity are unprecedented, and they particularly imperil insular floras. In this investigation, we use the threat factors identified by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment as the main drivers of... more
Phylogenetic relationships among the 10 nominate taxa of Japanese brown frogs (Rana pirica, R. dybowskii, R. omativentris, R. japonica, R. tagoi tagoi, R. t. yakushimensis, R. t. okiensis, R. sakuraii, R. tsushimensis and R. okinavana)... more
We provide an in-depth study of applying wireless sensor networks to real-world habitat monitoring. A set of system design requirements are developed that cover the hardware design of the nodes, the design of the sensor network, and the... more
Well-exposed, ancient rocky shores are rare and the associated shelly faunas are normally strongly worn and fragmented due to erosion during both sea-level rise and fall. An early Campanian rocky shore with a rich fauna is preserved at... more
This paper presents an analysis of the Mead/Freeman controversy with a focus on Mead's claim that “coming of age” in 1920s Samoa was accomplished with relative ease. It is concluded that, while Mead appears to have engaged in some... more
This paper shows the extent to which people in Funafuti -the main island of Tuvalu -are intending to migrate in response to climate change. It presents evidence collected from Funafuti to challenge the widely held assumption that climate... more
This paper examines contemporary national scale responses to tropical storm risk in a small island in the Caribbean to derive lessons for adapting to climate change. There is little empirical evidence to guide national planners on how to... more
Halymenia durvillei is a red seaweed with a great potential as sulphated galactan producer collected in the coastal waters of small island of Madagascar (Nosy-be in Indian Ocean). To elucidate the structure of its polysaccharide, NMR ( 1... more
In this paper we investigate to what extent tax incentives are effective in attracting investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. We test the neo-classical investment theory prediction that tax incentives, by lowering the user cost of capital,... more
A REVIEW OFfSUNAMIHAZARD MITIGATIONINTHE COASTALAND SMALL ISLANDS The coastal areas of Indonesia, both geographically and geologically, have huge potentia/for tsunami and earthquake hazards. The tsunami that happened in Indonesia is... more
This article argues that the narrow and frequently negative conceptualisations of small island states as environmentally vulnerable and economically dependent are problematic for sustainable tourism development and for economic... more
[ITA] La posizione dell’isola di Ponza, strategica per il controllo delle rotte marittime da e per il porto di Napoli, ha fatto sì che l’interesse Reale si spingesse oltre il semplice controllo del territorio con un presidio militare, ma... more
The issue of the social geographical dimensions of climate change is timely and important. This paper sets out to explore one example of this: how people living in the Pacific who are most at risk of being made landless by climate change... more
Extensive flooded cave systems are developed in a zone 8-12 km inland of the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico. In plan, the systems comprise cross-linked anastomosing networks composed of horizontal elliptical... more
Islands are often thought to be ‘romantic’ or ‘idyllic’ places where, for a couple of weeks, we can leave behind our stressful, humdrum lives. However, this book probes the underside of islandness, the everyday life of many islanders.... more
2006. Maximum body size among insular Komodo dragon populations covaries with large prey density. Á/ Oikos 112: 422 Á/429.
At the beginning of the 20th Century Italy was one of the most important producers of lentil in the Mediterranean basin. Presently, this pulse is mainly cultivated in marginal areas of Central and Southern Italy and in some small islands.... more
This paper investigates ways in which political obstacles inhibit the formulation and implementation of sustainable tourism development in small-island developing states through the example of North Cyprus. The methodology draws on... more
In recent years, the idea that Italy was lacking dinosaurs has been denied by a striking series of finds. Several Triassic and Jurassic dinosaur tracksites were discovered in the mid-eastern Alps, in particular within the Dolomia... more
Whether in Homer or Plato, Shakespeare or Huxley, throughout history, thinking about islands has shaped how we think about human nature and our place in the world. However, to date archipelagos have received far less attention. This is... more
Gili Labak Island has a very beautiful natural potential, both on land and sea. Location close to the mainland make this small island a new tourism destination that is in demand of local and regional travelers and able to create new... more
Rindyastuti R, Nurfadilah S, Rahadiantoro A, Hapsari L, Abywijaya IK. 2018. Leaf anatomical characters of four epiphytic orchids of Sempu Island, East Java, Indonesia: The importance in identification and ecological adaptation.... more
The article answers three interrelated questions pertaining to small island economies and tourism development under the condition of globalization: (1) why is tourism relevant for small island economies; (2) why is a supply perspective... more
Many seamounts world-wide exhibit features that suggest they were once islands. Rodriguez and San Juan Seamounts and Northeast Bank, within 250 km of the continental margin of the western US, were explored with the ROV Tiburon and found... more
Extensive flooded cave systems are developed in a zone 8-12 km inland of the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico. In plan, the systems comprise cross-linked anastomosing networks composed of horizontal elliptical... more
In an attempt to investigate the suitability of a multibiological marker approach for de®ning the origen of petroleum pollution in marine systems, the aliphatic hydrocarbon compositions of tar ball samples collected from the beaches of a... more
Τhe geological history of the island topoi started in the interior of the primordial sea of our planet hundreds of millions of years ago, an immensely long time before the appearance of humans. Evidence of hominid-"islanders", and,... more
In the fourth millennium BC, a settlement with a small island necropolis to its south started to develop in a restricted area in the eastern part of the southern tip of the island (fig. 1). In about 2700 BC, the town occupied the entire... more
Extensive flooded cave systems are developed in a zone 8-12 km inland of the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico. In plan, the systems comprise cross-linked anastomosing networks composed of horizontal elliptical... more
We provide an in-depth study of applying wireless sensor networks to real-world habitat monitoring. A set of system design requirements are developed that cover the hardware design of the nodes, the design of the sensor network, and the... more
Well-preserved MIS 5.5 terraces in Sicily are identified primarily by the index fossil Strombus bubonius, and dated by amino acid racemization (AAR), electron spin resonance (ESR), Uranium/Thorium (U/Th) and thermo luminescence (TL)... more