Theoretically considering the islands as ended and isolated spaces but also as important spaces for studies of changes is a necessity, even if theory does not seem to match reality at first sight. This work provides an understanding of the major changes that marked islands spaces, and the progressive awakening of consciousness about the imbalances caused by these changes all through the XXth century. It is based on the study of two archipelagos: the Azores (Portugal) and the Hebrides (Scotland, UK). One major idea units this work: despite a past marked by various dependences (economy, politics, energy, etc.), environmental problems and land abandoning, islands can still evolve by using completely new ways of thinking. This capacity to evolv...
This world is one of islands – forty-three island nation-states, many hundreds of island jurisdicti...
Not only do these island « micro-spaces » present scientists with the obviously interesting opportun...
Due to the historical and geographical impact of colonialism, the field of Island Studies and schola...
Theoretically considering the islands as ended and isolated spaces but also as important spaces for ...
Penser l’île de manière théorique, comme espace de la finitude, de l’isolement, mais aussi lieu comm...
Islands were studied for a long time as simple peripheral territories, territories which flesh out t...
Living in the island. An approach to the concept of islandness in Oceania. — Insularity means isolat...
In imaginative worlds, fluvial islands belong to the groups of fear and danger images, but also of t...
Behind an apparently common behaviour of tourism or leisure, what does the one who choses a coastal ...
Islands are interesting subjects for study, with their frequent fluctuations in population size and ...
The privileged space that an island represents is an integral part of the landscapes described by Le...
O objetivo principal deste trabalho é demonstrar a especificidade do universo insular. Para tal, os ...
Islands have exercised a fascination on the human imagination. Yet today it is possible to identify ...
International audienceNumerous studies in various fields (economics, statistics, geography, etc.), h...
Island development : needs, pitfalls, resistance. Because of their restricted size, there are certai...
This world is one of islands – forty-three island nation-states, many hundreds of island jurisdicti...
Not only do these island « micro-spaces » present scientists with the obviously interesting opportun...
Due to the historical and geographical impact of colonialism, the field of Island Studies and schola...
Theoretically considering the islands as ended and isolated spaces but also as important spaces for ...
Penser l’île de manière théorique, comme espace de la finitude, de l’isolement, mais aussi lieu comm...
Islands were studied for a long time as simple peripheral territories, territories which flesh out t...
Living in the island. An approach to the concept of islandness in Oceania. — Insularity means isolat...
In imaginative worlds, fluvial islands belong to the groups of fear and danger images, but also of t...
Behind an apparently common behaviour of tourism or leisure, what does the one who choses a coastal ...
Islands are interesting subjects for study, with their frequent fluctuations in population size and ...
The privileged space that an island represents is an integral part of the landscapes described by Le...
O objetivo principal deste trabalho é demonstrar a especificidade do universo insular. Para tal, os ...
Islands have exercised a fascination on the human imagination. Yet today it is possible to identify ...
International audienceNumerous studies in various fields (economics, statistics, geography, etc.), h...
Island development : needs, pitfalls, resistance. Because of their restricted size, there are certai...
This world is one of islands – forty-three island nation-states, many hundreds of island jurisdicti...
Not only do these island « micro-spaces » present scientists with the obviously interesting opportun...
Due to the historical and geographical impact of colonialism, the field of Island Studies and schola...