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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15642| Title: | Development strategies for smaller island states and territories : an ecological approach |
| Authors: | Baldacchino, Godfrey |
| Keywords: | Island ecology -- Mediterranean Region Rural development -- Mediterranean Region Islands -- Environmental aspects -- Mediterranean Region Landscape ecology -- Mediterranean Region Ecosystem management -- Mediterranean Region |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Institute of Earth Systems |
| Citation: | Baldacchino, G. (2012). Development strategies for smaller island states and territories : an ecological approach. In E. Conrad and L.F. Cassar (Eds.), Landscape approaches for ecosystem management in Mediterranean Islands. Msida, Malta: Institute of Earth Systems, University of Malta. |
| Abstract: | The Mediterranean basin will find it difficult to even contemplate an ecological approach to development. With high populations concentrated on coastal regions, massive waves of tourist visitations all the year round, and now with a regular stream of immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa, the region appears to be locked in a development paradigm that threatens its natural assets. On the other hand, many island territories in the region are challenged by wholesale depopulation or serious demographic imbalances that threaten their survivability. This chapter explores the economic versus ecological development paradigms as they apply to islands, with special reference to the Mediterranean basin. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/15642 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtSoc |
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