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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/46428| Title: | Chapter 15 : Environment |
| Other Titles: | Sociology of the Maltese Islands |
| Authors: | Briguglio, Michael |
| Keywords: | Ecology -- Malta Malta -- Economic conditions Real estate development -- Malta Biodiversity -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | Miller Publishing |
| Citation: | Briguglio, M. (2016). Chapter 15: Environment. In M. Briguglio, & M. Brown (Eds.), Sociology of the Maltese Islands (pp. 309-320). Ħal Luqa: Miller Publishing. |
| Abstract: | As a Small Island State, it has its particular vulnerabilities and constraints (Briguglio, 1995), which include small territory size; high degree of economic openness; dependence on a very narrow range of exports; dependence on imports, most prominently energy and industrial supplies; and insularity (Government of Malta, 2002). Main environmental challenges in this regard relate to landscape; land development; water status; climate; biodiversity loss; degradation of natural resources; population; waste management; tourism pressures; energy consumption; bird shooting and hunting; air quality; use of vehicles (Moncada, Camilleri, Formosa & Galea, 201 0; Zammit, 2009; Government of Malta, 2002). |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/46428 |
| ISBN: | 9789995752590 |
| Appears in Collections: | Sociology of the Maltese Islands |
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