00000cmm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217611190452 Buklod 20140416083550.0 m go j cr |n |||auu|a 110625s2011 xx u eng d 9784431539896 (eBook) 4431539891 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00214607251 DML eng DMLUC QH 541.5 I8 I85 2011eb Island futures [electronic resource] conservation and development across the Asia-Pacific region Godfrey Baldacchino, Daniel Niles, editors. Tokyo New York Springer c2011. 1 online resource (xvii, 183 p.) Global environmental studies IP-based subscription, access limited to within on campus computer network. Access via Electronic Resources of the UPD University Library Website. Islands face one of the most pressing issues of our time: how to balance ecological integrity with economic development and collective quality of life, including the need for social and conservation space. Islands are sites of rich and varied human and ecological diversity, but they are also often characterized by narrow resource bases and dependency on links to the outside world, and by their limited ability to determine the actual character of those links. This volume reviews the challenges of island development and conservation in the Asia-Pacific region. With emphasis on nature reserves and UNESCO World Heritage sites, chapters describe the benefits, barriers, and potential pitfalls in preserving such sites, managing biota, and attracting and controlling tourism. The book also provides a provocative challenge to move beyond the typical concerns of sustainability to the more holistic concept of futurability, or future potential for convivial human environmental interactions. Electronic reproduction. New York SpringerLink 2011. Available via World Wide Web through SpringerLink. Island ecology. Electronic books. Baldacchino, Godfrey. Niles, Daniel. SpringerLink (Online service). Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53989-6 FO Monograph UPD DMLR Electronic Resource