The age of islands in search of new and disappearing islands
Part One: Rising -- Why We Build Islands -- Flevopolder, The Netherlands -- The World, Dubai -- Chek Lap Kok, Airport Island, Hong Kong -- Fiery Cross Reef, South China Sea -- Phoenix Island, China -- Ocean Reef, Panama -- Natural, Overlooked and Accidental: Other New Islands -- Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Atlantic Books
2021
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| Ausgabe: | Paperback edition first published in Great Britain |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Part One: Rising -- Why We Build Islands -- Flevopolder, The Netherlands -- The World, Dubai -- Chek Lap Kok, Airport Island, Hong Kong -- Fiery Cross Reef, South China Sea -- Phoenix Island, China -- Ocean Reef, Panama -- Natural, Overlooked and Accidental: Other New Islands -- Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, Tonga -- The Accidental Islands of Pebble Lake, Hungary -- Trash Islands -- Part Two: Disappearing -- Disappearing Islands -- The San Blas Islands of Guna Yala, Panama -- Tongatapu and Fafa, Tonga -- The Isles of Scilly, UK -- Part Three: Future -- Future Islands -- Seasteading -- Dogger Bank Power Link Island, North Sea -- East Lantau Metropolis, Hong Kong -- Not an Ending. New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing because of rising sea levels or fragmenting due to shrinking ice. It is a strange planetary spectacle, an ever-changing map which even Google Earth struggles to keep pace with. But it is also, Alastair Bonnett believes, a spectacle which is imprinting itself on our hopes and anxieties. From a 'crannog', an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building in the South China Sea, he sets out to explore some of the world's newest, most fragile and beautiful islands to find out why they have such a hold on our imaginations |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 249 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781786498120 978-1-78649-812-0 |