The age of islands : in search of new and disappearing islands / Alastair Bonnett.
The age of islands : in search of new and disappearing islands / Alastair Bonnett.
The age of islands : in search of new and disappearing islands / Alastair Bonnett.
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London : Atlantic Books, 2020.
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G 2020/3434
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English
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Physical content
249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
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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London : Atlantic Books, 2020.
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England
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
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 believ...
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The age of islands : in search of new and disappearing islands / Alastair Bonnett.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-238) and index.
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ebook version : 9781786498113
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G 2020/3434
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74VKamV7Oa2Z
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178649809X hardcover
1786498103
9781786498106
9781786498090 hardcover
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909.0942
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991024334214802626
