Atolls of the Maldives

Beyond the tropical paradise and beyond the fear of climate change effects, the Maldives is a fascinating island country that faces social, cultural, economic and environmental transformations. Atolls of the Maldives: Nissology and Geography provides a spatial analysis on some key challenges the Maldivian society has to deal with, and guides the reader in the discovery of the human and environmental geography of this Indian Ocean archipelago. Geographers, political scientists, sociologists, geologists, biologists and experts in environmental policies help the audience to move through the complex systems of interrelations, connections and disconnections that shape the environment and the geography of this extraordinary archipelagic country.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Editors’ Introduction

Chapter 1. Environment and Education / Naashia Mohamed and Mizna Mohamed
Chapter 2. The Gender Dimension of Environment in the Maldives / Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg and Aminath Abdulla
Chapter 3. Energy Production and Waste Management: The Human Ecology of Maldivian Islands / Stefano Malatesta
Chapter 4. Water Management and Consumption Models / Cecilia Castaldo and Stefano Malatesta
Chapter 5. The Centralization of Governance and Economy in Maldives: A Reading of the Contemporary Demographic Transition between Domestic Migration and Forced Displacement / Muna Mohamed
Chapter 6. Greening the Resort, De-bordering the Enclave / Elena dell’Agnese
Chapter 7. New Waves: The Guesthouse Dilemma / Shahida Zubair and David Bowen
Chapter 8. Governance, Activism, and Environment in the Maldives / Fathmath Shadiya
Chapter 9. Environment and Ecosystems Protection / Mizna Mohamed
Chapter 10. Sea-Level Changes and the Reefs of the Maldivian Archipelago / Daniela Basso and Alessandra Savini
Chapter 11. Coral Reef Biodiversity of the Maldives / Paolo Galli, Simone Montano, Davide Seveso and Davide Maggioni

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