Elsewhere
A Journey into Our Age of Islands
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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
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
Biological Sciences: Natural History
Geography: Cultural and Historical Geography | Environmental Geography
History: General History
Travel and Tourism: Travel Writing and Guides
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