Conflicting and competing claims over the actual and imagined use of land and seascapes are exacerbated on islands with high population density. The management of culture and heritage is particularly tested in island environments where space is finite and the population struggles to preserve cultural and natural assets...

List of Figures and Tables List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Ackowledgements Foreword: Georgraphy at Risk Mark B. Lapping Preface: Geography, Land Use Conflict and Heritage Management: The Instructive Role of Densely Populated Islands Godfrey Baldacchino Introduction: Vantage Points: Observations on the Emotional Geographies of Heritage Elaine Stratford Chapter 1. Prince Edward Island, Canada Karen E. Lips Chapter 2. Malta Marguerite Camilleri, Monique Hili, Joseph Magro Conti, René Attard, Darrin Stevens, Marie Therese Gambin and Roberta Galea Chapter 3. Guernsey, Channel Islands Heather Sebire and Charles David Chapter 4. Jersey, Channel Islands John T. Renouf and Tim A. du Feu Chapter 5. Corsica, France Jean-Marie Furt, Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis and Dominique Prunetti Chapter 6. Favignana, Italy Eleonora Cassinelli Chapter 7. Hawai'i, U.S.A. Luciano Minerbi Chapter 8. Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands Irene J. Taafaki, Caleb McClennen, Frank R. Thomas and John Bungitak Chapter 9. The Bahamas Heather Cover and Nicola Virgill Chapter 10.  San Andrés Island, Colombia Marion Howard and Elizabeth Taylor Conclusion: Lessons from Islands, or Islands as Miners' Canaries? Stephen A. Royle Notes on Contributors Index

The book is highly topical. It brings into sharp focus one of the pressing problems of our times: the growing tension between finite land/space, especially on islands, and the mounting pressure generated by increasing population growth, tourism, and global warming.A" * Jeremy Boissevain, University of Amsterdam Mainly focusing on island development, policy and environmental issues,the contributors of this volume offer fresh perspectives which take into account 21st century challenges such as climate change, population transformations and daily livelihood - it offers a broad and updated account of critical issues concerning 21st century heritage management.A" * Maria Kousis, University of Crete