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Crescita e resilienza nelle isole mediterranee europee: il ruolo del turismo nel confronto con le regioni non insulari
2020
Il contributo illustra le difformità di crescita esistenti tra le economie insulari e le altre economie regionali appartenenti agli stessi paesi, prestando particolare attenzione alla resilienza al periodo di crisi. I risultati dell’analisi confermano l’ipotesi di fondo che vi sia una maggiore rilevanza per le variabili legate alla domanda e all’offerta turistica nei processi di crescita delle isole e mostrano altresì l’importanza di altre variabili (quali le economie di agglomerazione e l’apertura commerciale). Sebbene tutte le determinanti della crescita siano state fortemente influenzate dalla Grande Recessione, questa sembra avere generato un più ridotto impatto negativo sulla crescita …
Las islas: ¿comedia aristofánica o comedia media?
2012
Este artículo revisa la cuestión de la autenticidad de la comed ia fragmentaria de Aristófanes “Las islas”. Pese a las dudas surgidas en la antigü edad y aún hoy en día por parte de los estudiosos modernos, las conclusiones son claras: “Las isla s” es una comedia de Aristófanes. Esto aparece confi rmado por su interacción con otras piezas aristofánicas, su le ngua, su estilo y su espíritu, completamente dentro de las coordenadas de Arist ófanes y de la comedia griega antigua. This paper reviews the Aristophanic authenticity of the fragmen tary comedy “Islands”. Despite the doubts raised in antiquity and today by modern scho lars, conclusions are fi rm: “Islands” is an Aristophanic comedy. T…
Global health security and islands as seen through COVID-19 and vaccination
2022
Since the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic in March 2020, significant research and attention has focused on countries’ abilities and interests in enacting response measures to the spread of the coronavirus including lockdowns, travel restrictions, and vaccination programmes to contain infections, hospitalisations, and deaths. As the pandemic has continued, much discussion has also centred on the ability of islands to control borders, enact public health measures, and keep the virus out or controlled, owing in part to presumed islandness characteristics of isolation and remoteness. Drawing from ongoing empirical examples of island experiences in the context of COVID-19, this article exa…
Additions to knowledge of the biodiversity of benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Balleny Islands (Antarctica)
2021
The Balleny Islands, an isolated archipelago located 240 km off the coast of Victoria Land (East Antarctica), are separated from the Antarctic continental shelf by waters more than 2000 m deep. The benthic hydroid fauna of these islands is little known, with only 25 species reported so far. The present study contributes to a better knowledge of the benthic hydrozoans inhabiting this archipelago by studying a small collection held at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Invertebrate Collection at Wellington, New Zealand. Sixteen species of benthic hydroids were found in the collection, belonging to nine families and 12 genera of Leptothecata. Kirchenpaueriidae and Oswalde…
Islands and COVID-19: A Global Survey
2020
On 22 March 2020 the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG) started a survey aiming to better understand how COVID-19 was being dealt with on islands. SCELG partnered with Island Innovation and together they reached out to their island network. The goal was not to undertake a research project, but to collate 'raw' data from anybody who was inclined to respond and to put such data at the disposal of policymakers and wider island related stakeholders in their ongoing activities to deal with and adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was closed on 01 June. The response was very positive and 130 people answered the survey, in some cases more than once providing time…
El tòpic cavalleresc de la insularitat en l’Amadís, el Tirant i el Quijote
2013
En el present estudi s’incideix en la importància que té l’espai físic de les illes en les narracions cavalleresques. En concret, fixem la nostra atenció en tres grans obres de les literatures peninsulars: l’Amadís de Gaula, el Tirant lo Blanc i Don Quijote de la Mancha. S’hi analitza el paper que tenen aquestos escenaris en l’esdevenidor de la història i en la trajectòria dels diferents personatges des d’una òptica comparatista, la finalitat de la qual és continuar establint l’extensió i els límits de les seues relacions. This study provides an overview of the physical space of the islands in the chivalry’s narratives. Specifically, we focus on three major works of peninsular literature: A…
Cross-sectional survey of canine leishmaniasis in Pantelleria island in Sicily
2019
Dogs are the major reservoir of Leishmania infantum, the causative agent of canine visceral and cutaneous human leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean basin. Canine and human leishmaniosis are endemic in Italy, particularly in central and southern regions, including islands. Here we show a preliminary, clinical, serological and molecular study carried out in Pantelleria island during 2017. In this study, we clinically examined 136 dogs for the presence of symptoms compatible with leishmaniasis, determined the titer of anti-Leishmania antibodies, and investigated Leishmania DNA by real time PCR in blood and/or lymph node of each dog. The prevalence of disease was equal to 27% with 95% CI [21%; 3…
Island incidence and mainland population density: Mammals from Mediterranean islands
2002
. The reasons why some species are resistant to extinction or are better invaders of islands than others remain unexplained. In this study, we test the hypothesis that mammals living on the mainland at higher density than predicted by the density/body mass relationship have a much greater chance to colonize a small island successfully, and/or that they are less likely to become extinct when living on small islands. For this, we used data compiled on mammals from a number of Mediterranean islands. We show a nested pattern for mammals on western Mediterranean islands, which suggests that the distribution of mammals on these islands is not the result of a random process. Using two comparative …
Body size increase in insular rodent populations: A role for predators?
2002
Insular mammalian populations living in areas of small size are often characterized by a drastic change in body mass compared to related continental populations or species. Generally, small mammals (less than 100 g) evolve into giant forms while large mammals (up to 100 g) evolve into dwarf forms. These changes, coupled with changes in other life, behavioural, physiological or demographic traits are referred to generally as the insular syndrome. We tested in this study the relative contribution of three factors - area of island, numbers of competitor species and number of predator species - to changes in body size of the woodmouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Our …
Tourism development from disaster capitalism.
2021
This research note focuses on the impact of tourism development from disaster capitalism as expressed by post-disaster land grabs and forced population displacement. Case studies highlighted are India, Thailand and Sri Lanka following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; Honduras after Hurricane Mitch in 1998; and Barbuda following Hurricane Irma in 2017, demonstrating how disaster capitalism continues to be in play. The examples draw on disaster research to show how tourism development from disaster capitalism leads to more disasters. Long-standing disaster research can assist tourism researchers in identifying how to counter harmful post-disaster tourism development.