Tourism planning in small tropical islands: methodological considerations and development issues in Samoa by Douglas G. Pearce

“…This chapter seeks to contribute to a greater understanding of tourism on small tropical islands and to tourism planning in this context by outlining aspects of the methodology used in the preparation of the Samoa Tourism Development Plan 2002-2006 and by discussing some of the issues that arose from this process. …”
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Family Husbandry in the Tropical Island of Mayotte: Struggling for Autonomy from Production to Sanitary Problems by Jacques Cabaret, Sittirati Mohamed, Fabrice Guégnard, Claude L. Charvet, Cédric Neveu, Mohamed Issouf

“…Mayotte is a small tropical island in the Comoros archipelago. It became recently a French department and much of its food, especially meat, is imported from abroad. …”
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Qualité des plages et tourisme dans les Îles Vierges britanniques by Virginie Duvat

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Climate smart crop-livestock integrated farming as a sustainable agricultural strategy for humid tropical islands by T. P. Swarnam, A. Velmurugan, T. Subramani, N. Ravisankar, N. Subash, A. S. Pawar, P. Perumal, I. Jaisankar, S. Dam Roy

“…Therefore, a long-term (2011-2018) study was undertaken to evaluate these practices in a crop-livestock integrated farming system (IFS) approach as a climate-smart agricultural (CSA) strategy for enhancing agricultural production on a humid tropical island. The results showed a significant increase in on-farm productivity from 2.8 t ha−1 in 2011–35.6 t ha−1 in 2018 and net returns from USD 359 to more than 3500 ha−1 due to the adoption of CSA practices. …”
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Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three‐Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island by Rashika W. Ranasinghe, Sampath S. Seneviratne, Darren Irwin

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Le tourisme dans les îles et littoraux tropicaux : ressources et enjeux de développement by Olivier Dehoorne, Pascal Saffache

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Trends in Heavy Metal Pollution in Agricultural Land Soils of Tropical Islands in China (2000–2024): A Case Study on Hainan Island by Erping Shang, Yong Ma, Wutao Yao, Shuyan Zhang

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Delineation of the Topoclimates of Eastern Cuba by Local Weather Patterns and Unsupervised Machine Learning by Arisleidys Peña-De la Cruz, Ricardo Delgado-Téllez, Yusmira Savón-Vaciano, Mingtao Ding

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La qualité des plages au cœur des enjeux de développement : La situation des îles de l’océan Indien by Virginie Duvat

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Effects of Surface Modification of Nanotube Arrays on the Performance of CdS Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells by Danhong Li, Nengqian Pan, Jianjun Liao, Xiankun Cao, Shiwei Lin

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Spatiotemporal Distribution, Meteorological Influence, and Potential Sources of Air Pollution over Hainan Island, China by Yuying Yu, Huayuan Zhou, Zhizhong Zhao, Yunhua Chang, Dan Wu, Zhongqin Li, Feiteng Wang, Mengyang Fang, Xi Zhou

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Research on the Carbon Reduction Potential of the Life Cycle of Building Roofs Retrofit Designs by Dawei Mu, Wenjin Dai, Yixian Zhang, Yixu Shen, Zhi Luo, Shurui Fan

“…This study examines existing buildings in Haikou in China under tropical island climate conditions. It presents three retrofit design models for greenhouses roofs (GHR), green roofs (GR) and photovoltaic roofs (PVR). …”
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Du bleu au vert, quand l’île tente de tourner le dos à la mer by Christian Germanaz, Michel Sicre

“…While subscribing to the commonly recognized premice that the destination image is fundamental to ensure the visibility and perennity of a territory to be promoted as a tourist destination, the main focus of this paper is to analyze the different modes of introducing the vegetal landscape in destination images for use in tropical island spaces. Using examples of communications and development schemes that were implemented in the Seychelles, Mauritius and Reunion island this paper is an opportunity to reflect upon the interest and outcome of investing in "green" landscape for island economies which are heavily dependent on tourism. …”
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Le destin insulaire : le paradigme hongrois by Anikó Ádám

“…The protagonist-narrator, an exile from the 1956 Hungarian revolution, settles on a tropical island in Puerto Rico, where he shares the conditions of the colonized with the local inhabitants. …”
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Tahiti and its islands: a downturn in nuptial tourism? by Caroline Blondy

“…In the middle of the South Pacific, French Polynesia is one of the emblematic and archetypal locations for tropical island tourism. It has created a paradisiac image with its turquoise waters, white sandy beaches under the shade of coconut trees, sensual vahine, romantic sunsets, island life, tropicality, hospitality and sensuality. …”
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La gestion du risque cyclonique à Madagascar : retour sur l'épisode "Giovanna" (février 2012) by Daniel Peyrusaubes

“…Such a vast tropical island as Madagascar is regularly confronted with natural hazards. …”
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Coral garden economies: international tourism and the magic of tropical nature by David Picard

“…It is based on data gathered through an ethnographic case study approach on the changing aesthetic, economic and symbolic values attached to the coral reef in the tropical island of La Réunion, Indian Ocean. The analysis of this data shows that, from the point where the collective imaginaries in the Western world associate a 'magic' value with corals, an international institutionalisation process takes place in order to protect and preserve coral reefs and make them touristically accessible. …”
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Meeting Island Dwarfs and Giants of the Cretaceous – The Hațeg Country UNESCO Global Geopark, Romania by Zoltán Csiki-Sava, Alexandru Andrășanu

“…Based on available geological and paleontological evidence, these animals were living on a tropical island. This paleogeographic setting led to the development of some unusual paleobiological traits including dwarfing of the dinosaurs, high levels of endemism, relictual characteristics, as well as uniquely derived anatomical, developmental, metabolic and/or sensory features. …”
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Le bleu du front de mer by Éric Foulquier, Alice Ferrari

“…A doctrine of tropical island urbanity might well establish a close relationship between the urban and the maritime. …”
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Biogeographic history of the endangered dwarf buffalo, subgenus Anoa (Bovidae: Bubalus quarlesi and Bubalus depressicornis): a perspective based on mitochondrial DNA phylogeny by Dwi Sendi Priyono, Dedy Duryadi Solihin, Achmad Farajallah, Bambang Purwantara

“…The Anoa, including the Mountain Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) and the Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) according to current taxonomy, are endangered bovid species endemic to the tropical island of Sulawesi. They are grouped in their own subgenus Anoa. …”
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