Review papers

Title Type Author(s) Year
Socio-metabolic risk and tipping points on islands Journal Article Singh et al. 2022
Anthropocene Islands. Entangled Worlds. Book Pugh and Chandler 2021
Anthropocene islands: There are only islands after the end of the world Journal Article Chandler and Pugh 2021
Exploring climate-driven non-economic loss and damage in the Pacific Islands Journal Article McNamara et al. 2021
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals in Small Developing States with Climate Vulnerabilities: Cost and Financing Report IMF 2021
Natural Hazards and Complex Disasters Book Section Singh and Callan 2021
The Decade of Action and Small Island Developing States: Measuring and addressing SIDS’ vulnerabilities to accelerate SDG progress Report Jeffrey D. Sachs 2021
The Rich World’s Debt to Island States | by Jeffrey D. Sachs & Isabella Massa Newspaper Article Jeffrey D. Sachs 2021
A richness index for baselining climate change adaptations in small island developing states Journal Article Stacy-ann Robinson 2020
A systematic review of factors influencing spatiotemporal variability in urban water and energy consumption Journal Article Voskamp et al. 2020
An Introduction to Island Studies Book James Randall 2020
CARICOM NewsTime - 10 June 2020 Video Recording CARICOM 2020
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters International Disaster Database Webpage CRED 2020
Climate change adaptation in SIDS: A systematic review of the literature pre and post the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Journal Article Stacy-ann Robinson 2020
Climate change and food security in Caribbean small island developing states: challenges and strategies Journal Article Lenderking et al. 2020
Geographies of vulnerability: a research note on human system adaptations to climate change in the Caribbean Journal Article Robinson and Wren 2020
Introduction: The Metabolism of Islands Journal Article Singh et al. 2020
Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene. Book Mimi Sheller 2020
Jamaica’s Updated NDC Incorporates Land-use Change and Forestry Sector | News | SDG Knowledge Hub | IISD Journal Article Beate Antonich 2020
To Achieve a Sustainable Blue Future, Progress Assessments Must Include Interdependencies between the Sustainable Development Goals Journal Article Nash et al. 2020
A commentary on national adaptation drivers: the case of small island developing states Journal Article Stacy-ann Robinson 2019
Adaptation to Climate Change in Small Island Developing States: A Systematic Literature Review of Academic Research: Journal Article Klöck and Nunn 2019
Climate change: thinking small islands beyond Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Journal Article Petzold and Magnan 2019
Marine pollution in the Caribbean : not a minute to waste Journal Article Diez et al. 2019
Quadrennial report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Journal Article NU CEPAL 2019
Urban Material Flows and Stocks Accounting: A Review of Methods and Their Application Report Hoekman and Bellstedt 2019
Beyond 1.5 °C: vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for Caribbean Small Island Developing States Journal Article Michelle A. Mycoo 2018
Climate Change Adaptation Limits in Small Island Developing States Book Section Robinson et al. 2018
Climate change adaptation in small island developing states: Insights and lessons from a meta-paradigmatic study Journal Article Stacy-ann Robinson 2018
Conclusion Book Section Ratter and Ratter 2018
Cultural History of Islands Book Section Ratter and Ratter 2018
Estimating damages from climate-related natural disasters for the Caribbean at 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming above preindustrial levels Journal Article Burgess et al. 2018
Extreme sea level implications of 1.5°C, 2.0°C, and 2.5°C temperature stabilization targets in the 21st and 22nd centuries Journal Article Rasmussen et al. 2018
Freshwater stress on small island developing states: population projections and aridity changes at 1.5 and 2 °C Journal Article Karnauskas et al. 2018
Genesis of Islands Book Section Ratter and Ratter 2018
Geopolitics of Small Islands Book Section Ratter and Ratter 2018
Impacts of 1.5ºC Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems (Chapter 3). In: Global Warming of 1.5 ºC Special Report. Journal Article IPCC 2018
Introduction to the Geography of Small Islands Book Section Ratter and Ratter 2018
Island Vulnerability and Resilience Book Section Ratter and Ratter 2018
Knowledge, perceptions, concerns, and behaviors to climate change—the Caribbean context: an introduction Journal Article Thomas and Baptiste 2018
Management of loss and damage in small island developing states: implications for a 1.5 °C or warmer world Journal Article Thomas and Benjamin 2018
Small island developing states and 1.5 °C Journal Article Thomas et al. 2018
Small island perspectives on climate change Journal Article Walshe and Stancioff 2018
Socio-spatial and Globalised Economies Book Section Ratter and Ratter 2018
The Paris Agreement and climate change negotiations: Small Islands, big players Journal Article Ourbak and Magnan 2018
The Routledge International Handbook of Island Studies: A World of Islands Book Godfrey Baldacchino 2018
Human dimensions of environmental change in small island developing states: some common themes Journal Article Weir and Pittock 2017
Island biogeography: Taking the long view of nature’s laboratories Journal Article Whittaker et al. 2017
Regional organisations and climate change adaptation in small island developing states Journal Article Robinson and Gilfillan 2017
Urban Metabolism for Resource-Efficient Cities: from Theory to Implementation Report Musango et al. 2017
A Critical Political Economy of the Small Island Developing States Concept: South–South Cooperation for Island Citizens? Journal Article Liam Campling 2016
A bibliometric review on natural resource accounting during 1995-2014 Journal Article Zhong et al. 2016
A review and comparative assessment of existing approaches to calculate material footprints Journal Article Lutter et al. 2016
A review of urban metabolism studies to identify key methodological choices for future harmonization and implementation Journal Article Beloin-Saint-Pierre et al. 2016
Caribbean Energy : Macro-Related Challenges Report McIntyre et al. 2016
Globalization, Agriculture and Food in the Caribbean: Climate Change, Gender and Geography Book Beckford and Rhiney 2016
Governance of climate change adaptation on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Book Section Ilan Kelman 2016
Small States' Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change - Role for the IMF Report IMF 2016
Studying construction materials flows and stock: A review Journal Article Augiseau and Barles 2016
Surveying the Environmental Footprint of Urban Food Consumption Journal Article Goldstein et al. 2016
The Concept of City Carbon Maps: A Case Study of Melbourne, Australia Journal Article Wiedmann et al. 2016
The top 10 most biodiverse countries Journal Article Rhett Butler 2016
Adapting to climate change in small island developing states Journal Article Carola Betzold 2015
City, Ecology, Climate and the Common Good: State of Affairs, Challenges and Perspectives from Latin America. Journal Article Gian Carlo Delgado Ramos 2015
Complementary uses of Environmentally Extended Input Output Analysis and Material Flow Analysis to assess impacts Conference Paper Cooper et al. 2015
Environmental change and food security: the special case of small island developing states Journal Article Lowitt et al. 2015
Indicators for sustainable cities Report Science for Environment Policy 2015
Material Flow Analysis as a Decision Support Tool for Waste Management: A Literature Review Journal Article Allesch and Brunner 2015
Metabolism of Brussels-Capital Region: identification of flows, economic actors and activities on the territory and tracks of reflection for resource optimisation Report Environnement et al. 2015
SIDS in Numbers. Climate Change Edition 2015 Report UN-OHRLLS 2015
Sustainable management of excavated soil and rock in urban areas – A literature review Journal Article Magnusson et al. 2015
Urban Metabolism: A Review of Current Knowledge and Directions for Future Study Journal Article Zhang et al. 2015
A vulnerability and resilience framework for small states. Book Section Briguglio and Bynoe-Lewis 2014
Chapter 29: Small islands. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Book Nurse et al. 2014
Global Environment Outlook Small Island Developing States Outlook Book Al-Jenaid et al. 2014
Island Waste Management Systems Journal Article Eckelman et al. 2014
Metabolism of megacities: A review and synthesis of the literature Report Stewart et al. 2014
Partnerships Briefs for Small Island Developing States Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management Division for Sustainable Development UNDESA 2014 UN Conference on Small Island Developing States Report 2014
Small Island States - canaries in the coal mine of climate change and health. Book Section Butler et al. 2014
The boundaries of urban metabolism: Towards a political–industrial ecology Journal Article Newell and Cousins 2014
Biocultural diversity conservation for island and islanders: Necessity, goal and activity Journal Article Sun-Kee Hong 2013
Caribbean Small States - Challenges of High Debt and Low Growth Report 2013
Financialization, sustainability and the right to the island: A critique of acronym models of island development Journal Article Eric Clark 2013
Small island developing states: coastal systems, global change and sustainability Journal Article John E. Hay 2013
Urban metabolism assessment tools for resource efficient urban infrastructure Report Robinson et al. 2013
Urban metabolism: A review of research methodologies Journal Article Yan Zhang 2013
Addressing sustainability in the aluminum industry: a critical review of life cycle assessments Journal Article Gang Liu and Müller 2012
Islands, culture, landscape and seascape Journal Article Gloria Pungetti 2012
Small island developing states Journal Article Poh Poh Wong 2011
The study of urban metabolism and its applications to urban planning and design Journal Article Kennedy et al. 2011
Caribbean COVID-19 Food Security & Livelihoods Impact Survey Report World Food Programme 2010
Economic Vulnerability and Resilience: Concepts and Measurements Journal Article Briguglio et al. 2009
The Beak of the Finch: Insights into the Economic Development of Small Economies Journal Article Baldacchino and Bertram 2009
Micro-Macro Linkages Between Gender, Development, and Growth: Implications for the Caribbean Region Journal Article Stephanie Seguino 2008
Studying Islands: On Whose Terms? Some Epistemological and Methodological Challenges to the Pursuit of Island Studies Webpage Godfrey Baldacchino 2008
The Caribbean and climate change: The costs of inaction Webpage et al. 2008
A World of Islands: An Island Studies Reader Book Godfrey Baldacchino 2007
The Changing Metabolism of Cities Journal Article Christopher Kennedy and Engel-Yan 2007
Emigration and Brain Drain : Evidence From the Caribbean Webpage Prachi Mishra 2006
Geographical ‘handicaps’ and small states: Some implications for the Pacific from a global perspective Journal Article Armstrong and Read 2006
Islands, island studies, island studies journal Journal Article Godfrey Baldacchino 2006
An island approach to industrial ecology: towards sustainability in the island context Journal Article Deschenes and Chertow 2004
Applying Ecological Input-Output Flow Analysis to Material Flows in Industrial Systems: Part II: Flow Metrics Journal Article Reid Bailey 2004
Making tourism work for small island developing states. Book Zoritsa Urosevic 2004
Material flow accounting and analysis: A Valuable Tool for Analyses of Society-Nature Interrelationships Document Hinterberger et al. 2003
Approaches for Quantifying the Metabolism of Physical Economies: A Comparative Survey: Part II: Review of Individual Approaches Journal Article Peter L. Daniels 2002
The phantom of liberty?: economic growth and the vulnerability of small states Journal Article Armstrong and Read 2002
Adapting to Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries: The Problem of Uncertainty Journal Article Jon Barnett 2001
Approaches for Quantifying the Metabolism of Physical Economies: Part I: Methodological Overview Journal Article Daniels and Moore 2001
Environmental History in the Pacific World Book J.R. McNeill 2001
Island Biogeography - an overview Webpage Dieter Mueller-Dombois 2001
Small island developing states: natural disaster vulnerability and global change Journal Article Pelling and Uitto 2001
A comparison of the economic performance of different micro-states, and between micro-states and larger countries Journal Article Armstrong et al. 1998
Society's Metabolism - The Intellectual History of Materials Flow Analysis, Part I, 1860-1970 Journal Article Marina Fischer-Kowalski 1998
Society's Metabolism - The Intellectual History of Materials Flow Analysis, Part II, 1970-1998 Journal Article Fischer-Kowalski and Hüttler 1998
Small island developing states and their economic vulnerabilities Journal Article Lino Briguglio 1995
The Economics of Sustainable Development in Small Caribbean Islands Book Dennis Pantin 1994
Input-Output Analysis: The First Fifty Years Journal Article Rose and 1989
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