Cover -- Island Sustainability -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Section 1: Tourism impact and strategies -- Possibilities and limitations in the development of selective forms of tourism in the Croatian archipelago: case study of the Istrian islands -- Selection, design and dissemination of Fuerteventura's projected tourism image (Canary Isles) -- How far does tourism stress coral reef environment in island states: case studies of Indian Ocean and Caribbean islands -- Tourism valorisation of lighthouses on Croatian islands and along the coast -- Section 2: Community issues -- Scales and scenarios of change in the anthropology-landscape relationship: models of cultural tourism in Fuerteventura (Canary Isles) -- Development of sustainability indices for the wider area of Troodos in Cyprus -- The attitudes of the island local community towards sustainable tourism development - the case of Stari Grad, island Hvar -- The socio-cultural impacts of visiting friends and relatives on hosts: a Samoan study -- Traditional medicinal knowledge in Cuba -- Section 3: Changing climate and environment -- Is it really happening here? A study of climate change perception in the Azores -- Future sea level rise implications on development of Lazarus Island, Singapore Southern Islands -- Rising sea level and long term sustainability of near-shore islands of the United Arab Emirates: an approach to establishing setback lines for Abu Dhabi -- Coastal erosion in the archaeological area of Selinunte -- Coastal monitoring with high resolution synthetic aperture radar -- 3-D process modelling of ancient storm-dominated deposits by an event-based approach -- Section 4: Infrastructures -- Infrastructure maintenance and disaster prevention measures on isolated Islands: the case of the Izu Islands near Tokyo -- Responsive demand in isolated energy systems.

Innovative shore protection for island communities -- Designing of protective seaside wall composite elements for protection of roads along the seashore -- Application of composite materials for the protection of sea shores and engineering structures against the impact of waves -- A new approach to estimate armourstone abrasion: modified slake durability test -- Section 5: Transport issues -- Travelling towards and from minor islands through non-conventional air transport: demand and cost analysis -- Development of nautical tourism: islands development motivator -- Fast charging stations for electric vehicles infrastructure -- Author Index.