Islandsdifferintheirgeologicalandgeomorphologicsettingsandđịa lý, intheirphysical, sinh học, khí hậu, xã hội, chính trị,văn hóa, andethniccharacteristics, andintheirstageofeconomicphát triển. Yettheyshareseveralcharacteristicsthatnotonlyunifythemasadistinctcategorybutunderscoretheiroverallvul-nerabilityinthecontextofsustainabledevelopment (Maul1993;Leatherman1997).Asislandsandislandchainsareassociatedwithspecificgeo-physicalsettings, theyarestronglyinfluencedbythesurroundingoceanandatmosphere. Theirgeophysicalconditionsmayresultineconomicstrengthforsome, buttheycanposehazardsthatthreatentheeconomicviabilityofothers. Someislandsaredenselypopulated, andislandersrelyontheseaforsustenanceandeconomicviability, butmanyislandsdonothavethematerialorhumanresourcestoaddresstheissuesthatarecentraltohumanphúc lợi.
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