Case studies map | Metabolism of Islands

Title	Author(s)	Island(s)
Circular business strategies and supply chain finance in the Aruba waste sector: A case study of a small island jurisdiction Webpage	and Alofs
COVID-19: Immediate Predictors of Individual Resilience Webpage	Ferreira et al.
Policy Brief: Pacific Islands Forge Ahead on National Environmental Action, Monitoring, and Reporting for Informed Decision Making Journal Article	IISD's SDG Knowledge Hub
Water and Cities in Latin America: Challenges for Sustainable Development Webpage
Climate change loss and damage governance. Where are we now? A case study from Fiji’s sugar industry Journal Article	Nand et al.	Fiji
Discussing linkages between climate change, human mobility and health in the Caribbean: The case of Dominica. A qualitative study Journal Article	Cloos et al.	Dominica Guadeloupe
Island and Indigenous systems of circularity: how Hawaiʻi can inform the development of universal circular economy policy goals Journal Article	Beamer et al.
Proposed solutions for marine debris in the Windward Islands- perspectives from key policy makers and policy influencers Journal Article	Roxanne E. D. Graham	Barbados Dominica Grenada
Regenerative economics at the service of islands: Assessing the socio-economic metabolism of Samothraki in Greece Journal Article	Zisopoulos et al.
Sources of major elements and nutrients in the water cycle of an undisturbed river basin – Samothraki Island, Greece Journal Article	Skoulikidis et al.	Samothraki Island
The Bahamas at risk: Material stocks, sea-level rise, and the implications for development. Journal Article	Martin del Campo et al.	Bahamas
The role of colonial pasts in shaping climate futures: Adaptive capacity in Georgetown, Guyana Journal Article	Robinson et al.
3D GIS Modelling of Road and Building Material Stocks: A Case Study of Grenada Thesis	Lingfei Ye	Grenada
Climate Change, SDGs and Revamping Engineering Education for a Circular Economy: Implications for SIDS Journal Article	Seema Singh
Closing the material loops for construction and demolition waste: The circular economy on the island Bornholm, Denmark Journal Article	Christensen et al.
Providing a framework for post-disaster resilience factors in buildings and infrastructure from end-users’ perspectives: case study in Caribbean island states Journal Article	Charles et al.
Regional Trends in Social-Ecological-Technological (SET) Approaches to Sustainable Urban Planning: Focus on Asia Book Section	Thammadi et al.
Small Island Developing States in a post-pandemic world: Challenges and opportunities for climate action Journal Article	Foley et al.	Barbados Fiji Mauritius
Towards a Circular Economy for African Islands: an Analysis of Existing Baselines and Strategies Journal Article	Andriamahefazafy and Failler	Maldives Mauritius Reunion
Climate Change Adaptation on Small Island States: An Assessment of Limits and Constraints Journal Article	Leal Filho et al.	Barbados Fiji Solomon Islands Tonga Trinidad and Tobago
Critiquing ‘islandness’ as immunity to COVID-19: A case exploration of the Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique archipelago in the Caribbean region Journal Article	John N. Telesford	Grenada Martinique
Electronic waste in the Caribbean: An impending environmental disaster or an opportunity for a circular economy? Journal Article	Mohammadi et al.
Global land use of diets in a small island community: a case study of Palau in the Pacific Journal Article	Nakamura et al.	Palau
How big is circular economy potential on Caribbean islands considering e-waste? Journal Article	Mohammadi et al.	Barbados Grenada Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago
Impact of climate change on vulnerability of freshwater resources: a case study of Mauritius Journal Article	Boojhawon and Surroop	Mauritius
Leveraging the Interdependencies Between Barrier Islands and Backbarrier Saltmarshes to Enhance Resilience to Sea-Level Rise Journal Article	Hein et al.
Natural Hazards and Complex Disasters Book Section	Singh and Callan
Operationalizing Urban Resilience to Floods in Island Territories—Application in Punaauia, French Polynesia Journal Article	Lamaury et al.
Plastic debris increases circadian temperature extremes in beach sediments Journal Article	Lavers et al.
The Metabolism of Islands Book	Singh et al.
The use of Islandscape character assessment and participatory spatial SWOT analysis to the strategic planning and sustainable development of small islands. The case of Gavdos Journal Article	Gkoltsiou and Mougiakou
“Trash is just treasure in the wrong place”: The social metabolism of waste in Grenada Thesis	Allison Elgie	Grenada
Understanding the decision-making structures, roles and actions of village-level water committees in Fiji Journal Article	Nelson et al.	Fiji
You can't manage what you can't measure: The potential for circularity in Grenada's waste management system Journal Article	Elgie et al.	Grenada
A Best Practice in the Making? How Dominica is Building the World’s First Climate Resilient Nation Webpage	Bardouille and Scaife	Dominica
A Screening Approach for Assessing Groundwater Quality for Consumption in Small Islands: Case Study of 45 Inhabited Islands in the Maldives Journal Article	Jaleel et al.	Maldives
A snapshot of solid waste generation in the hospitality industry. The case of a five-star hotel on the island of Malta Journal Article	Camilleri-Fenech et al.	Malta
Blue Growth and its discontents in the Faroe Islands: an island perspective on Blue (De)Growth, sustainability, and environmental justice Journal Article	Ragnheiður Bogadóttir
Caught in a Deadlock: Small Ruminant Farming on the Greek Island of Samothrace. The Importance of Regional Contexts for Effective EU Agricultural Policies Journal Article	Noll et al.	Samothraki Island
Climate change, ecosystem services and migration in the Marshall Islands: are they related? Journal Article	van der Geest et al.	Marshall Islands
Coping with environmental hazards and shocks in Kiribati: Experiences of climate change by atoll communities in the Equatorial Pacific Journal Article	Cauchi et al.	Kiribati
Coronavirus: COVID-19 Transmission in Pacific Small Island Developing States Journal Article	Leal Filho et al.
Energy recovery from municipal solid waste in Mauritius: Opportunities and challenges Journal Article	Neehaul et al.	Mauritius
GIS-based Material Stock Analysis (MSA) of Climate Vulnerabilities to the Tourism Industry in Antigua and Barbuda Journal Article	Bradshaw et al.	Antigua & Barbuda
Global to small island; a cross-scale foresight scenario exercise Journal Article	Drakes et al.	Barbados
How Disaster Aid Ravaged an Island People Journal Article	Saini and Singh
Infrastructuring the Circular Economy Journal Article	Nogueira et al.
Isolated yet open: A metabolic analysis of Menorca Journal Article	Marcos-Valls et al.
Lost Material Stock in Buildings due to Sea Level Rise from Global Warming: The Case of Fiji Islands Journal Article	Merschroth et al.	Fiji
Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean Report	United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Non-economic loss and damage: lessons from displacement in the Caribbean Journal Article	Thomas and Benjamin	Bahamas
Saint Lucia: National infrastructure assessment Report	UNOPS and University of Oxford	Saint Lucia
Samothraki in Transition: A Report on a Real-World Lab to Promote the Sustainability of a Greek Island Journal Article	Fischer-Kowalski et al.
Sinking Islands, Drowned Logic; Climate Change and Community-Based Adaptation Discourses in Solomon Islands Journal Article	van der Ploeg et al.	Solomon Islands
South Pacific island's water crisis tipping point for global climate change Newspaper Article	The Associated Press	Tuvalu
Sustainable development opportunities in small island nations: A case study of the Cook Islands Journal Article	Tyedmers et al.
The contribution of tourism to municipal solid waste generation: A mixed demand-supply approach on the island of Tenerife Journal Article	Diaz-Farina et al.
The Hawaiian Islands: Conceptualizing an Industrial Ecology Holarchic System Journal Article	Chertow et al.
The Impact of Hurricane Irma on the Metabolism of St. Martin’s Island Journal Article	Popescu et al.
The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia Journal Article	Bahers et al.
The self-(in)sufficiency of the Caribbean: Ecosystem services potential Index (ESPI) as a measure for sustainability Journal Article	Grima and Singh	Dominica Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago
The Social Metabolism of Quiet Sustainability in the Faroe Islands Journal Article	Ragnheiður Bogadóttir
The weight of islands: Leveraging Grenada's material stocks to adapt to climate change Journal Article	Symmes et al.	Grenada
Why Islands? Journal Article	Island Conservation
An Assessment of Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation in Dominica Journal Article	Schnitter et al.	Dominica
An ecological-thermodynamic approach to urban metabolism: Measuring resource utilization with open system network effectiveness analysis Journal Article	Tan et al.	Singapore
A spatial analysis of material stock accumulation and demolition waste potential of buildings: A case study of Padua Journal Article	Miatto et al.
Attributing long-term sea-level rise to Paris Agreement emission pledges Journal Article	Nauels et al.
Can the Caribbean Live within the Doughnut? Environmental and Social Performance of Five Island Nations Thesis	Wei Jia	Dominica Jamaica
Community perceptions link environmental decline to reduced support for tourism development in small island states: A case study in the Turks and Caicos Islands Journal Article	Robinson et al.
Disaster-Risk, Water Security Challenges and Strategies in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Journal Article	Gheuens et al.
Embodied energy in service industry in global cities: A study of six Asian cities Journal Article	Guo et al.	Hong Kong Singapore
Estimating the Material Stock of Roads: The Vietnamese Case Study Journal Article	Nguyen et al.
FAO's work with Small Island Developing States. Transforming food systems, sustaining small islands. Report	FAO
Improving Water Management Education across the Latin America and Caribbean Region Journal Article	Lyon et al.
Investigating the impact of climate change on the tourism sector: evidence from a sample of island economies Journal Article	Seetanah and Fauzel
Materials flow analysis in support of circular economy development: Plastics in Trinidad and Tobago Journal Article	Millette et al.	Trinidad and Tobago
Nexus interventions for small tropical island - Case study Bonaire Report	van der Geest and Slijkerman
Nexus interventions for small tropical islands: case study Bonaire Report	Slijkerman and van der Geest
Plastics Waste Metabolism in a Petro-Island State: Towards Solving a “Wicked Problem” in Trinidad and Tobago Journal Article	Shah et al.	Trinidad and Tobago
Risks, Health Consequences, and Response Challenges for Small-Island-Based Populations: Observations From the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Journal Article	Shultz et al.
SIDS Waste Management Outlook Report	UNEP
The expansion of the built environment, waste generation and EU recycling targets on Samothraki, Greece: An island’s dilemma Journal Article	Noll et al.	Samothraki Island
The Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services and Resulting Losses and Damages to People and Society Book Section	van der Geest et al.
The Manifestation of Climate Injustices: The Post-Hurricane Irma Conflicts Surrounding Barbuda’s Communal Land Tenure Journal Article	Baptiste and Devonish
Using spatially explicit commodity flow and truck activity data to map urban material flows Journal Article	Lynette Cheah Lih Wei Yeow	Singapore
World Risk Index 2019 Report	Peace and Armed Conflict
Accountability in climate change governance and Caribbean SIDS Journal Article	Michelle Scobie
Achieving SDG 6: water resources sustainability in Caribbean Small Island Developing States through improved water governance Journal Article	Michelle A. Mycoo
Adapting to climate change at the national level in Caribbean small island developing state Journal Article	Stacy-ann Robinson
Assessing the implementation of the Chongming Eco Island policy: What a broad planning evaluation framework tells more than technocratic indicator systems Journal Article	Ma et al.
Assessing the implications of a 1.5 °C temperature limit for the Jamaican agriculture sector Journal Article	Rhiney et al.	Jamaica
Assessment of the potential implications of a 1.5 °C versus higher global temperature rise for the Afobaka hydropower scheme in Suriname Journal Article	Donk et al.
Bracing for the Storm: For the Caribbean, building resilience is a matter of survival Journal Article	and Srinivasan
Characterizing heat stress on livestock using the temperature humidity index (THI)—prospects for a warmer Caribbean Journal Article	Lallo et al.	Jamaica
Climate change impacts on critical international transportation assets of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS): the case of Jamaica and Saint Lucia Journal Article	Monioudi et al.	Jamaica Saint Lucia
Coastal hazard risk assessment for small islands: assessing the impact of climate change and disaster reduction measures on Ebeye (Marshall Islands) Journal Article	Giardino et al.	Marshall Islands
Community-based adaptation in low-lying islands in the Philippines: challenges and lessons learned Journal Article	Jamero et al.
Conceptions of vulnerability in adaptation projects: a critical examination of the role of development aid agencies in Timor-Leste Journal Article	Barrowman and Kumar
Cyprus energy resources and their potential to increase sustainability Conference Paper	Tsangas et al.
Exploring urban metabolism—Towards an interdisciplinary perspective Journal Article	Dijst et al.
Freshwater stress on small island developing states: population projections and aridity changes at 1.5 and 2 °C Journal Article	Karnauskas et al.
Future Caribbean Climates in a World of Rising Temperatures: The 1.5 vs 2.0 Dilemma Journal Article	Taylor et al.
Geographies of renewable energy transition in the Caribbean: Reshaping the island energy metabolism Journal Article	Harrison and Popke	Jamaica
Heading for the hills: climate-driven community relocations in the Solomon Islands and Alaska provide insight for a 1.5 °C future Journal Article	Albert et al.	Solomon Islands
How may sustainability be advanced through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Small Islands? Exploring a conceptual framework Journal Article	Polido et al.	Azores
Identifying opportunities for long-lasting habitat conservation and restoration in Hawaii’s shifting climate Journal Article	Fortini and Jacobi
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of climate adaptation actors towards resilience and transformation in a 1.5°C world Journal Article	Saxena et al.
Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria Journal Article	Kishore et al.	Puerto Rico
On the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States: A dynamic analysis Journal Article	Scandurra et al.
Practical tools for quantitative analysis of coastal vulnerability and sea level rise impacts—application in a Caribbean island and assessment of the 1.5 °C threshold Journal Article	Biondi and Guannel
Providing an economy-wide monitoring framework for the circular economy in Austria: Status quo and challenges Journal Article	Jacobi et al.
Recipe for Resilience? Tracing the Biopolitics of Sint Maarten’s Recovery Efforts After Irma Journal Article	Kevon Rhiney
Reducing external costs of nitrogen pollution by relocation of pig production between regions in the European Union Journal Article	van Grinsven et al.
Resource extractivism, health and climate change in small islands Journal Article	Hilary Bambrick
Sustainability Learning Labs in Small Island Developing States: A Case Study of the Seychelles Journal Article	Krütli et al.
The implications of rural perceptions of water scarcity on differential adaptation behaviour in Rajasthan, India Journal Article	Singh et al.
The Sustainability of Humanitarian Aid: The Nicobar Islands as a Case of 'Complex Disasters'. Book Section	Singh et al.
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A systematic review of methods for nexus assessment Journal Article	Albrecht et al.
Understanding climate-human interactions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Implications for future livelihood sustainability Journal Article	Nunn and Kumar
Water-energy nexus: A review of methods and tools for macro-assessment Journal Article	Dai et al.
Where do islands put their waste? – A material flow and carbon footprint analysis of municipal waste management in the Maltese Islands Journal Article	Camilleri-Fenech et al.	Malta
An integrative approach to understand vulnerability and resilience post-disaster: The 2015 cyclone Pam in urban Vanuatu as case study Journal Article	Rey et al.	Vanuatu
Climate change adaptation trends in small island developing states Journal Article	Stacy-ann Robinson
GIS-based Analysis of Vienna's Material Stock in Buildings Journal Article	Kleemann et al.
Material Flow Accounts and Driving Factors of Economic Growth in the Philippines Journal Article	Martinico‐Perez et al.
Material flow analysis for a sustainable resource management in island ecosystems Journal Article	Andrea Cecchin
Material metabolism and lifecycle impact assessment towards sustainable resource management: A case study of the highway infrastructural system in Shandong Peninsula, China Journal Article	Guo et al.
Methodology to characterize and quantify debris generation in residential buildings after seismic events Journal Article	Kahhat et al.
Quantifying and mapping embodied environmental requirements of urban building stocks Journal Article	Stephan and Athanassiadis
Regional Overview: Impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria Report	UNDP
Small Island nations at the frontline of climate action Webpage	UNDP
The Material Stock–Flow–Service Nexus: A New Approach for Tackling the Decoupling Conundrum Journal Article	et al.
Water technology and sustainability in north Cyprus : Climate change the Turkey-north Cyprus water pipeline Webpage	Bryant and Mason
A social justice framing of climate change discourse and policy: Adaptation, resilience and vulnerability in a Jamaican agricultural landscape Journal Article	Popke et al.	Jamaica
Building stock dynamics and its impacts on materials and energy demand in China Journal Article	Hong et al.
Climate Change in the Caribbean: A Multi-Scalar Account of Context and Inequality Journal Article	Rahul D. Ghosal	Jamaica
Complex Disasters on the Nicobar Islands Book Section	Singh et al.	Trinket Island
Do Foreign Aid and Remittance Inflows Hurt Competitiveness of Exports of Pacific Island Countries? An Empirical Study of Fiji Journal Article	Jayaraman et al.	Fiji
Energy metabolism of the Balearic Islands (1986–2012) Journal Article	Ginard-Bosch and Ramos-Martín
Estimating Materials Stocked by Land-Use Type in Historic Urban Buildings Using Spatio-Temporal Analytical Tools Journal Article	Marcellus-Zamora et al.
Gone with the Wind : Estimating Hurricane and Climate Change Costs in the Caribbean Report	Sebastian Acevedo
Island Sustainability. The Case of Samothraki. Book Section	Petridis et al.
Socioeconomic metabolism of Biomass in Jamaica in the Context of Trade and National Food Security: A time series biophysical analysis (1961-2013). Thesis	Akunne Okoli	Jamaica
State of Food Security and Nutrition in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Report	FAO
Transnational city carbon footprint networks - Exploring carbon links between Australian and Chinese cities Journal Article	Chen et al.	Hong Kong
Climate implications on water stress and water-quality variations - a case study from Daduru Oya basin Conference Paper	Rosairo and Jayasena
Governance of transitions towards sustainable development – the water–energy–food nexus in Cyprus Journal Article	Halbe et al.
Sustainability analysis of a society based on exergy studies – a case study of the island of Samsø (Denmark) Journal Article	Nielsen and Jørgensen
The material footprint of nations Journal Article	Wiedmann et al.
The Weight of Society Over Time and Space: A Comprehensive Account of the Construction Material Stock of Japan, 1945–2010 Journal Article	Tanikawa et al.
Where does climate fit? Vulnerability to climate change in the context of multiple stressors in Funafuti, Tuvalu Journal Article	McCubbin et al.	Tuvalu
An integrated material metabolism model for stocks of urban road system in Beijing, China Journal Article	Guo et al.
Assessing the vulnerability of beach tourism and non-beach tourism to climate change: a case study from Jamaica Journal Article	Tracy-Ann Hyman	Jamaica
Global Environment Outlook Small Island Developing States Outlook Book	Al-Jenaid et al.
Obstacles to climate change adaptation decisions: a case study of sea-level rise and coastal protection measures in Kiribati Journal Article	Donner and Webber	Kiribati
Resource Use in Small Island States Journal Article	Krausmann et al.	Iceland Trinidad and Tobago
Strategic sustainability and industrial ecology in an island context, with considerations for a green economy roadmap: a study in the tourist accommodation sector, Grenada. Thesis	John N. Telesford	Grenada
An emergy analysis for urban environmental sustainability assessment, the Island of Montreal, Canada Journal Article	Vega-Azamar et al.	Montreal
Caribbean Small States - Challenges of High Debt and Low Growth Report		Trinidad and Tobago
Quantification of urban metabolism through coupling with the life cycle assessment framework: concept development and case study Journal Article	Goldstein et al.	Hong Kong
The Intimacy of Human-Nature Interactions on Islands Book Section	Chertow et al.	Puerto Rico Singapore
Socio-technical regimes and sustainability transitions: Insights from political ecology Journal Article	Lawhon and Murphy
The Banaban Resettlement: Implications for Pacific Environmental Migration Journal Article	Gil Marvel Tabucanon	Fiji
A Comparison of Two Methods to Conduct Material Flow Analysis on Waste Tires in a Small Island Developing State Journal Article	Saumya Sarkar
Conflicting Objectives of Trinidad's Water Pricing Policy: A Need for Good Water Pricing and Governance Journal Article	Michelle Mycoo
Dynamic modeling of Singapore's urban resource flows: Historical trends and sustainable scenario development Conference Paper	Abou-Abdo et al.	Singapore
Islands as crossroads: sustaining cultural diversity in small island developing states. Ed. Tim Curtis. Report	UNESCO
Input, stocks and output flows of urban residential building system in Beijing city, China from 1949 to 2008 Journal Article	Hu et al.
Quantification and Magnitude of Losses and Damages Resulting from the Impacts of Climate Change: Modelling the Transformational Impacts and Costs of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean Report	Simpson et al.
Twelve metropolitan carbon footprints: A preliminary comparative global assessment Journal Article	Sovacool and Brown	Singapore
Combined MFA-LCA for Analysis of Wastewater Pipeline Networks: Case Study of Oslo, Norway Journal Article	Venkatesh et al.
Framework for estimating potential wastes and secondary resources accumulated within an economy--a case study of construction minerals in Japan Journal Article	Hashimoto et al.
National material flow analysis Thesis	Susanna Maria Eisenhut
Urban stock over time: spatial material stock analysis using 4d-GIS Journal Article	Tanikawa and Hashimoto
Using an Integrated Participatory Modeling Approach to Assess Water Management Options and Support Community Conversations on Maui Journal Article	Bassi et al.	Maui
Sustainable island businesses: a case study of Norfolk Island Journal Article	Manfred Lenzen
Technical approach for a sustainable tourism development. Case study in the Balearic Islands Journal Article	Fortuny et al.
The Changing Metabolism of Cities Journal Article	Christopher Kennedy and Engel-Yan	Hong Kong
Climate and pre-Columbian settlement at Anse à la Gourde, Guadeloupe, Northeastern Caribbean Journal Article	Beets et al.	Guadeloupe
The Use and Knowledge of Herpetofauna on Little Nicobar Island, India Journal Article	Manish Chandi
Brain Drain in Developing Regions (1990-2000) Report	Docquier et al.
Macroeconomic Implications of Natural Disasters in the Caribbean Report	Tobias Rasmussen
Progress towards sustainability? What the conceptual framework of material and energy flow accounting (MEFA) can offer Journal Article	Haberl et al.
Environmental Relations and Biophysical Transitions: The Case of Trinket Island Journal Article	Singh and Grünbühel
Ecosystem appropriation by Hong Kong and its implications for sustainable development Journal Article	Warren-Rhodes and Koenig	Hong Kong
Escalating trends in the urban metabolism of Hong Kong: 1971-1997 Journal Article	Warren-Rhodes and Koenig	Hong Kong
Social Metabolism and Labour in a Local Context: Changing Environmental Relations on Trinket Island Journal Article	Singh et al.	Trinket Island
A Commonwealth Vulnerability Index for Developing Countries Book	Atkins et al.
Energy flow analysis as a tool for developing a sustainable society—a case study of a Swedish island Journal Article	Sundkvist et al.
A comparison of the economic performance of different micro-states, and between micro-states and larger countries Journal Article	Armstrong et al.
Islands of Sustainability: A Bottom-up Approach towards Sustainable Development Journal Article	Wallner et al.
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: A LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, POLICY FAILURE, AND COASTAL DECLINE Journal Article	de Albuquerque and McElroy
The metabolism of a city: the case of Hong Kong Journal Article	Newcombe et al.	Hong Kong Hong Kong (Island)

Circular business strategies and supply chain finance in the Aruba waste sector: A case study of a small island jurisdiction
Webpage

and Alofs

COVID-19: Immediate Predictors of Individual Resilience
Webpage

Ferreira et al.

Policy Brief: Pacific Islands Forge Ahead on National Environmental Action, Monitoring, and Reporting for Informed Decision Making
Journal Article

IISD's SDG Knowledge Hub

Water and Cities in Latin America: Challenges for Sustainable Development
Webpage

Climate change loss and damage governance. Where are we now? A case study from Fiji’s sugar industry
Journal Article

Nand et al.

Fiji

Discussing linkages between climate change, human mobility and health in the Caribbean: The case of Dominica. A qualitative study
Journal Article

Cloos et al.

Dominica Guadeloupe

Island and Indigenous systems of circularity: how Hawaiʻi can inform the development of universal circular economy policy goals
Journal Article

Beamer et al.

Proposed solutions for marine debris in the Windward Islands- perspectives from key policy makers and policy influencers
Journal Article

Roxanne E. D. Graham

Barbados Dominica Grenada

Regenerative economics at the service of islands: Assessing the socio-economic metabolism of Samothraki in Greece
Journal Article

Zisopoulos et al.

Sources of major elements and nutrients in the water cycle of an undisturbed river basin – Samothraki Island, Greece
Journal Article

Skoulikidis et al.

Samothraki Island

The Bahamas at risk: Material stocks, sea-level rise, and the implications for development.
Journal Article

Martin del Campo et al.

Bahamas

The role of colonial pasts in shaping climate futures: Adaptive capacity in Georgetown, Guyana
Journal Article

Robinson et al.

3D GIS Modelling of Road and Building Material Stocks: A Case Study of Grenada
Thesis

Lingfei Ye

Grenada

Climate Change, SDGs and Revamping Engineering Education for a Circular Economy: Implications for SIDS
Journal Article

Seema Singh

Closing the material loops for construction and demolition waste: The circular economy on the island Bornholm, Denmark
Journal Article

Christensen et al.

Providing a framework for post-disaster resilience factors in buildings and infrastructure from end-users’ perspectives: case study in Caribbean island states
Journal Article

Charles et al.

Regional Trends in Social-Ecological-Technological (SET) Approaches to Sustainable Urban Planning: Focus on Asia
Book Section

Thammadi et al.

Small Island Developing States in a post-pandemic world: Challenges and opportunities for climate action
Journal Article

Foley et al.

Barbados Fiji Mauritius

Towards a Circular Economy for African Islands: an Analysis of Existing Baselines and Strategies
Journal Article

Andriamahefazafy and Failler

Maldives Mauritius Reunion

Climate Change Adaptation on Small Island States: An Assessment of Limits and Constraints
Journal Article

Leal Filho et al.

Barbados Fiji Solomon Islands Tonga Trinidad and Tobago

Critiquing ‘islandness’ as immunity to COVID-19: A case exploration of the Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique archipelago in the Caribbean region
Journal Article

John N. Telesford

Grenada Martinique

Electronic waste in the Caribbean: An impending environmental disaster or an opportunity for a circular economy?
Journal Article

Mohammadi et al.

Global land use of diets in a small island community: a case study of Palau in the Pacific
Journal Article

Nakamura et al.

Palau

How big is circular economy potential on Caribbean islands considering e-waste?
Journal Article

Mohammadi et al.

Barbados Grenada Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago

Impact of climate change on vulnerability of freshwater resources: a case study of Mauritius
Journal Article

Boojhawon and Surroop

Mauritius

Leveraging the Interdependencies Between Barrier Islands and Backbarrier Saltmarshes to Enhance Resilience to Sea-Level Rise
Journal Article

Hein et al.

Natural Hazards and Complex Disasters
Book Section

Singh and Callan

Operationalizing Urban Resilience to Floods in Island Territories—Application in Punaauia, French Polynesia
Journal Article

Lamaury et al.

Plastic debris increases circadian temperature extremes in beach sediments
Journal Article

Lavers et al.

The Metabolism of Islands
Book

Singh et al.

The use of Islandscape character assessment and participatory spatial SWOT analysis to the strategic planning and sustainable development of small islands. The case of Gavdos
Journal Article

Gkoltsiou and Mougiakou

“Trash is just treasure in the wrong place”: The social metabolism of waste in Grenada
Thesis

Allison Elgie

Grenada

Understanding the decision-making structures, roles and actions of village-level water committees in Fiji
Journal Article

Nelson et al.

Fiji

You can't manage what you can't measure: The potential for circularity in Grenada's waste management system
Journal Article

Elgie et al.

Grenada

A Best Practice in the Making? How Dominica is Building the World’s First Climate Resilient Nation
Webpage

Bardouille and Scaife

Dominica

A Screening Approach for Assessing Groundwater Quality for Consumption in Small Islands: Case Study of 45 Inhabited Islands in the Maldives
Journal Article

Jaleel et al.

Maldives

A snapshot of solid waste generation in the hospitality industry. The case of a five-star hotel on the island of Malta
Journal Article

Camilleri-Fenech et al.

Malta

Blue Growth and its discontents in the Faroe Islands: an island perspective on Blue (De)Growth, sustainability, and environmental justice
Journal Article

Ragnheiður Bogadóttir

Caught in a Deadlock: Small Ruminant Farming on the Greek Island of Samothrace. The Importance of Regional Contexts for Effective EU Agricultural Policies
Journal Article

Noll et al.

Samothraki Island

Climate change, ecosystem services and migration in the Marshall Islands: are they related?
Journal Article

van der Geest et al.

Marshall Islands

Coping with environmental hazards and shocks in Kiribati: Experiences of climate change by atoll communities in the Equatorial Pacific
Journal Article

Cauchi et al.

Kiribati

Coronavirus: COVID-19 Transmission in Pacific Small Island Developing States
Journal Article

Leal Filho et al.

Energy recovery from municipal solid waste in Mauritius: Opportunities and challenges
Journal Article

Neehaul et al.

Mauritius

GIS-based Material Stock Analysis (MSA) of Climate Vulnerabilities to the Tourism Industry in Antigua and Barbuda
Journal Article

Bradshaw et al.

Antigua & Barbuda

Global to small island; a cross-scale foresight scenario exercise
Journal Article

Drakes et al.

Barbados

How Disaster Aid Ravaged an Island People
Journal Article

Saini and Singh

Infrastructuring the Circular Economy
Journal Article

Nogueira et al.

Isolated yet open: A metabolic analysis of Menorca
Journal Article

Marcos-Valls et al.

Lost Material Stock in Buildings due to Sea Level Rise from Global Warming: The Case of Fiji Islands
Journal Article

Merschroth et al.

Fiji

Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Report

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Non-economic loss and damage: lessons from displacement in the Caribbean
Journal Article

Thomas and Benjamin

Bahamas

Saint Lucia: National infrastructure assessment
Report

UNOPS and University of Oxford

Saint Lucia

Samothraki in Transition: A Report on a Real-World Lab to Promote the Sustainability of a Greek Island
Journal Article

Fischer-Kowalski et al.

Sinking Islands, Drowned Logic; Climate Change and Community-Based Adaptation Discourses in Solomon Islands
Journal Article

van der Ploeg et al.

Solomon Islands

South Pacific island's water crisis tipping point for global climate change
Newspaper Article

The Associated Press

Tuvalu

Sustainable development opportunities in small island nations: A case study of the Cook Islands
Journal Article

Tyedmers et al.

The contribution of tourism to municipal solid waste generation: A mixed demand-supply approach on the island of Tenerife
Journal Article

Diaz-Farina et al.

The Hawaiian Islands: Conceptualizing an Industrial Ecology Holarchic System
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Chertow et al.

The Impact of Hurricane Irma on the Metabolism of St. Martin’s Island
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Popescu et al.

The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia
Journal Article

Bahers et al.

The self-(in)sufficiency of the Caribbean: Ecosystem services potential Index (ESPI) as a measure for sustainability
Journal Article

Grima and Singh

Dominica Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago

The Social Metabolism of Quiet Sustainability in the Faroe Islands
Journal Article

Ragnheiður Bogadóttir

The weight of islands: Leveraging Grenada's material stocks to adapt to climate change
Journal Article

Symmes et al.

Grenada

Why Islands?
Journal Article

Island Conservation

An Assessment of Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation in Dominica
Journal Article

Schnitter et al.

Dominica

An ecological-thermodynamic approach to urban metabolism: Measuring resource utilization with open system network effectiveness analysis
Journal Article

Tan et al.

Singapore

A spatial analysis of material stock accumulation and demolition waste potential of buildings: A case study of Padua
Journal Article

Miatto et al.

Attributing long-term sea-level rise to Paris Agreement emission pledges
Journal Article

Nauels et al.

Can the Caribbean Live within the Doughnut? Environmental and Social Performance of Five Island Nations
Thesis

Wei Jia

Dominica Jamaica

Community perceptions link environmental decline to reduced support for tourism development in small island states: A case study in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Journal Article

Robinson et al.

Disaster-Risk, Water Security Challenges and Strategies in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Journal Article

Gheuens et al.

Embodied energy in service industry in global cities: A study of six Asian cities
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Guo et al.

Hong Kong Singapore

Estimating the Material Stock of Roads: The Vietnamese Case Study
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Nguyen et al.

FAO's work with Small Island Developing States. Transforming food systems, sustaining small islands.
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FAO

Improving Water Management Education across the Latin America and Caribbean Region
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Lyon et al.

Investigating the impact of climate change on the tourism sector: evidence from a sample of island economies
Journal Article

Seetanah and Fauzel

Materials flow analysis in support of circular economy development: Plastics in Trinidad and Tobago
Journal Article

Millette et al.

Trinidad and Tobago

Nexus interventions for small tropical island - Case study Bonaire
Report

van der Geest and Slijkerman

Nexus interventions for small tropical islands: case study Bonaire
Report

Slijkerman and van der Geest

Plastics Waste Metabolism in a Petro-Island State: Towards Solving a “Wicked Problem” in Trinidad and Tobago
Journal Article

Shah et al.

Trinidad and Tobago

Risks, Health Consequences, and Response Challenges for Small-Island-Based Populations: Observations From the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season
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Shultz et al.

SIDS Waste Management Outlook
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UNEP

The expansion of the built environment, waste generation and EU recycling targets on Samothraki, Greece: An island’s dilemma
Journal Article

Noll et al.

Samothraki Island

The Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services and Resulting Losses and Damages to People and Society
Book Section

van der Geest et al.

The Manifestation of Climate Injustices: The Post-Hurricane Irma Conflicts Surrounding Barbuda’s Communal Land Tenure
Journal Article

Baptiste and Devonish

Using spatially explicit commodity flow and truck activity data to map urban material flows
Journal Article

Lynette Cheah Lih Wei Yeow

Singapore

World Risk Index 2019
Report

Peace and Armed Conflict

Accountability in climate change governance and Caribbean SIDS
Journal Article

Michelle Scobie

Achieving SDG 6: water resources sustainability in Caribbean Small Island Developing States through improved water governance
Journal Article

Michelle A. Mycoo

Adapting to climate change at the national level in Caribbean small island developing state
Journal Article

Stacy-ann Robinson

Assessing the implementation of the Chongming Eco Island policy: What a broad planning evaluation framework tells more than technocratic indicator systems
Journal Article

Ma et al.

Assessing the implications of a 1.5 °C temperature limit for the Jamaican agriculture sector
Journal Article

Rhiney et al.

Jamaica

Assessment of the potential implications of a 1.5 °C versus higher global temperature rise for the Afobaka hydropower scheme in Suriname
Journal Article

Donk et al.

Bracing for the Storm: For the Caribbean, building resilience is a matter of survival
Journal Article

and Srinivasan

Characterizing heat stress on livestock using the temperature humidity index (THI)—prospects for a warmer Caribbean
Journal Article

Lallo et al.

Jamaica

Climate change impacts on critical international transportation assets of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS): the case of Jamaica and Saint Lucia
Journal Article

Monioudi et al.

Jamaica Saint Lucia

Coastal hazard risk assessment for small islands: assessing the impact of climate change and disaster reduction measures on Ebeye (Marshall Islands)
Journal Article

Giardino et al.

Marshall Islands

Community-based adaptation in low-lying islands in the Philippines: challenges and lessons learned
Journal Article

Jamero et al.

Conceptions of vulnerability in adaptation projects: a critical examination of the role of development aid agencies in Timor-Leste
Journal Article

Barrowman and Kumar

Cyprus energy resources and their potential to increase sustainability
Conference Paper

Tsangas et al.

Exploring urban metabolism—Towards an interdisciplinary perspective
Journal Article

Dijst et al.

Freshwater stress on small island developing states: population projections and aridity changes at 1.5 and 2 °C
Journal Article

Karnauskas et al.

Future Caribbean Climates in a World of Rising Temperatures: The 1.5 vs 2.0 Dilemma
Journal Article

Taylor et al.

Geographies of renewable energy transition in the Caribbean: Reshaping the island energy metabolism
Journal Article

Harrison and Popke

Jamaica

Heading for the hills: climate-driven community relocations in the Solomon Islands and Alaska provide insight for a 1.5 °C future
Journal Article

Albert et al.

Solomon Islands

How may sustainability be advanced through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Small Islands? Exploring a conceptual framework
Journal Article

Polido et al.

Azores

Identifying opportunities for long-lasting habitat conservation and restoration in Hawaii’s shifting climate
Journal Article

Fortini and Jacobi

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of climate adaptation actors towards resilience and transformation in a 1.5°C world
Journal Article

Saxena et al.

Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
Journal Article

Kishore et al.

Puerto Rico

On the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States: A dynamic analysis
Journal Article

Scandurra et al.

Practical tools for quantitative analysis of coastal vulnerability and sea level rise impacts—application in a Caribbean island and assessment of the 1.5 °C threshold
Journal Article

Biondi and Guannel

Providing an economy-wide monitoring framework for the circular economy in Austria: Status quo and challenges
Journal Article

Jacobi et al.

Recipe for Resilience? Tracing the Biopolitics of Sint Maarten’s Recovery Efforts After Irma
Journal Article

Kevon Rhiney

Reducing external costs of nitrogen pollution by relocation of pig production between regions in the European Union
Journal Article

van Grinsven et al.

Resource extractivism, health and climate change in small islands
Journal Article

Hilary Bambrick

Sustainability Learning Labs in Small Island Developing States: A Case Study of the Seychelles
Journal Article

Krütli et al.

The implications of rural perceptions of water scarcity on differential adaptation behaviour in Rajasthan, India
Journal Article

Singh et al.

The Sustainability of Humanitarian Aid: The Nicobar Islands as a Case of 'Complex Disasters'.
Book Section

Singh et al.

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A systematic review of methods for nexus assessment
Journal Article

Albrecht et al.

Understanding climate-human interactions in Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Implications for future livelihood sustainability
Journal Article

Nunn and Kumar

Water-energy nexus: A review of methods and tools for macro-assessment
Journal Article

Dai et al.

Where do islands put their waste? – A material flow and carbon footprint analysis of municipal waste management in the Maltese Islands
Journal Article

Camilleri-Fenech et al.

Malta

An integrative approach to understand vulnerability and resilience post-disaster: The 2015 cyclone Pam in urban Vanuatu as case study
Journal Article

Rey et al.

Vanuatu

Climate change adaptation trends in small island developing states
Journal Article

Stacy-ann Robinson

GIS-based Analysis of Vienna's Material Stock in Buildings
Journal Article

Kleemann et al.

Material Flow Accounts and Driving Factors of Economic Growth in the Philippines
Journal Article

Martinico‐Perez et al.

Material flow analysis for a sustainable resource management in island ecosystems
Journal Article

Andrea Cecchin

Material metabolism and lifecycle impact assessment towards sustainable resource management: A case study of the highway infrastructural system in Shandong Peninsula, China
Journal Article

Guo et al.

Methodology to characterize and quantify debris generation in residential buildings after seismic events
Journal Article

Kahhat et al.

Quantifying and mapping embodied environmental requirements of urban building stocks
Journal Article

Stephan and Athanassiadis

Regional Overview: Impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Report

UNDP

Small Island nations at the frontline of climate action
Webpage

UNDP

The Material Stock–Flow–Service Nexus: A New Approach for Tackling the Decoupling Conundrum
Journal Article

et al.

Water technology and sustainability in north Cyprus : Climate change the Turkey-north Cyprus water pipeline
Webpage

Bryant and Mason

A social justice framing of climate change discourse and policy: Adaptation, resilience and vulnerability in a Jamaican agricultural landscape
Journal Article

Popke et al.

Jamaica

Building stock dynamics and its impacts on materials and energy demand in China
Journal Article

Hong et al.

Climate Change in the Caribbean: A Multi-Scalar Account of Context and Inequality
Journal Article

Rahul D. Ghosal

Jamaica

Complex Disasters on the Nicobar Islands
Book Section

Singh et al.

Trinket Island

Do Foreign Aid and Remittance Inflows Hurt Competitiveness of Exports of Pacific Island Countries? An Empirical Study of Fiji
Journal Article

Jayaraman et al.

Fiji

Energy metabolism of the Balearic Islands (1986–2012)
Journal Article

Ginard-Bosch and Ramos-Martín

Estimating Materials Stocked by Land-Use Type in Historic Urban Buildings Using Spatio-Temporal Analytical Tools
Journal Article

Marcellus-Zamora et al.

Gone with the Wind : Estimating Hurricane and Climate Change Costs in the Caribbean
Report

Sebastian Acevedo

Island Sustainability. The Case of Samothraki.
Book Section

Petridis et al.

Socioeconomic metabolism of Biomass in Jamaica in the Context of Trade and National Food Security: A time series biophysical analysis (1961-2013).
Thesis

Akunne Okoli

Jamaica

State of Food Security and Nutrition in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Report

FAO

Transnational city carbon footprint networks - Exploring carbon links between Australian and Chinese cities
Journal Article

Chen et al.

Hong Kong

Climate implications on water stress and water-quality variations - a case study from Daduru Oya basin
Conference Paper

Rosairo and Jayasena

Governance of transitions towards sustainable development – the water–energy–food nexus in Cyprus
Journal Article

Halbe et al.

Sustainability analysis of a society based on exergy studies – a case study of the island of Samsø (Denmark)
Journal Article

Nielsen and Jørgensen

The material footprint of nations
Journal Article

Wiedmann et al.

The Weight of Society Over Time and Space: A Comprehensive Account of the Construction Material Stock of Japan, 1945–2010
Journal Article

Tanikawa et al.

Where does climate fit? Vulnerability to climate change in the context of multiple stressors in Funafuti, Tuvalu
Journal Article

McCubbin et al.

Tuvalu

An integrated material metabolism model for stocks of urban road system in Beijing, China
Journal Article

Guo et al.

Assessing the vulnerability of beach tourism and non-beach tourism to climate change: a case study from Jamaica
Journal Article

Tracy-Ann Hyman

Jamaica

Global Environment Outlook Small Island Developing States Outlook
Book

Al-Jenaid et al.

Obstacles to climate change adaptation decisions: a case study of sea-level rise and coastal protection measures in Kiribati
Journal Article

Donner and Webber

Kiribati

Resource Use in Small Island States
Journal Article

Krausmann et al.

Iceland Trinidad and Tobago

Strategic sustainability and industrial ecology in an island context, with considerations for a green economy roadmap: a study in the tourist accommodation sector, Grenada.
Thesis

John N. Telesford

Grenada

An emergy analysis for urban environmental sustainability assessment, the Island of Montreal, Canada
Journal Article

Vega-Azamar et al.

Montreal

Caribbean Small States - Challenges of High Debt and Low Growth
Report

Trinidad and Tobago

Quantification of urban metabolism through coupling with the life cycle assessment framework: concept development and case study
Journal Article

Goldstein et al.

Hong Kong

The Intimacy of Human-Nature Interactions on Islands
Book Section

Chertow et al.

Puerto Rico Singapore

Socio-technical regimes and sustainability transitions: Insights from political ecology
Journal Article

Lawhon and Murphy

The Banaban Resettlement: Implications for Pacific Environmental Migration
Journal Article

Gil Marvel Tabucanon

Fiji

A Comparison of Two Methods to Conduct Material Flow Analysis on Waste Tires in a Small Island Developing State
Journal Article

Saumya Sarkar

Conflicting Objectives of Trinidad's Water Pricing Policy: A Need for Good Water Pricing and Governance
Journal Article

Michelle Mycoo

Dynamic modeling of Singapore's urban resource flows: Historical trends and sustainable scenario development
Conference Paper

Abou-Abdo et al.

Singapore

Islands as crossroads: sustaining cultural diversity in small island developing states. Ed. Tim Curtis.
Report

UNESCO

Input, stocks and output flows of urban residential building system in Beijing city, China from 1949 to 2008
Journal Article

Hu et al.

Quantification and Magnitude of Losses and Damages Resulting from the Impacts of Climate Change: Modelling the Transformational Impacts and Costs of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean
Report

Simpson et al.

Twelve metropolitan carbon footprints: A preliminary comparative global assessment
Journal Article

Sovacool and Brown

Singapore

Combined MFA-LCA for Analysis of Wastewater Pipeline Networks: Case Study of Oslo, Norway
Journal Article

Venkatesh et al.

Framework for estimating potential wastes and secondary resources accumulated within an economy--a case study of construction minerals in Japan
Journal Article

Hashimoto et al.

National material flow analysis
Thesis

Susanna Maria Eisenhut

Urban stock over time: spatial material stock analysis using 4d-GIS
Journal Article

Tanikawa and Hashimoto

Using an Integrated Participatory Modeling Approach to Assess Water Management Options and Support Community Conversations on Maui
Journal Article

Bassi et al.

Maui

Sustainable island businesses: a case study of Norfolk Island
Journal Article

Manfred Lenzen

Technical approach for a sustainable tourism development. Case study in the Balearic Islands
Journal Article

Fortuny et al.

The Changing Metabolism of Cities
Journal Article

Christopher Kennedy and Engel-Yan

Hong Kong

Climate and pre-Columbian settlement at Anse à la Gourde, Guadeloupe, Northeastern Caribbean
Journal Article

Beets et al.

Guadeloupe

The Use and Knowledge of Herpetofauna on Little Nicobar Island, India
Journal Article

Manish Chandi

Brain Drain in Developing Regions (1990-2000)
Report

Docquier et al.

Macroeconomic Implications of Natural Disasters in the Caribbean
Report

Tobias Rasmussen

Progress towards sustainability? What the conceptual framework of material and energy flow accounting (MEFA) can offer
Journal Article

Haberl et al.

Environmental Relations and Biophysical Transitions: The Case of Trinket Island
Journal Article

Singh and Grünbühel

Ecosystem appropriation by Hong Kong and its implications for sustainable development
Journal Article

Warren-Rhodes and Koenig

Hong Kong

Escalating trends in the urban metabolism of Hong Kong: 1971-1997
Journal Article

Warren-Rhodes and Koenig

Hong Kong

Social Metabolism and Labour in a Local Context: Changing Environmental Relations on Trinket Island
Journal Article

Singh et al.

Trinket Island

A Commonwealth Vulnerability Index for Developing Countries
Book

Atkins et al.

Energy flow analysis as a tool for developing a sustainable society—a case study of a Swedish island
Journal Article

Sundkvist et al.

A comparison of the economic performance of different micro-states, and between micro-states and larger countries
Journal Article

Armstrong et al.

Islands of Sustainability: A Bottom-up Approach towards Sustainable Development
Journal Article

Wallner et al.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: A LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, POLICY FAILURE, AND COASTAL DECLINE
Journal Article

de Albuquerque and McElroy

The metabolism of a city: the case of Hong Kong
Journal Article

Newcombe et al.

Hong Kong Hong Kong (Island)

Case Studies