[ISL] Five links on islands: Puerto Rico, Japan, Newfoundland, climate change, Koh Pich

[rfmcdonald]

• New York Magazine carries this article looking at the dreadful aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the lagging response of government (American, mainly). Heads should roll.


• Japan Times carries an article looking at the various strategies used by different Japanese islands and archipelagoes to try to resist depopulation. Some work better than others.


• Could the outposts of Newfoundland benefit not from consolidation and planned depopulation, but from planned resettlement? The precedents from Ireland and Italy are interesting, at least. CBC reports.


• The Inter Press Service notes that climate change, including rising sea levels and growing storms, will hit smart island nations badly.


• Morgan Fache at Roads and Kingdoms reports on how Koh Pich, "Diamond Island", offshore of Phmon Penh, has been emptied of its population of fishers to make way for an elite real estate development.