FROM DREAM ISLANDS TO APOCALYPSE ISLANDS

Resumo

Islands have always been places arousing dreams and phantasms but also all forms of fears. Very present in literature and especially adventure literature (with Jules Verne  or Daniel Defoe among the most famous creators of imaginary islands or imaginary stories inspired by real islands), they are often places of dreams for tourists. Yet climate change modifies the perception of islands and makes us aware that it has a deep impact on lots of geographical places and especially on islands.  Starting with some literary visions of islands in the past this essay would like to concentrate on islands or shorelines nowadays as the places of vulnerability (such as Marshall Islands; Kerala,  islands in Sudan or Tuvalu, Tokelau and Kiribati archipelagoes among others). This will also be the opportunity to show some solutions found by communities living on these islands and also the paradox of the construction of some artificial islands meant for rich tourists in some special places.