【Articles】

An Approach to the Small Islands Problem: An Introduction.
Hideo KANEMITSU

Toward Construction of the Resource-Circulating Type System in Islands: Composting of Livestock Excretion.
Hajime OSHIRO

Islands Need “Food Self-Sufficiency Ability”.
Yukihiro HASHIGUCHI

Eyes to the Forest: World Natural Heritage and the Perspective of Tourism Development in Yaku Island.
Hisao SEKINE

The State Islands Shipping Transport Seen from Life Security : Proposal of Autonomous and Sustainability Transport Model through Analysis of Amami- Islands.
Norihisa KANEDA

On Socio-Economic Changes in Bridged Island : A Case Study on Hamahiga-jima, Okinawa.
Akemi MAEHATA

The Establishment of Community-Welfare System and Island Promotion in Hateruma- Island : A Research by Questionnaire on Household Management and Mutual Help and Support of the Islanders.
Yoshiko KOTANI, Shunsuke NAGASHIMA , Fumiko NODA

【Book Review】
Stephen A.Royle : A Geography of Islands(2001) : Small Island Insularity.
Keiichi TAKEUCHI