PART I: ECONOMIC CONCERNS -- Chapter 1: Macroeconomic trends, vulnerability and resilience capability of SIDS -- Chapter 2: Development strategies for the vulnerable SIDS -- Chapter 3: Global developments and sustainability of small islands -- Chapter 4: Trade Policy, Innovation Governance and the Small Island Developing States: Perspectives and Policies for the Pacific and the Caribbean -- PART II: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS -- Chapter 5: Democracy, social empowerment and small island jurisdictions -- Chapter 6: Social capital and policies for social cohesion: Small island perspective -- Chapter 7: Ageing population and sustainable social safety nets in Mauritius -- Chapter 8: Disease environment and health policy response in SIDS -- Chapter 9: Designing sustainable employment policies in small islands: A case study of the Island of Fiji -- PART III: CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT -- Chapter 10: Responding to climate change in small islands: Economic perspective -- Chapter 11: Overseas development assistance and climate resilience for SIDS: Case Study of Tonga -- Chapter 12: Global climate change and the myth of international cooperation -- Chapter 13: Improving sustainability through assessment of natural disasters -- PART IV: ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE AND CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 14: Promoting blue economy -- Chapter 15: Environmental human health and ecosystem vitality: SIDS Vs Non-SIDS -- Chapter 16: Overtourism and small islands with special reference to the Maltese Islands -- Chapter 17: Dynamics of deforestation in Solomon Islands: The need for restoration and conservation alternatives -- PART V: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 18: Global development finance for sustainable development of small islands -- Chapter 19: SIDS and international development: Transition from Transition from MDGs to SDGs -- Chapter 20: Assessing the progress of environmental governance -- Chapter 21: Overcoming insularity by improving connectivity between islands and beyond.

The book provides fresh look at the issues of sustainable development, degradation of natural resources and vulnerability to climate change in Small Island developing states (SIDS). It documents the deteriorating state of SIDS and adaptation efforts made to address the impending crisis of unsustainable economic growth with international, national and community support. Authors have discussed issues like macroeconomic trends, vulnerability, resilience capability, and SIDS-specific strategies focusing on sectors like trade and tourism. Discussion continues with the examination of democracy, social capital, quality of life, and health concerns. Climate change and natural resource challenges are analyzed using case studies. The book also discusses diplomatic complexities of international climate agreements, collective action and institutional quality constitute the analysis of global environment and sustainable development.