00635nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000200001724500710003726000090010852003540011758300190047194200060049099900170049620260716043332.0 aBRIGUGLIO, Lino aSmall island developing states and their economic vulnerabilities. c1995 aGives a brief account of the most important vulnerabilities of small island developing states, viz. small size, remoteness and insularity, disaster proneness, environmental fragility, dependence on foreign sources of finance, and, demographic changes due to emigration. Proposes a method for constructing an index to measure economic vulnerability. c3/7/00kM2LMGR cA c45104d45104