paradise, now with a homeowners association and a shuttle bus to the marina.
means the process of building resorts, housing, or infrastructure on a previously undeveloped or lightly populated island.
from traces to colonial-era plantation economies, but the modern version was born with jet travel and container shipping in the 1960s-70s, when islands stopped being remote and started being reachable in one connecting flight.
palm jumeirah — dubai's man-made palm-shaped island, built 2001-2007 from dredged sand
the world islands — dubai's 300-island archipelago shaped like a globe, many still unsold
boracay shutdown — philippines closed the island to tourists for 6 months in 2018 over sewage
maldives floating city — a planned 5,000-unit floating settlement to outlast rising seas