Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. PREFACE IX
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
6. INTRODUCTION XIII
7. REFERENCE MAPS
8. KAUA'I AND NI'IHAU 3
9. O'AHU 7
10. MOLOKA'I AND LĀNA'I 11
11. MAUI AND KAHO'OLAWE 14
12. HAWAI'I 17
13. NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 23
14. HAWAIIAN PLACE NAMES 26
15. MAPPING AND GEODESY 29
16. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
17. GEOLOGY 37
18. GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES 47
19. CLIMATE 49
20. HAWAI'I AND ATMOSPHERIC CHANGE 60
21. PALEOCLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY 64
22. NATURAL HAZARDS 67
23. EARTHQUAKES 69
24. VOLCANIC HAZARDS ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAI'I 72
25. HURRICANES 74
26. TSUNAMIS 76
27. COASTAL HAZARDS 79
28. THE OCEAN 82
29. WATER 87
30. SOILS 92
31. ASTRONOMY 97
32. THE BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT
33. BIOGEOGRAPHY 103
34. EVOLUTION 107
35. MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 111
36. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS 121
37. BIRDS 130
38. NATIVE PLANTS 135
39. INSECTS AND THEIR KIN 140
40. HAWAIIAN TREE SNAILS 144
41. ALIEN SPECIES AND THREATS TO NATIVE ECOLOGY 146
42. ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES 150
43. PROTECTED AREAS 154
44. THE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
45. ARCHAEOLOGY 161
46. HISTORY 169
47. POPULATION 183
48. LANGUAGES 198
49. RELIGION 201
50. ARCHITECTURE 205
51. MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES 208
52. CULTURE AND THE ARTS 211
53. THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
54. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 219
55. LAND USE AND TENURE 225
56. URBAN CENTERS 233
57. ECONOMY 238
58. AGRICULTURE 246
59. FISHERIES 252
60. THE MILITARY 255
61. TOURISM 258
62. ENERGY 264
63. TRANSPORTATION 268
64. COMMUNICATIONS 273
65. EDUCATION 278
66. HEALTH AND WELLNESS 282
67. CRIME 287
68. RECREATION 289
69. RECREATION 294
70. GOVERNMENT SERVICES 298
71. STATISTICAL TABLES 303
72. REFERENCES 311
73. SOURCES 317
74. GAZETTEER 323