Environment and development in the Caribbean : geographical perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Jamaica : Press, University of the West Indies, 1995. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11186657 |
Table of Contents:
- A geographical focus for environment and development in the Caribbean / Duncan F.M. McGregor and David Barker
- The impact of thermal effluent discharge on the Barbados southern west coast / Leonard A. Nurse, Kenneth A. Atherley and Leo A. Brewster
- Bahamian blue holes : windows on the past, resources for the future / Neil E. Sealey
- Wetland resource rehabilitation for sustainable development in the Eastern Caribbean / Peter R. Bacon
- Sustainable tourism in the Caribbean / Lesley France and Brian Wheeller
- Tourism development in small islands : St. Maarten/St. Martin and Bermuda / Klaus de Albuquerque and Jerome L. McElroy
- The cost of housing in a tourist economy : the US Virgin Islands / Frank L. Mills
- Disaster mitigation and cost-benefit analysis : conceptual perspectives / Jeremy McA. Collymore
- Tropical cyclone activity within the Caribbean Basin since 1500 / Alison J. Reading and Rory P.D. Walsh
- Landslides in Jamaica : extent, significance and geological zonation / Rafi Ahmad
- Evaluating landslide hazard for land use planning : upper St. Andrew, Jamaica / Russell J. Maharaj
- Soil erosion, environmental change and development in the Caribbean : a deepening crisis? / Duncan F.M. McGregor
- Coastal development and geomorphological processes : Scotland District, Barbados / Fatima Patel
- Drainage and irrigation projects in Guyana : environmental considerations / Patrick E. Williams
- Implementing a national park system for Jamaica : the PARC Project / David C. Smith
- The Cockpit Country : a World Heritage site? / L. Alan Eyre
- Farming on the fringe : small-scale agriculture on the edge of the Cockpit Country / David Barker and David J. Miller.