The contemporary Caribbean : issues, challenges, and opportunities / Clinton L. Beckford, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beckford, Clinton L., editor.

Series:

Central America and Caribbean travel handbook series.

Central America and the Caribbean

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean Area-Economic conditions-1945-.

Caribbean Area-Social conditions-1945-.

Caribbean Area-Environmental conditions.

Caribbean Area--Economic conditions--1945-.

Caribbean Area.

Caribbean Area--Social conditions--1945-.

Caribbean Area--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Medicine & Health, [2018]

Summary:

The Contemporary Caribbean: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities explores a number of contemporary issues facing the Caribbean, which will be of broad interest to a regional and global audience. The book is written from multiple academic perspectives, but with a strong focus on social sciences.The book will be of interest to a wide and diverse global audience interested in the Caribbean and small island developing states, including:* university professors* researchers and scholars* university students* agricultural scientists and practitioners* agricultural policy-makersThis book is important in adding to the slowly expanding literature on the Caribbean. The contributors are Caribbeanists - researchers and scholars who have conducted extensive research in the region in their chosen fields and are thus experts in their fields. The perspectives they share are thus considered and evidenced-based, framed by their extensive knowledge of the regional context, and argued with regional nuance. It is hoped that readers will find this book insightful, and interesting. Two assessments by Caribbean scholars underscore the value of this volume at this time.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Preface

Chapter 1

The Contemporary Caribbean: An Introduction

1. Overview

2. Composition of the Caribbean

3. Caribbean Climate 'In' Change

4. Cultural Diversity

5. Caribbean Environments

6. Caribbean in a Global Context

7. Intersection of Environment and Economy

8. Migration and the Caribbean

9. Economy and Development

10. Urbanization in the Caribbean

11. The Enigmatic Caribbean

Conclusion

References

Chapter 2

Prospects of Small Scale Liquefied Natural Gas for Caribbean Countries

2. Introduction

3. The Caribbean Energy Status

4. Energy Options from Latin America and the Caribbean

4.1. Petro Caribe

4.2. Natural Gas Options from the Latin America

4.3. Natural Gas from Trinidad & Tobago

5. Renewable Energy for the Caribbean

5.1. Solar Energy

5.1.1. Barbados

5.1.2. The Dominican Republic

5.1.3. Grenada

5.2. Wind Energy

5.2.1. Jamaica

5.2.2. Netherland Antilles

5.3. Geothermal

5.4. Hydroelectricity

5.5. Barriers to Renewable Energy Development

5.6. Action Required for Developing Renewable Energy

6. Justification for LNG

6.1. Potential Supplies

6.2. Shipping Logistics

6.3. Project Development

Chapter 3

Three Controversial Issues in Guyana: Border Controversy, Out-Migration and Landownership

2. New Emerging Trends in Guyana and Venezuela Border Controversy

2.1. Background to the Border Controversy

3. Out-Migration: Guyanese We Do Not Want You

3.1. Limited Internal Migration in Guyana

4. Landownership in Guyana

Chapter 4

Integrating GIS into Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the Caribbean

2. Introduction.

3. Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Spatial Scale

4. Local Level Climate Change Adaptation Planning and the Key Role of GIS

5. Local Level Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the Caribbean

6. Strategies for Integrating GIS into Caribbean Local Climate Change Adaptation Planning

Chapter 5

Mass Tourism Development to the Benefit of Whom? Enclave Space Production and Exclusionary Economic Practices in Falmouth, Jamaica

3. Enclave Space Production in Falmouth

4. Research Methods

5. Findings

5.1. Hopes and Disappointments about Economic Benefits

5.2. Circulation of Economic Benefits

5.3. Outflow of Benefits and Tourists to Neighbouring Towns

5.4. Physical and Economic Barriers to Enclaves

5.5. Working Conditions within the Enclave

5.6. Contestation over the Marine Environment by Fisherfolk and Tourism Interests

Chapter 6

Dependency and Underdevelopment: Antigua, Barbuda and Hurricane Irma

2.1. Climate Change and Storms

2.2. Background on Antigua and Barbuda

2.3. Data Source, Collection and Analysis

3. Chronology of a Storm

3.1. The Warnings

3.2. Assessments of Impact, Damage to Housing, Personal Safety

3.3. Response to the Disaster

3.3.1. Response: Local Level

3.3.2. Response: Regional Level

3.3.3. Response: International Level

3.4. Rebuilding

3.5. Re-Building Barbuda-Whose Problem?

4. Discussion

Acknowledgments

Chapter 7

Beach Management Evolution in SIDS: The Case of Trinidad, W.I.

3. Description of Study Area

4. Methodology

4.1. Coastal Processes

4.2. Beach Profiles

4.3. Beach Width/Volume

4.4. Sediment Analysis

5. Results.

5.1. Coastal Processes

5.2. Beach Profiles

5.3. Sediment Characteristics

5.4. Stability Status

6. Discussion

6.1. Drivers of Coastal Erosion

6.2. Assessment of Coastal Protection

6.3. The Management and Policy Approach/Intervention

Chapter 8

Improving the Academic Performance of Boys in Jamaica: An Intervention Model

2.1. The Issue with Boys' Underperformance in Jamaica

2.2. The Way Students Are Placed in High Schools and Tertiary Institutions in Jamaica

3. Methodology

4. Findings

4.1. Value of Education and Academic Performance

4.1.1. The Different Types of Values

4.2. Student Satisfaction and Academic Performance

4.3. Learning Styles and Academic Performance

4.4. Classroom Climate and Academic Performance

4.5. Socioeconomic Status and Academic Performance

4.6. Parental Support and Academic Performance

4. Intervention Model

Chapter 9

An Investigation of Ecosystem Services towards Sustainable Management of an Ecologically Sensitive Community in Trinidad

3. Study Area

4.1. Data Mining

4.2. Mapping

Turtle Nesting Distribution

Community Map

4.3. Surveys

5. Results

5.1. Assessing Changing Demographics and Socio-Economic Conditions

5.2 . Classifying the Ecosystem Services at Grande Riviere

Provisioning Services

Regulating Services

Cultural Services

Supporting Services

Assessing Turtle Nesting as a Prime Ecosystem Service Provider

5.3. Community Perceptions of Ecosystem Services

5.4. Perceptions on Community Development in the Future

6. Discussion and Recommendations

6.1. Environmental Challenges

6.2. The Management Conundrum.

6.3. Recommendations for Ecosystem-Based Community Management in Grande Riviere

About the Editor

List of Contributors

Index

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781536140880

1536140880

OCLC:

1063948307