Screen LibraryGlobal change and the Caribbean : adaptation and resilience /
This is the fifth in a series of volumes published by UWI Press exploring how geographical and cognate research is being applied to address key environmental problems in the Caribbean region. Global Change and the Caribbean highlights how current research is addressing the consequences of change, fo...
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The University of the West Indies Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Jamaica : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This is the fifth in a series of volumes published by UWI Press exploring how geographical and cognate research is being applied to address key environmental problems in the Caribbean region. Global Change and the Caribbean highlights how current research is addressing the consequences of change, forced by global warming and climate change, and driven by globalization and population growth. The book takes forward issues of regional and community vulnerability, and focuses on the search for solutions in terms of adaptation, resilience and societal transformation. The question of transformatio |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9789766406004 9766406006 |
| Index Number: | GE160 |
| CLC: | X508.73 |
| Call Number: | X508.73/G562 |
| Contents: |
Adaptation and Resilience: Changing Caribbean Perspectives / Part 1: Regional, National and Sectoral Approaches: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience -- Caribbean Tourism and Urban Development: Resilience and Adaptation to Global Change over Five Hundred Years / The 2014 Jamaican Drought: Climate Change or Interannual Climate Variability? / The Insurance Trap: Banana Farming in Dominica after Hurricane Hugo / |