The postwar restructuring of small tropical islands toward mass tourism development has
threatened their sustainability. A major cause has been inadequate understanding of …

Mass tourism began in the Caribbean in the 1960s with the advent of low cost air travel.
Jamaica, Barbados, and the Bahamas were among the first places to develop a resort …

Agricultural trends in the insular Caribbean are increasingly shaped by global change.
Global change is characterized by two components, globalization and environmental …

The parish of St Thomas has one of the highest densities of landslides in Jamaica, which
impacts the residents, local economy and the built and natural environment. These …

First Published in 2015. This book places in firm historical perspective the roots of
Caribbean dependency, highlighting the ways in which the region has been and continues …

The Caribbean region has been (re) shaped by colonial transformations of Amerindian
ecologies, enslavement of Africans, and Indenture of Asians on plantations designed for …

The Jamaican Boa Chilabothrus subflavus (Boidae) is a Jamaican-protected species whose
numbers and distribution have declined during the last century. In order to protect Jamaican …

Kingston is a city facing serious environmental challenges. In common with other Third
World cities, these have usually been documented from the perspective of affluent and …

Development is arguably in a period of crisis. As a process, a practice and a project it is not
doing what it was intended to do (Crush 1995; McAfee 1991; Rist 1997; Skelton 1996a; …

For the Caribbean shares in the great drama of the Americas of which it is an integral part,
whereby new societies are shaped, new and delicately tuned sensibilities are honed, and …