" One of those rare books that's both sweeping and specific, scholarly and readable… What
makes the book stand out is its wealth of historical detail."—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New …

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Resources Monograph
Series, Volume 14. I wrote this book in response to a need expressed by one of my Ph. D …

A transformative literary history of black environmental writing. Winner, William Sanders
Scarborough Prize by the Modern Language Association At the intersection of social and …

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Resources Monograph
Series, Volume 19. What are the forms and processes characteristic of mountain rivers and …

Now in its second edition. This text has been extensively revised and rewritten to reflect the
growth in environmental research during the last decade. Human-induced environmental …

Local knowledge has played an active role in the lives of rural communities in virtually every
part of the world. In Jamaica, traditional cropping systems based on local informal …

Soil erosion by water is the principal cause of land degradation, and a major constraint to
agricultural development in developing countries. Soil erosion greatly reduces the functions …

This text focuses on the contemporary economic, social, geographical, environmental and
political realities of the Caribbean region. Historical aspects of the Caribbean, such as …

As pressure on land and forest resources increases, there is a growing need to assess and
improve the sustainability of slash-and-burn agriculture in tropical uplands. On steep …

Secondary forests in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica, subject to human disturbance as well
as hurricanes, are coming under increasing land-use pressure with a rising population …