| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Caribbean Area -- Environmental conditions.
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Caribbean Area. |
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Environmental conditions. |
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Environmental policy -- Caribbean Area.
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Environmental policy. |
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Sustainable development -- Caribbean Area.
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Sustainable development. |
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Tourism -- Caribbean Area.
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Tourism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Barker, David, 1947-
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McGregor, Duncan F. M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Environment and development in the Caribbean. Jamaica : Press, University of the West Indies, 1995 9766400075 9789766400071 (DLC) 96116688 (OCoLC)34746169 |
| ISBN |
9781435694750 (electronic book) |
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1435694759 (electronic book) |
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