The previous three volumes in the series on Caribbean geography explored how
geographical and cognate research was being applied to address key environmental
problems in the Caribbean. The present volume makes a further significant
contribution to the literature. It highlights how current research is addressing
rapid change in the Caribbean region, both that being forced by global warming
and by population growth. The chapters are presented as a series of original,
empirical research contributions, which have the common theme of the search
for development strategies that focus on the social and economic needs of the
people without further deterioration of the region’s fragile environmental resource
base. The articles have been selected to emphasize the importance of a
multidisciplinary focus in this applied research field. Among the subject areas
covered are climate change, sustainable food production systems, urban planning
and community development, and coastal management. The authors conclude
the volume by developing the critical research agenda on these and other issues.
Contributors: Steve Bailey, David Barker, Clinton Beckford, Donovan Campbell,
Shauna-Lee Chai, Sean Chenoweth, Colin Clarke, Mick Day, David Dodman,
Douglas Gamble, Kemi George, David Howard, Rivke Jaffe, Adonna Jardine-Comrie, Linda Johnson-Bhola, Shakira Khan, Duncan McGregor, Susan Otuokon, Kevon Rhiney, Edward Robinson, Deborah-Ann Rowe, Elizabeth Thomas-Hope, Patrick Williams, Hebe Verrest
Duncan McGregor is Senior Lecturer in the Geography, Royal Holloway,
University of London, and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
David Dodman is Researcher in Human Settlements and Climate Change at the
International Institute for Environment and Development, London, and was
formerly a Lecturer in Human Geography, Department of Geography and
Geology, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
David Barker is Professor of Geography and Head, Department of Geography and
Geology Department, University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He is editor of
Caribbean Geography and President of the Jamaican Geographical Society.
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Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability
