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BL
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1013479
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b767849
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| Title & Author
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Environment and development in the Caribbean : : geographical perspectives /\ edited by David Barker and Duncan F.M. McGregor.
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| Publication Statement
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Jamaica :: Press, University of the West Indies,, 1995.
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1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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1435694759
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: 9781435694750
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9766400075 (pbk.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Environmental policy-- Caribbean Area.
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Sustainable development-- Caribbean Area.
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Tourism-- Caribbean Area.
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Earth Environmental Sciences.
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Ecology.
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Environmental policy.
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Environmental Sciences.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Environmental Policy.
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SCIENCE-- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry-- Environmental)
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Sustainable development.
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Tourism.
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Caribbean Area, Environmental conditions.
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Caribbean Area.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.7/009729
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GE160.C27E55 1995eb
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| Added Entry
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Barker, David,1947-
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McGregor, Duncan F. M.
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