Resource Sustainability and Caribbean Development follows on from
Barker and McGregor's earlier edited volume "Environment and Development
in the Caribbean: Geographical Perspectives" (1995) and aims "to focus
more specifically on the theme of sustainability, and to examine
research contributions of geographers to problems of sustainability in
the Caribbean region . . .While the problems of environmental
degradation have increased in recent decades, the ability of Caribbean
governments to cope with the consequences appears to have been eroded.
There is, however, a growing recognition within the region of the need
for development strategies that focus on the social needs of the people,
yet simultaneously protect the fragile natural environment . . . It is
hoped that the research presented here will serve to inform the wider
research and decision-making community of the main problems associated
with resource sustainability in the region, and of some of the major
research directions crucial to the alleviation of these problems.
Preface