Sustainable Urbanisation in the Caribbean (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Schoburgh, Eris Dawn; McDonald, Stephanie V.; McFarlane, Tracy A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sustainable Urbanisation in the Caribbean critically examines the socio-geographic context of island states, prioritising the nuanced experiences of Caribbean island states and territories that are largely considered small island developing states (SIDS), against the backdrop of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040049730
• Artikelnr.: 72272247

Autorenporträt

Eris Dawn Schoburgh, is Professor of Public Policy and Management in the Department of Government and former Associate Dean in the Faculty of the Social Sciences, at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Her general area of academic specialisation is public policy and management. She is Vice-President of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM); a member of the Editorial Board of Public Management Review (PMR); Board of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF); International Public Policy Association (IPPA) and the International Political Science Association (IPSA). She is Past President of the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA). Tracy A. McFarlane, a Senior Lecturer at The University of the West Indies, Mona, combines her expertise in Social and Personality Psychology with a focus on Health Psychology. Having completed doctoral studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY and a post-doctoral fellowship at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, she is globally recognised for research in higher education, women's health, social identity, immigrant adjustment and stigma. Currently leading a local team in a global study on work addiction, McFarlane consults with organisations in the public and private sectors to conduct psychosocial interventions that improve interpersonal/intergroup processes and psychosocial outcomes and contribute to societal problem-solving. Stephanie V. McDonald is an Independent Policy Researcher with a Master of Science in International Public and Development Management and Bachelor of Science in International Relations from the University of the West Indies, Mona. She has demonstrable competencies in data analytics and expert level understanding of policy writing, monitoring and evaluation.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Preface
Introduction Tracy A. McFarlane, Eris D. Schoburgh and Stephanie McDonald
SECTION 1: Institutions, Well-being and Social Capital in the Urban
Environment
Chapter 1: Institutional design for sustainable urbanization in the
Caribbean
Eris D. Schoburgh
Chapter 2: Policies and practices for universal health care in Caribbean
Island Countries
Amitava Basu
Chapter 3: Dwelling strategies and 'resilience-thinking' as forms of
sustainable urbanisation
David Howard
Chapter 4: Pursuing sustainability with participatory action research:
Psychosocial Support for Teen Mothers in a Jamaican Urban High School
Tracy A. McFarlane and Jonique Tyrell
Chapter 5: Is the Caribbean urban landscape a looming mental health crisis?
Urban spaces, Caribbean realities and mental health urban spaces and mental
health
Jasneth Mullings
Chapter 6: 'The work must go on': How journalists cope with covering urban
trauma in Jamaica
Brian Walker
SECTION II: Land and Waterbody Economy
Chapter 7: Decolonisation of historic Caribbean Urbanism: Revisiting an
architectonic sustainable dilemma
Patricia Elaine Green
Chapter 8: Realizing the potential of urban agriculture in Kingston,
Jamaica
Sonia D. Gatchair
Chapter 9: The blue economy and sustainable development in Eastern
Caribbean SIDS
Sarah Mahadeo
Chapter 10: Between Forests and Policies: Amerindian Perspectives on
Guyana's Green
Economy
LauraJán Obermuller
SECTION III: Risk Mitigation and Adaptation in Urban Spaces
Chapter 11: Creating Adaptive Smart Cities: ICT Integration and the Future
of Disaster Risk Management in Urban Jamaica
Shar-Lee Amori
Chapter 12: From vulnerability to sustainability: The case of Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines
Idelia Ferdinand
SECTION IV: City Governance and Economy
Chapter 13: Reframing city governance in the English-speaking Caribbean
Eris D. Schoburgh
Chapter 14: The expanding role of the city and the changing nature of
violence in Jamaica
Michelle A. Munroe
Chapter 15: Public space governance in the Caribbean: Trends, reflections,
and responses for the future
Renelle Sargeant and Simone A. Dias
Chapter 16: Are special economic zones catalysts for sustainable
urbanization and regional development?
Sandria Tennant
Chapter 17: Community transportation: The role of taxis in transformation
of household livelihood
Shinique Walters, Olivene Burke and Roger Bent
SECTION V: Lesson-drawing, Next Practice and Conclusion
Chapter 18: Sustainable urban regeneration and European Union funding:
Stimulating the micro-economy of Valletta
Malcolm Borg
Chapter 19: The 'Build Back Better' Aquagram Program: The Next Practice for
the Caribbean
Graham Osborne
Conclusion: The way forward
Tracy A. McFarlane, Eris D. Schoburgh and Stephanie V. McDonald
Index