FLOODING AND CLIMATE CHANGE: SECTORIAL IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR THE CARIBBEAN REGION

FLOODING AND CLIMATE CHANGE: SECTORIAL IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR THE CARIBBEAN REGION

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

REFERENCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO FLOODING AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CARIBBEAN

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CAUSES OF FLOODING

3. FLOODING PHYSICAL RISK FACTORS IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: FLOODING AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. OBSERVED CLIMATE TRENDS AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS - PRECIPITATION AND SEA LEVEL RISE

3. POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM PROJECTED CHANGES AND MANAGEMENT APPROACHES

4. SELECTED CASE STUDIES IN SMALL ISLAND STATES (CARIBBEAN AND, WHERE AVAILABLE, PACIFIC AND IMA REGION)

5. CASE STUDIES

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: IMPACT OF FLOODING ON THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. DIRT

3. HYDRAULIC CIVILISATIONS AND THE RISE OF AGRICULTURE

4. FLOODING

5. FOOD SECURITY

6. FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT MEASURES

7. CLIMATE CHANGE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: IMPACTS OF FRESHWATER FLOODING IN COASTAL ZONES: SANDY BEACHES, CORAL REEFS AND SEAGRASS BEDS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

COASTAL FLOODING

MITIGATION MEASURES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 5: EFFECTS OF FRESHWATER FLOODING ON MANGROVES IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. DISTRIBUTION OF MANGROVES

3. WHY ARE MANGROVES IMPORTANT?

4. FRESHWATER FLOODING AND MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS

5. IMPACT OF FRESHWATER FLOODING ON MANGROVE TREES

6. IMPACT OF FLOODING ON MANGROVE FAUNA

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: HEALTH EFFECTS OF FLOODING IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. POVERTY, HEALTH AND VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

3. LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

4. INITIAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF FLOODING EVENTS

5. ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE BUILDING

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF COMMUNITIES TO FLOOD PREVENTION IN NORTH AND SOUTH TRINIDAD, WEST INDIES

ABSTRACT

1. BACKGROUND

2. INTRODUCTION

3. METHODOLOGY

4. RESULTS

5. DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNOLOGIES IN FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

3. ROLE OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES IN FLOOD MANAGEMENT

4. APPLICATIONS OF INTEGRATED GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES IN FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: USING GIS IN DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. AVAILABLE FLOOD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

3. GIS IN FLOOD MANAGEMENT

4. A GIS APPROACH TO FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 10: FLOODING IN JAMAICA: CAUSES AND CONTROLS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FLOODING AS AN ECONOMIC HAZARD

3. INFLUENCING FACTORS

4. COPING STRATEGIES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 11: FLOODING AND THE LAW

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. GLOBAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

3. THE LAW

4. COMPLIANCE

5. DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 12: CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS, FUTURE PROJECTIONS FOR PRECIPITATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FLOODING IN THE CARIBBEAN

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CASE STUDY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX