The Urban Caribbean in an Era of Global Change
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The Urban Caribbean in an Era of Global Change

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The Urban Caribbean in an Era of Global Change

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Based on the author's first hand field research, this book addresses the twin processes of urbanization and globalization as they affect the contemporary Caribbean region. One of the key aims of the book is to focus attention on the fact that contrary to popular perceptions, the Caribbean is highly urbanized. Indeed statistics show that the region is more highly urbanized than the world taken as a whole. In addition, the fact that the Caribbean region has always been affected by processes of globalization, in respect of its economy, polity and society, is central to the text. The chapters cover pressing topics such as urban change and the evolution of mini-metropolitan regions, the importance of the mercantile and plantopolis frameworks, tourism, post modernity and the urban nexus, economic change and the dual processes of global convergence and divergence, and the nature of the relationships existing between the state, the informal sector, housing and environmental conditions. In reality, it is shown that the development of tourism and enclave manufacturing is leading to new forms of urban concentration, and not spatial dispersal.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
ISBN
9781351880695
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geology & Earth Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Preface
  9. 1 Urbanisation and Development in the Caribbean: An Overview
  10. 2 Towards a Framework for the Consideration of Caribbean Urbanisation and Urban Settlement Systems
  11. 3 Global Change and Caribbean Urbanisation: Global Convergence and Global Divergence
  12. 4 Tourism, Post-Modernity and the Caribbean Urban Imperative
  13. 5 Globalisation, Environment and Urban Development in the Caribbean
  14. 6 Housing Conditions and the Role of the State in the Eastern Caribbean
  15. 7 Environmental Impacts of Urban Development and the Urban Informal Sector in the Caribbean
  16. 8 Caribbean Urban Futures
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index