Beyond Sun and Sand : Caribbean Environmentalisms / / Sherrie L. Baver, Barbara Deutsch Lynch

• Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.72/09729; 333.7209729
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - Caribbean Area; Environmentalism - Caribbean Area
• Altri autori: BaverSherrie L BuracMaurice Garcia-MartinezNeftali Garcia-RamosTania JacomeFrancine LynchBarbara Deutsch McCaffreyKatherine T MillerMarin MinniteLorraine NessImmanuel PizziniManuel Valdes Rivera-RiveraAna Soto-LopezRicardo
• Persona (resp. second.): BaverSherrie L.; LynchBarbara Deutsch
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. The Political Ecology of Paradise -- 2. Environmental Movements in the Caribbean -- 3. Paradise Sold, Paradise Lost: Jamaica’s Environment and Culture in the Tourism Marketplace -- 4. Historical Contentions and Future Trends in the Coastal Zones: The Environmental Movement in Puerto Rico -- 5. The Struggle for Sustainable Tourism in Martinique -- 6. Puerto Rico: Economic and Environmental Overview -- 7. Seeking Agricultural Sustainability: Cuban and Dominican Strategies -- 8. “Ni Una Bomba Mas”: Reframing the Vieques Struggle -- 9. Environmental Justice for Puerto Ricans in the Northeast: A Participant-Observer’s Assessment -- 10. Environmental Risk and Childhood Disease in an Urban Working-Class Caribbean Neighborhood -- Conclusion: Toward a Creole Environmentalism -- REFERENCES -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Filtered through the lens of the North American and European media, the Caribbean appears to be a series of idyllic landscapes-sanctuaries designed for sailing, diving, and basking in the sun on endless white sandy beaches. Conservation literature paints a similarly enticing portrait, describing the region as a habitat for endangered coral reefs and their denizens, parrots, butterflies, turtles, snails, and a myriad of plant species. In both versions, the image of the exotic landscape overshadows the rich island cultures that are both linguistically and politically diverse, but trapped in a global economy that offers few options for development. Popular depictions also overlook the reality that the region is fraught with environmental problems, including water and air pollution, solid waste mismanagement, destruction of ecosystems, deforestation, and the transition from agriculture to ranching. Bringing together ten essays by social scientists and activists, Beyond Sun and Sand provides the most comprehensive exploration to date of the range of environmental issues facing the region and the social movements that have developed to deal with them. The authors consider the role that global and regional political economies play in this process and provide valuable insight into Caribbean environmentalism. Many of the essays by prominent Caribbean analysts are made available for the first time in English.
• Titolo autorizzato: Beyond Sun and Sand
• ISBN: 1-281-31657-1; 9786611316570; 0-8135-3752-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777652903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II