Landscape, Land-Change & Well-Being in the Lesser Antilles : Case Studies from the coastal villages of St. Kitts and the Kalinago Territory, Dominica /

In the Caribbean region, landscape change is part of the region's history. The Caribbean exemplifies man-made changes to landscape, beginning with Amerindians, continuing to the importation of exotic species through the colony area, extreme land degradation caused by sugar plantation, forced se...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stancioff, Charlotte Eloise (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : SIdestone Press, [2018]
Colección:NEXUS 1492.
Temas:
Landscape changes > Social aspects > Saint Kitts and Nevis > Saint Kitts.
Landscape changes > Social aspects > Dominica.
Land use > Saint Kitts and Nevis > Saint Kitts.
Land use > Dominica.
Paysages > Modifications > Aspect social > Saint Kitts et Nevis > Saint Kitts.
Paysages > Modifications > Aspect social > Dominique.
Utilisation du sol > Saint Kitts et Nevis > Saint Kitts.
Utilisation du sol > Dominique.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Coastal Regions & Shorelines.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Land use.
Dominica.
Saint Kitts and Nevis > Saint Kitts.
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  • Intro; Fig. 1. St. Kitts and Dominica in the Caribbean region. Unless explicitly stated, all figures were created by the author using her own collected data, open access data, and/or data acquired through grants.; Fig. 2. Key components in a landscape and their connection to human use; adapted from Liu and Opdam (2014).; Fig. 3. The multiple scales and influences on landscapes; adapted from Liu and Opdam (2014).; Fig. 4. Cultural Value Model, adapted from J. Stephenson (2008).
  • Fig. 5. Conceptual model of the linkages between the Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) and cultural landscape approach adapted from Tenberg et al (2012).; Fig. 6. The overview of the applied methodology in the case studies, merging qualitative and quantitative data.; Fig. 7. Case study settlement locations on St. Kitts.; Fig. 8. Macro and micro factors relevant to the coastal villages of St. Kitts case study.; Fig. 9. St. Kitts Coast Guard carrying out a shoreline survey (photo by author).; Fig. 10. The Kalinago Territory, Dominica.
  • Fig. 11. Macro and micro factors relevant to the Kalinago Territory case study. Fig. 12. Cozier Frederick leading a community mapping workshop in Salybia.; Fig. 13. Marcus Philips and Asher Burton collecting GPS points during a land survey (photo by author).; Fig. 14. Maximum Likelihood Supervision classification of the coastal villages of St. Kitts, 2006.; Fig. 15. Maximum Likelihood Supervision classification of the coastal villages of St. Kitts, 2015.; Fig. 16. Total percentage of each land class regarding the gains and losses (2006-2015), the coastal villages of St. Kitts.
  • Fig. 17. Overall land class changes of the coastal villages of St. Kitts, indicating land cover modifications between and 2006 to 2015. Fig. 18. Urban gains: contributions from other land classes, 2006-2015.; Fig. 19. Bare gains: contributions from other land classes, 2006-2015.; Fig. 20. Crop gains: contributions from other land classes, 2006-2015.; Fig. 21. Grass gains: contributions from other land classes, 2006-2015.; Fig. 22. Forest gains: contributions from other land classes 2006-2015.; Fig. 23. Empty sugar cane fields present an odd but beautiful landscape (photo by author).
  • Fig. 24. This chimney, a remnant of the sugar cane industry, still stands in the overgrown fields located at the foot of Mount Liamuiga (photo by author)Fig. 25. Clearing the heavy overgrowth to create a path through now discarded sugar cane fields (photo by author).; Fig. 26. Village houses located very close to the water's edge (photo by author).; Fig. 27. Mean and standard deviations of the variables of coastal changes whereby 1 represents the negative and 4 the positive changes.

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