Enduring Geohazards in the Caribbean: Moving from the Reactive to the Proactive

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
1. Enduring Landslides and Floods in the Caribbean Region......Page 14
Section 1: Landslides......Page 26
2. Modelling Landslides in Tropical Environments......Page 28
3. Planning for Hillside Terrains......Page 53
4. Developing a GIS-based Landslide Susceptibility Map for Tropical Mountainous Environments......Page 77
5. Using Contemporary Geo-imaging Technologies for Landslide Investigations in Tropical Environments......Page 94
Section 2: Floods......Page 118
6. Using GIS for Flood Management and Mitigation in Trinidad and Tobago......Page 120
7. Using GIS for Flood Risk Assessment and Flood Sensitivity Maps for a Watershed in Trinidad and Tobago......Page 137
8. A New Examination of Floods in the Region: Debris Floods and Debris Flows in the Caribbean......Page 154
9. Mapping Flood-prone Areas: A Geoinformatics Approach......Page 170
Section 3: Geohazards Management......Page 192
10. Developing a Proactive Approach to Geohazards Management in Trinidad and Tobago......Page 194
11. Issues in Flood Risk Management......Page 205
12. Recognizing and Managing Unstable Slopes in Trinidad and Tobago......Page 219
13. Developing Early Warning Systems for Managing Geohazards in the Caribbean......Page 238
14. Beyond Humanitarianism: Building Resilient Communities, Revisiting the Development Dialogue......Page 257
Contributors......Page 268