Sustainable Urbanisation in the Caribbean

Eris Dawn Schoburgh, is Professor of Public Policy and Management in the Department of Government and former Associate Dean in the Faculty of the Social Sciences, at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Her general area of academic specialisation is public policy and management. She is Vice-President of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM); a member of the Editorial Board of Public Management Review (PMR); Board of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF); International Public Policy Association (IPPA) and the International Political Science Association (IPSA). She is Past President of the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA). Tracy A. McFarlane, a Senior Lecturer at The University of the West Indies, Mona, combines her expertise in Social and Personality Psychology with a focus on Health Psychology. Having completed doctoral studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY and a post-doctoral fellowship at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, she is globally recognised for research in higher education, women’s health, social identity, immigrant adjustment and stigma. Currently leading a local team in a global study on work addiction, McFarlane consults with organisations in the public and private sectors to conduct psychosocial interventions that improve interpersonal/intergroup processes and psychosocial outcomes and contribute to societal problem-solving. Stephanie V. McDonald is an Independent Policy Researcher with a Master of Science in International Public and Development Management and Bachelor of Science in International Relations from the University of the West Indies, Mona. She has demonstrable competencies in data analytics and expert level understanding of policy writing, monitoring and evaluation.

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Preface

Introduction Tracy A. McFarlane, Eris D. Schoburgh and Stephanie McDonald

SECTION 1: Institutions, Well-being and Social Capital in the Urban Environment

Chapter 1: Institutional design for sustainable urbanization in the Caribbean

Eris D. Schoburgh

Chapter 2: Policies and practices for universal health care in Caribbean Island Countries

Amitava Basu

Chapter 3: Dwelling strategies and ‘resilience-thinking’ as forms of sustainable urbanisation

David Howard

Chapter 4: Pursuing sustainability with participatory action research: Psychosocial Support for Teen Mothers in a Jamaican Urban High School

Tracy A. McFarlane and Jonique Tyrell

Chapter 5: Is the Caribbean urban landscape a looming mental health crisis? Urban spaces, Caribbean realities and mental health urban spaces and mental health

Jasneth Mullings

Chapter 6: ‘The work must go on’: How journalists cope with covering urban trauma in Jamaica

Brian Walker

SECTION II: Land and Waterbody Economy

Chapter 7: Decolonisation of historic Caribbean Urbanism: Revisiting an architectonic sustainable dilemma

Patricia Elaine Green

Chapter 8: Realizing the potential of urban agriculture in Kingston, Jamaica

Sonia D. Gatchair

Chapter 9: The blue economy and sustainable development in Eastern Caribbean SIDS

Sarah Mahadeo

Chapter 10: Between Forests and Policies: Amerindian Perspectives on Guyana's Green

Economy

LauraJán Obermuller

SECTION III: Risk Mitigation and Adaptation in Urban Spaces

Chapter 11: Creating Adaptive Smart Cities: ICT Integration and the Future of Disaster Risk Management in Urban Jamaica

Shar-Lee Amori

Chapter 12: From vulnerability to sustainability: The case of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Idelia Ferdinand

SECTION IV: City Governance and Economy

Chapter 13: Reframing city governance in the English-speaking Caribbean

Eris D. Schoburgh

Chapter 14: The expanding role of the city and the changing nature of violence in Jamaica

Michelle A. Munroe

Chapter 15: Public space governance in the Caribbean: Trends, reflections, and responses for the future

Renelle Sargeant and Simone A. Dias

Chapter 16: Are special economic zones catalysts for sustainable urbanization and regional development?

Sandria Tennant

Chapter 17: Community transportation: The role of taxis in transformation of household livelihood

Shinique Walters, Olivene Burke and Roger Bent

SECTION V: Lesson-drawing, Next Practice and Conclusion

Chapter 18: Sustainable urban regeneration and European Union funding: Stimulating the micro-economy of Valletta

Malcolm Borg

Chapter 19: The ‘Build Back Better’ Aquagram Program: The Next Practice for the Caribbean

Graham Osborne

Conclusion: The way forward

Tracy A. McFarlane, Eris D. Schoburgh and Stephanie V. McDonald

Index