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There are significant, fundamental changes taking place in global air and sea surface temperatures and sea levels. The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change noted that many of the warmest years on the instrumental record of global surface temperatures have occu...


Moore, WinstonGomes, CharmaineAlleyne, DillonPhillips, WillardAn assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the tourism sector in the Caribbean

The main aim of this study is to estimate the economic impact of climate change on nine countries in the Caribbean basin: Aruba, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. A typical tourism demand function, with tourist ar...


Corrales, AlfredoPottstock, SergioSchwartzmann, AlbertoMetodología para la identificación, formulación y evaluación de proyectos de inversión en el sector turismo

Examina el desarrollo y la planificacion del turismo en el Caribe, los recursos ambientales y economicos que lo sustentan, algunos impactos producidos por sus actividades en el medio ambiente, y presenta recomendaciones para el uso racional de los recursos naturales.


Introduction There is a renewed call for a new approach to development with emphasis on community empowerment or participation, with the belief that more sustainable activities will be undertaken in those communities. Much of that call, however, is coming not from within the communities, but prim...


The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); SubregionalHeadquarters for the Caribbean embarked on a project "Development of a SubregionalMarine-based Tourism Strategy" in 2001. The project, co-funded by the Government ofthe Netherlands, is aimed at the development of sust...


This paper provides an overview of the structure and performance of the Caribbean tourism sector. It evaluates the role of policies and strategies as they impact the growth and competitiveness of the sector. Although the paper is not definitive on the subject, it provides some initial work on asp...


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