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.

• List of figuresList of tablesList of contributorsPrefaceIntroduction Tracy A. McFarlane, Eris D. Schoburgh and Stephanie McDonaldSECTION 1: Institutions, Well-being and Social Capital in the Urban EnvironmentChapter 1: Institutional design for sustainable urbanization in the CaribbeanEris D. SchoburghChapter 2: Policies and practices for universal health care in Caribbean Island CountriesAmitava BasuChapter 3: Dwelling strategies and ‘resilience-thinking’ as forms of sustainable urbanisationDavid HowardChapter 4: Pursuing sustainability with participatory action research: Psychosocial Support for Teen Mothers in a Jamaican Urban High School Tracy A. McFarlane and Jonique TyrellChapter 5: Is the Caribbean urban landscape a looming mental health crisis? Urban spaces, Caribbean realities and mental health urban spaces and mental healthJasneth MullingsChapter 6: ‘The work must go on’: How journalists cope with covering urban trauma in JamaicaBrian WalkerSECTION II: Land and Waterbody EconomyChapter 7: Decolonisation of historic Caribbean Urbanism: Revisiting an architectonic sustainable dilemmaPatricia Elaine GreenChapter 8: Realizing the potential of urban agriculture in Kingston, JamaicaSonia D. GatchairChapter 9: The blue economy and sustainable development in Eastern Caribbean SIDSSarah MahadeoChapter 10: Between Forests and Policies: Amerindian Perspectives on Guyana's GreenEconomyLauraJán ObermullerSECTION III: Risk Mitigation and Adaptation in Urban SpacesChapter 11: Creating Adaptive Smart Cities: ICT Integration and the Future of Disaster Risk Management in Urban JamaicaShar-Lee AmoriChapter 12: From vulnerability to sustainability: The case of Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIdelia FerdinandSECTION IV: City Governance and EconomyChapter 13: Reframing city governance in the English-speaking CaribbeanEris D. SchoburghChapter 14: The expanding role of the city and the changing nature of violence in JamaicaMichelle A. MunroeChapter 15: Public space governance in the Caribbean: Trends, reflections, and responses for the futureRenelle Sargeant and Simone A. DiasChapter 16: Are special economic zones catalysts for sustainable urbanization and regional development?Sandria TennantChapter 17: Community transportation: The role of taxis in transformation of household livelihoodShinique Walters, Olivene Burke and Roger BentSECTION V: Lesson-drawing, Next Practice and ConclusionChapter 18: Sustainable urban regeneration and European Union funding: Stimulating the micro-economy of VallettaMalcolm BorgChapter 19: The ‘Build Back Better’ Aquagram Program: The Next Practice for the CaribbeanGraham OsborneConclusion: The way forwardTracy A. McFarlane, Eris D. Schoburgh and Stephanie V. McDonaldIndex