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The Urban Caribbean in an Era of Global Change (Paperback)
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The Urban Caribbean in an Era of Global Change (Paperback)
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Based on the author's first hand field research, this book
addresses the twin processes of urbanization and globalization as
they affect the contemporary Caribbean region. One of the key aims
of the book is to focus attention on the fact that contrary to
popular perceptions, the Caribbean is highly urbanized. Indeed
statistics show that the region is more highly urbanized than the
world taken as a whole. In addition, the fact that the Caribbean
region has always been affected by processes of globalization, in
respect of its economy, polity and society, is central to the text.
The chapters cover pressing topics such as urban change and the
evolution of mini-metropolitan regions, the importance of the
mercantile and plantopolis frameworks, tourism, post modernity and
the urban nexus, economic change and the dual processes of global
convergence and divergence, and the nature of the relationships
existing between the state, the informal sector, housing and
environmental conditions. In reality, it is shown that the
development of tourism and enclave manufacturing is leading to new
forms of urban concentration, and not spatial dispersal.
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