Resilient Caribbean communities: a long-term perspective on sustainability and social adaptability to natural hazards in the Lesser Antilles

Archaeology of the America

Landscape, land-change and well-being in the Lesser Antilles: case studies from St. Kitts and the Kalinago Territory, Dominica

This research investigates the changing landscape and land use in two case studies of the coastal villages of St. Kitts and the Kalinago Territory of Dominica. By integrating human and ecological aspects of agrarian landscapes, this research analyzes how land degradation or land change impacts cultural ecosystem services, that ultimately disrupts community wellbeing. First, as a primary goal, the research focus is established together with local communities or stakeholders, identifying both direct and indirect causes of landscape change. Second, by using a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, but grounded in local participation, the research indicates that landscape change never happens in a vacuum but rather, it is always a part of a larger socio-political context and historical background that must be considered. In both case studies, there remains emphasis on the tangible, as results not only lead to new directions in landscape research but also deliverables used by community stakeholders for continued land sustainability. By investigating the synergies of nature and community within landscape change, this research proposes that local communities assert local agency. This moves away from how local communities fit into global phenomena of land change, to how communities can assert their diversity within a global process.Nexu

Kalinago Territory GIS Database

GIS database created of the Kalinago Territory created as part of Landscape, Land-Change & Well-Being in the Lesser Antilles: Dominica . The dataset contains GIS shapefiles of landmarks and places of interest, as well as of parcels from individual landowners which were surveyed during the dissertation research. This reseach was carried out as part of European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) NEXUS1492, ERC grant agreement no 319209

Landscape, Land-Change & Well-Being in the Lesser Antilles: St. Kitts Survey and Interviews

Processed interview and survey data from St. Kitts belonging to Landscape, Land-Change & Well-Being in the Lesser Antilles. This reseach was carried out as part of European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) NEXUS1492, ERC grant agreement no 319209

Landscape, Land-Change & Well-Being in the Lesser Antilles: Dominica Survey and Interviews

Processed interview data of the Kalinago Territory research belonging to Landscape, Land-Change & Well-Being in the Lesser Antilles. This reseach was carried out as part of European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) NEXUS1492, ERC grant agreement no 319209

Predicting coastal erosion in St. Kitts: Collaborating for nature and culture

Archaeology of the America