Resilient Caribbean Communities: A Long-Term Perspective on Sustainability and Social Adaptability to Natural Hazards in the Lesser Antilles

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 13; no. 17; p. 9807
• Main Authors: Hofman, Corinne L., Stancioff, Charlotte Eloise, Richards, Andrea, Nanichi Auguiste, Irvince, Sutherland, Augustine, Hoogland, Menno L. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Adaptability; Archipelagoes; Climate change; Climate change adaptation; Climate change mitigation; Climate effects; Coastal erosion; Collaboration; Cultural heritage; Cyclones; Drought; Historic sites; Local communities; Prediction models; Sea level changes; Storms; Sustainability; Tropical cyclones; Lesser Antilles; Guadeloupe; St Kitts; Dominica

Caribbean islands, like other Small Island Developing States (SIDS), are at the center of the vulnerability debate as current climatic trends predict elevated sea levels and increased frequency of storms, leading to significant challenges for local communities. Caribbean islanders have been exposed...