Enduring Geohazards, edited by Serwan M. J. Baban, Gleaner February 15, 2009

ISBN: 978-976-640-204-4

Price: US$42 (s)

The book, Enduring Geohazards in the Caribbean: Moving from the Reactive to the Proactive, is a scholarly work useful for both undergraduate and postgraduate students who are interested in geohazards and geohazards management, geographical information science, remote sensing, engineering, geography, geology, hydrology, environmental science and management. It is a compact overview of flooding and landslides in the region and offers the best approaches and technologies for managing them to decision makers in government, industry and commerce. Editor Serwan M.J. Baban says, "Its objective is to contribute, in a small way, to promoting awareness among academics, geohazard specialists, users and policymakers, of the nature and extent of geohazards-associated problems and of the range of possible solutions to manage floods and landslides in a sustainable fashion." Serwan Baban is professor of environmental geoinformatics, head of the School of Environmental Science and Management, and director of the Centre for Geoinformatics Research and Environmental Assessment Technology, Southern Cross University, Australia. He was formerly a professor and research coordinator for the Centre for Caribbean Land and Environmental Appraisal Research at the UWI, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. The geography, climate and weather conditions, limited physical size, finite natural resources, dependence on agriculture, tourism and high population densities concentrated in hillsides and floodplains are common characteristics of states in the Caribbean. These characteristics make them vulnerable to geohazards.

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