The effects of environmental degradation in the Cane River and Rio Minho Watersheds, Jamaica : A commentary
In. Ahmad, Rafi, ed. Natural hazards in the Caribbean. Kingston, Geological Society of Jamaica, 1992. p.57-65, ilus. (Journal of the Geological Society of Jamaica, Special Issue No.12).
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ABSTRACT
The Cane River and Rio Minho watersheds are currently undergoing intense environmental degradation, mainly due to uncontrolled burning and deforestation. The classic, diagnostically recognizable effects upon land surface climatology, hydrological regime, and channel geomorphology are increasingly evident. Comparison with some watersheds of similar macroclimate and geomorphology in Haiti and India suggest that those in Jamaica, while fairly advanced, are not yet so seriously degraded as in those countries, but will soon be irreversibly modofied unless urgent remedial action is taken.(AU)
Coleções:
Bases de dados temática
Base de dados:
Desastres
Assunto principal:
Conservação dos Recursos Naturais
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Meio Ambiente
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Efeitos da Contaminação da Água
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Jamaica
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Journal of the Geological Society of Jamaica
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Congresso e conferência
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Monografia
