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

Stancioff, Charlotte Eloise; Vermeer, Julijan A.M.; Mukhopadhyay, Anirban; Ruiter, S. de; Brown, George W.; Hofman, Corinne L.

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.09.015

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“…Summarizing, the highest frequency of individuals perceive the coastal erosion impacts and climate change impacts as being the most negative in their experience. These results support perceptions of a changing shoreline, one that is severely eroding, potentially due to climate change through sea-level rise and flooding [72,73]. Besides the environmental concerns, individuals perceive distress regarding the lack of economic and social development in the area.…”

Section: Perceptions Of Environmental Change By Islanderssupporting

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Local Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts in St. Kitts (Caribbean Sea) and Malé, Maldives (Indian Ocean)

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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are now experiencing the local consequences of a changing climate, environment, and society. Nonetheless, climate change research frequently remains at regional or national levels. Without locally grounded data, islanders’ perceived impacts of the changes might not be considered, thereby causing difficulties when policy and practice responses are implemented without accounting for local understandings. To contribute to addressing this gap, this study examines perceptions of climate change and associated environmental and social changes in two SIDS case studies: St. Kitts in the Caribbean Sea and Malé Atoll, Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Through these two case studies, we assess perceptions of changing social and natural environments through a closed-question, face-to-face survey. Our results suggest that in both island case studies, communities perceive environmental changes to be happening that demand negotiation with the social changes of daily life. Results also suggest that perceived climate change impacts are only part of the equation, as social and economic impacts reveal two case studies of changing island societies. While the geographic context in each case study differs, this study reveals the perceived impacts of climate change and social changes at a local level, providing valuable insights and angles for formulating policies and actions to deal with the myriad of social and environmental changes affecting SIDS.

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Section: Perceptions Of Environmental Change By Islanderssupporting

confidence: 64%

Local Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts in St. Kitts (Caribbean Sea) and Malé, Maldives (Indian Ocean)

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“…The variable climatic conditions with alternations from dry to wetter periods during the entire Caribbean Ceramic Age, including risk of floods and landslides caused by tropical storms, hurricanes or extreme wave events, would have caused frequent alterations in the coastline and changes in sediment distribution and environmental conditions Divine 2008, 2012;Haviser 2019;Malaizé et al 2011;Rivera-Collazo 2019;Scheffers, Scheffers, and Kelletat 2005). The variable climatic conditions may have impacted indigenous lifestyles over time in terms of water management, foodways and shelter, leading in some cases to settlement reorganisation and abandonment as is still the case nowadays (Beets et al 2006;Cooper 2012;Cooper and Peros 2010;Douglas and Cooper 2020;Hofman and Hoogland 2015;Hofman et al 2014;Samson et al 2015;Stancioff et al 2017Stancioff et al , 2018. The shifts in settlement location recorded for the site of Anse à la Gourde during the various periods of occupation between 1500 and 600 cal BP are a prime example of how the local inhabitants responded to these climatic hazards (Hofman et al 2014).…”

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Mangrove Archives: Unravelling Human-environment Interactions from Deeply Buried Deposits at the Site Anse Trabaud, Martinique, Lesser Antilles (1290–780 cal BP)

Hofman

Jiménez

Field

et al. 2021

Environmental Archaeology

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The site of Anse Trabaud on Martinique in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles has yielded valuable information about human occupation from deep beneath its surface. The site is located in the southeastern part of the island, an area vulnerable to extreme wave events. The archaeological deposits are dated to 1290-780 cal BP (2σ). The earliest horizon is buried under thick layers of mangrove sediments. The deeply buried deposits have allowed excellent preservation of inorganic and organic remains providing an unexpected opportunity to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental conditions of past human settlement, and to study human-environment interactions and social adaptation to climate challenges in this part of the Caribbean archipelago. The cultural remains provide invaluable information into the exploitation of the surroundings of the site as well as into the subsistence patterns, material culture repertoires, procurement strategies and use and exchange of raw materials and tools. Additionally, the excellent preservation of organic materials offers new insights into food plants grown and harvested on-site, and then processed and consumed. The environmental challenges incited the Anse Trabaud community to adapt their settlement organisation and procurement strategies over time and underscore the importance of their participation in a regional and social network of mobility and exchange.

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Prediction of Dynamics of Riverbank Erosion: A Tale of the Riverine Town Chandpur Sadar

Hasan,

Zaman,

Faridatul

2024

Heliyon

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

Cited by 6 publications

References 45 publications

Local Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts in St. Kitts (Caribbean Sea) and Malé, Maldives (Indian Ocean)

Local Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts in St. Kitts (Caribbean Sea) and Malé, Maldives (Indian Ocean)

Mangrove Archives: Unravelling Human-environment Interactions from Deeply Buried Deposits at the Site Anse Trabaud, Martinique, Lesser Antilles (1290–780 cal BP)

Prediction of Dynamics of Riverbank Erosion: A Tale of the Riverine Town Chandpur Sadar

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