“The Future is Urban” Challenge of Sustainable Urban Development in the Caribbean: The Search for Sustainable Urban Forms
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The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of urbanisation in the Caribbean and to determine a way forward in achieving sustainable urban development. The Caribbean has had a long urban history, yet urban management has not played a significant role in guiding development. Limited resources make future planning imperative in the region and urban form is being explored as an option. Increasing urban populations coupled with the peculiarities of the Caribbean urbanisation process, leave governments and policy makers grappling with how to manage and guide future urban development in a sustainable manner. Will urban form either through compaction or decentralisation be the way forward?
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