Study of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

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The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a Small Island Developing State and as such, faces much vulnerability with respect to climate change and sea level rise. Hence, planning in the coastal zone is a key area of interest for the islands sustainable development in this era of built development. As a result of built development and development along the coast, the practise of land reclamation has caused the removal of wetland vegetation which is an essential part of the coastal zone. Considering the physical definition of the coastal zone as described by Wade and Webber (2002) as the ridge to reef concept as well as supporting content from authors such as Cicin-Sain and Knetch (1998), the removal of such a crucial part of the coastal zone model triggers imbalances in every other part of the model thus providing the underlying reason for conducting this change analysis and site suitability analysis to demonstrate the use of GIS in resolving the issue of finding suitable areas for development instead of land reclamation. The following papers, reports, and articles attempt to outline the importance of preserving and monitoring the change that has occurred with the wetland vegetation in Trinidad and Tobago, over the time period 1990-2014 in the light of sustainable development.

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The following papers are the past studies that were done on wetland vegetation change analysis and one site selection analysis which was done in Trinidad and Tobago. In 2005, the Thematic Study on Mangroves, Trinidad and Tobago Country Profile published by the Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations the writers utilised regression analyses; and spectral imagery along with GIS technology to obtain past and c...

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... Country Profile." In Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 edited by M.L Wilkie: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations., 2005.

Wade, B.; Webber, D. "Coastal Zone Management." Chap. 8 In Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean Edited by Ivan Goodbody and Elizabeth Thomas-Hope, edited by Ivan Goodbody, Elizabeth M. Thomas-Hope and Inc NetLibrary, 428-64. Barbados: Barbados : Canoe Press, 2002.

Walton, Mark E., Lewis Le Vay, Junemie H. Lebata, Joseph Binas, and Jurgenne H. Primavera. "Assessment of the Effectiveness of Mangrove Rehabilitation Using Exploited and Non- Exploited Indicator Species." Biological Conservation 138, no. 1 (2007): 180-88.

Wen, Ya-li, Fang-miao Hou, and Gerrit Hazenberg. "Institution, Legislation and Policy Analysis of China’s Wetland Protection." For. Stud. China 7, no. 4 (2005): 55-60.

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