Thirty years of land use/cover change in the Caribbean: Assessing the relationship between urbanization and mangrove loss in Roatán, Honduras

The results of this research suggest decrease island ecosystem resiliency to environmental stressors and impaired sustainability of tourism development due to rapid urbanization and tourism development in the Caribbean.

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Cascade Tuholske, Zachary Tane, David López-Carr, Dar Roberts, Susan Cassels
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Tuholske, C., Z. Tane, D. López-Carr, D. Roberts and S. Cassels. 2017. Thirty years of land use/cover change in the Caribbean: Assessing the relationship between urbanization and mangrove loss in Roatán, Honduras.  Applied Geography 88: 84-93.

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Journal Article
Publication year: 
2017
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