The Chinese in the Caribbean

The Chinese in the Caribbean
Author: Andrew R. Wilson
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN:

The history of the Caribbean is a history of migrations. The peoples of the region came as conquerors and planters, slaves and indentured laborers from all parts of the globe. Each group contributed to the social fabric, culture, and commerce of the region. The Chinese diaspora has spread Chinese people and culture around the world, including to the Caribbean, where Chinese exist both as distinct ethnic groups within Caribbean societies and as shapers of unique Caribbean cultures. This book describes not merely the arrival and experience of Chinese in the Caribbean but also the ways in which Chinese have adapted to and altered the region. Included are the histories of Chinese people in Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, and the British West Indies, their arrival as indentured laborers, the discrimination they suffered and overcame, their slow rise to economic independence and success, their contribution to art, theater, cuisine, and literature, their roles in the region's national revolutions, their place in post-colonial politics, and the subsequent remigrations of individuals, families, and entire communities to North America.

Remapping Urban Heat Island Atlases in Regenerative Cities

Remapping Urban Heat Island Atlases in Regenerative Cities
Author: Abusaada, Hisham
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2022-06-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1668424649

In the past decades, protecting the urban environment in the face of environmentalism and environmental rights has become crucial to saving the planet from the dangers of the rapid urban development of new cities and societies. Air temperature is one of the factors influenced by climate change and contemporary city morphology that lacks compact city features. Contemporary cities have taken on global paradigms, adopting open-fabric, multiple, and ultrahigh residential towers and superhuman-scale spaces at the level of squares and public parks. This type of planning results in a radical thermal transformation not only in the movement and transportation network, but also in all public spaces and their external spaces. It is essential to understand the dimensions and principles of urban planning and design in conjunction with the competence of environmental design to reduce the impact of the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon. Remapping Urban Heat Island Atlases in Regenerative Cities focuses on public health and wellbeing, decent work and economic growth, sustainable cities and societies, and climate action. It presents atlases of UHI-based digital techniques and methods of modelling as well as the use of these atlases, mapping, and models in exploring the placemaking problems in the new cities. Covering topics such as artificial intelligence, pedestrian density mapping, and urban heat island mitigation, this premier reference source is a critical resource for architects, city planners, urban planners, city officials, government officials, policymakers, non-profit organizations, politicians, engineers, libraries, students and educators of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

Catalogue: Authors

Catalogue: Authors
Author: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 612
Release: 1963
Genre: Anthropology
ISBN:

Its outstanding feature is the inclusion of journal articles. For more than 50 years the periodicals have been indexed, as well as compilations such as Festschriften, and the proceedings of congresses.

China's Emerging Cities

China's Emerging Cities
Author: Fulong Wu
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2007-11-13
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 113411771X

With urbanism becoming the key driver of socio-economic change in China, this book provides much needed up-to-date material and covers key topics on Chinese urban development.

Contemporary Chinese America

Contemporary Chinese America
Author: Min Zhou
Publisher: Temple University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2009-04-07
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1592138594

A sociologist of international migration examines the Chinese American experience.