Turks and Caicos Islands

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.2.1: Percentage contribution to GDP .................................................................................................. 8
Figure 4.2.1: Global CO2 emission pathways versus unrestricted tourism emissions growth ........................ 40
Figure 4.2.2: Per capita emissions of CO2 in selected countries in the Caribbean, 2005 ................................ 41
Figure 4.2.3: Evolution of electricity consumption by customer type for PPC................................................ 45
Figure 4.2.4: Evolution of energy consumption for TCU, 2007-2010 .............................................................. 45
Figure 4.2.5: Crude oil prices 1869-2009 ......................................................................................................... 49
Figure 4.2.6: Fuel costs as part of a worldwide operating cost ....................................................................... 51
Figure 4.2.7: Vulnerability of selected islands, measured as eco-efficiency and revenue share .................... 53
Figure 4.5.1: Vegetation of North and Middle Caicos Islands; location of the most extensive
pine yards of TCI ....................................................................................................................... 70
Figure 4.5.2: Lacustrine karst habitat, West Caicos ........................................................................................ 72
Figure 4.5.3: Location of coral reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands.............................................................. 73
Figure 4.5.4: Unusual amount of Sargassum seaweed washed up on a Caribbean beach, August
2011 .......................................................................................................................................... 79
Figure 4.6.1: Grand Turk, The Turks and Caicos Islands - Overview Map ....................................................... 81
Figure 4.6.2: Erosion at Cedar Grove Beach, The Turks and Caicos Islands .................................................... 82
Figure 4.6.3: Jodi Johnson (right), Environmental Officer for the Department of Environment
and Coastal Resources with Ryan Sim (left), University of Waterloo Canada, using
High Resolution Coastal Profile Surveying with an RTK GPS. ................................................... 84
Figure 4.6.4: Total beach and land loss from SLR, Historic Downtown Cockburn Town, Grand
Turk Island ................................................................................................................................ 85
Figure 4.6.5: Total beach and land loss from SLR, Grand Turk Cruise Centre, Grand Turk Island .................. 86
Figure 4.6.6: Total beach and land loss from SLR, Western Shore, Grand Turk Island ................................... 87
Figure 4.7.1: Storm surge predictions for a Category 5 Hurricane south of TCI ............................................. 90
Figure 4.7.2: Grand Turk - Inundation Hazard Map ........................................................................................ 91
Figure 4.7.3: Damaged causeway connecting Middle and North Caicos ........................................................ 92
Figure 4.7.4: Hurricane Ike damages in Grand Turk ........................................................................................ 93
Figure 4.8.1: The impacts of climate change on poverty ................................................................................ 96
Figure 5.1.1: GDP by the water sector (current economic prices) 2000-2009 .............................................. 106
Figure 5.2.1: Eco-efficiencies of different source markets, Amsterdam ....................................................... 114
Figure 5.2.2: Viability of energy efficiency technologies in Turks and Caicos ............................................... 117
Figure 5.6.1: Seawall and groynes, Historic Cockburn Town, Grand Turk .................................................... 132
Figure 5.7.1: Relationship of the Disaster Management System and Society .............................................. 135
Figure 5.8.1: Age of respondents .................................................................................................................. 143
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