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Mr. Rawle Edinboro
MSc.
Senior Lecturer
Department of Geography

Email
rawle.edinboro@uog.edu.gy

Academic Qualifications

Master of Science, Urban and Regional Planning (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom.

Bachelor of Arts, Geography (University of Guyana)

 

Research Papers and Presentations

‘Managing Risks and Enhancing Community Resilience in an Informal Settlement: Exploring Options for the Occupants of ‘Plastic City’, Guyana. Bynoe, P and Edinboro, R (2024). Book Chapter under review for publication.

 

‘Confronting the Challenges of Managing Informal Settlements: A Critical Review of the Case of Plastic City, Guyana’ by Bynoe, P (Dr.); Edinboro, R and Benn, D, Caribbean Urban Forum, Kingston, 2018.

 

‘Weathering the Storm: Community planning for adaptation to coastal climate change’ by C.M. Clarke; D.E Lane; D.L Forbes; P. Watson and R. Edinboro, 2016 (in The Caribbean in a Changing World: Surveying the Past, Mapping the Future, Volume 2 Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge UK – pages 239-283).

 

‘Heritage and Local Communities in Guyana: Challenges, Opportunities and New Directions’ by Edinboro, R, Georgetown International Heritage Conference, Georgetown, 2016.

 

‘A review and analysis of Guyana’s hinterland housing initiative (2009 – 2014): opening spaces for a development partnership with remote hinterland communities’ by Edinboro, R; Bess-Bascom, D and Arboleda, G (Prof.), Caribbean Urban Forum, Bridgetown, 2014.

 

Membership in Professional Societies

Licentiate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute

Member of the Guyana Planning Association

Research Interests:
Research Interests
Shelter and Settlement issues in developing countries, inclusive of issues of housing policy
Sustainable planning and development
Urban policy & planning
Participatory approaches to community planning