Department of Geography
Research Publications: Peer-Review Books, Chapters in Books, Manuals and Journal Articles
Johnson-Bhola, L. Disparities in human development in selected CARICOM countries: A description of patterns and trends (2005-2019) (Book) (in collaboration with Dr. Patrick Williams) - 2023 (Under review- UG Press)
Johnson-Bhola, Linda (2022). A Guide to the Principles and Practices of the Geography School-Based Assessment Handbook. University of Guyana Press. ISBN: 978-976-624-050-9.
Johnson-Bhola, L. “Advanced Physical Geography Module” for delivery via distance mode for Primary & Secondary school teacher trainees, Cyril Potter College of Education (2009-2010)
Johnson-Bhola, L. “Advanced Physical Geography Resource Manual” for delivery via distance mode for Primary & Secondary School Teacher Trainees, Cyril Potter College of Education (2009-2010)
Johnson-Bhola, L. (2024) "A Review of the Risks Associated with Accelerated Sea Level Rise-Induced Hydro-Geomorphism", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 13 Issue 3, March 2024, pp. 1790-1798, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR24326214410
Johnson-Bhola, L. (2023). Perspectives and Application of Land Use Management Strategies to Address Mangrove Ecosystem Degradation in Guyana: A Case Study of Mon Repos. In Land-Use Management - Recent Advances, New Perspectives, and Applications. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.112752. https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/88024
Aaron, T., Johnson-Bhola, L. & Oyedotun, T. D. T. (2023). Probable Impact of an Oil Spill on Guyana's Coast: A Case Study of Three Mangrove Areas. Guyana: University of Guyana, Journal of GEOScience and Planning, ISSN 2960-0650.Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 53-60. https://journals.dev.ug.edu.gy/index.php/jgsp/article/view/24
Mohabir, M., Johnson-Bhola, L., & Rosales, J. (2023). Preliminary Study of the Hydrodynamics and Flood Vulnerabilities of the Lower Canje River, Guyana. Guyana: University of Guyana, Journal of GEOScience and Planning, ISSN 2960-0650. Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 12-18. https://journals.dev.ug.edu.gy/index.php/jgsp/article/view/20/3
Johnson-Bhola, L. (2020). Effects of Rural Land Tenure System on Mangroves Management in Corentyne, Guyana. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.89610.
Oyedotun, T. D. T. and Johnson-Bhola, L. 2019.
Shoreline change identification and analysis along the coast of Guyana, South America. Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ier
Punalall-Jetoo, Johnson-Bhola, L. & Williams, P. (Contributors). The Status of Geoscience Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in Guyana. UNESCO (2019).
Johnson-Bhola, Linda and Oyedotun, Temitope D. 2018. Coastal Defence Roles of Mangroves on the Amazon-Influenced Coast of Guyana, South America: Review of an Intervention Project in an Eroding Coastline. http://www.coastalzonecanada.org/newsletter/ The Zone, Spring 2018 News Letter
Oyedotun, T. D. T, Johnson-Bhola, L. 2018. Beach Litter and Grading of the Coastal Landscape for Tourism Development in Sections of Guyana’s Coast. Pollution and Environment, 2(1): 05-14. DOI: http://doi.org/10.26480/pe.01.2018.05.14.
Johnson-Bhola, Linda. 2018. "Land Use Planning and Housing Development in Guyana: A Case Study of Two Housing Schemes." Illinois; The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies 12 (4): 7-21.doi:10.18848/2324-7576/CGP/v12i04/7-21. Extent: 15 pages.
Johnson-Bhola, L. 2017. Small-Holder Adaptation to Climate Change: Dynamics, Constraints, and Priorities along Coastal Guyana. In: Thomas-Hope, E. (ed.) Climate Change and Food Security: Africa and the Caribbean. United Kingdom: Routledge, pp. 82-94.
Johnson-Bhola, L. 2017. Is Low Income Housing a Prerequisite to Long-Term Sustainability and Poverty Alleviation for Depressed Communities? In: Mohammed, A. and Polar, P. (eds.) Sustainable Urban Development: The Gap between Rhetoric and Reality – A Critical Review of Presentations from the Caribbean Urban Forum 2016, Suriname. Trinidad: Caribbean Network for Urban and Land Management, pp 182-190.
Johnson-Bhola, L. “Land Tenure Issues as a Constraint to the Sustainable Management of Guyana’s Mangroves”, Paper presented at the 1st Guyana Mangrove Forum- Restoring and Managing Mangrove Ecosystems in a Changing World, Georgetown, Guyana, April 11-13, 2013.
Williams, Patrick & Linda Johnson-Bhola. 2012. Land Market Dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Case Study of Guyana, FAO (Published in Organizacion de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentacion y la Agricultura, 2012, pg. 285-305
Williams, P. E. and L. P. Johnson-Bhola. 2009. Causes and Consequences of Coastal Flooding in Guyana. In: Duncan McGregor, David Dodman and David Barker (eds). Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability: Environment, Economy and Society at Risk. Jamaica, UWI Press, pp 74 - 99.
Johnson-Bhola, L. Urban Environment Outlook 2009. GEO Georgetown. Chapter 1: Brief Overview of Guyana - Geography and Geomorphology & History. In P. Bynoe & D. de Souza (Eds.), Urban environment outlook 2009: GEO Georgetown. An integrated environmental assessment of Georgetown. https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9321
Bynoe, P., Simmons, D., Johnson-Bhola, L., Urlin H., Bristol, M., Chase, J., de Souza, D., Azore, F., DabeeJohnson, R., Foo, C., & Rose, S. (2009). Chapter 2: State of the environment. In P. Bynoe & D. de Souza (Eds.), Urban environment outlook 2009: GEO Georgetown. An integrated environmental assessment of Georgetown. https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9321
Bynoe, P., Simmons, D., Johnson-Bhola, L., Urlin H., Bristol, M., Chase, J., de Souza, D., Azore, F., DabeeJohnson, R., Foo, C., & Rose, S. (2009). Chapter 3: Impacts. In P. Bynoe & D. de Souza (Eds.), Urban environment outlook 2009: GEO Georgetown. An integrated environmental assessment of Georgetown. https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9321
Bynoe, P., Simmons, D., Johnson-Bhola, L., Urlin H., Bristol, M., Chase, J., de Souza, D., Azore, F., DabeeJohnson, R., Foo, C., & Rose, S. (2009). Chapter 4: Responses. In P. Bynoe & D. de Souza (Eds.), Urban environment outlook 2009: GEO Georgetown. An integrated environmental assessment of Georgetown. https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9321
Bynoe, P., Simmons, D., Johnson-Bhola, L., Urlin H., Bristol, M., Chase, J., de Souza, D., Azore, F., DabeeJohnson, R., Foo, C., & Rose, S. (2009). Chapter 5: Future perspectives (scenarios). In P. Bynoe & D. de Souza (Eds.), Urban environment outlook 2009: GEO Georgetown. An integrated environmental assessment of Georgetown. https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9321
Johnson-Bhola, L. “The Role of the Municipality in Disaster Preparedness and Response in Georgetown: Case Study of the South Georgetown Flood”, paper presented at the Caribbean Urban Forum (CUF) 5 in Castries, St. Lucia, June 2015.
Johnson-Bhola, L. “Agent-Based Land Market Dynamics in Guyana: Theory and Implications for Urban Development Policy”, Paper presented at EDULink PMT Workshop held at Anton De Kum University of Suriname, March 16, 2011.
Selected Non-Refereed Publications and Technical and Conference Presentations:
Punalall-Jetoo, P., Williams, P. & Johnson-Bhola, L. (Contributors). The Status of Geoscience Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in Guyana. UNESCO (2019).
Johnson-Bhola, L. et al. 2018. Report on the State of Guyana’s Coastal Landscape – A Rapid Assessment. Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Environment (contributed the sections on erosion and sedimentation).
L. Johnson-Bhola. Challenges of Coastal and Marine Management in Guyana. The Scholar Spaces: Innovative Approaches to Coastal and Marine Management. UG/FEES/AIS Webinar Panel Discussion - April 2021
Linda Johnson-Bhola - Policy Analysis-NBS Mangrove Study, Setting The Foundations for Zero Net Loss of the Mangroves that Underpin Human Wellbeing in the North Brazil Shelf LME (NBS-LME), CI-WWF Guianas (November 2019)
Leipnik, Mark, R., Dahlia Durga, Linda Johnson-Bhola (2022). Multi-Criteria GIS Analysis of the Costs and Environmental Impacts of Improved Overland Tourist Access to Kaieteur National Park, Guyana. Paper presented at the ICNBTES 2022: 16. International Conference on Nature-Based Tourism and Environmental Sustainability, June 23-24, 2022 in Oslo, Norway.
Oyedotun, T. D. T. and Johnson-Bhola, L. (2019) Assessment of Guyana’s Coastline Morphodynamics in the face of sea-level rise. The conference paper presented at the Climate Adaptation Initiative Conference of Earth Institute of Columbia University tagged “At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience Building in the Coastal Zone” held between 19 – 21 June 2019 at Columbia University, New York; (http://adaptation.ei.columbia.edu/conference/schedule/june20/)
Johnson-Bhola, L. “Agent-Based Land Market Dynamics in Guyana: Theory and Implications for Urban Development Policy'', Paper presented at EDULink PMT Workshop held at Anton De Kum Universiteit of Suriname, March 16, 2011.
Oyedotun, T. D. T. and Johnson-Bhola, L. (2019) “Assessment of Guyana’s Coastline Morphodynamics in the face of sea level rise” – the conference paper presented at the Climate Adaptation Initiative Conference of Earth Institute of Columbia University tagged “At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience Building in the Coastal Zone” held between 19 – 21 June, 2019 at Columbia University, New York; (http://adaptation.ei.columbia.edu/conference/schedule/june20/)
Johnson-Bhola, L. “The Role of the Municipality in Disaster Preparedness and Response in Georgetown: Case Study of the South Georgetown Flood”, paper presented at the Caribbean Urban Forum (CUF) 5 in Castries, St. Lucia, June 2015.
Johnson-Bhola, L. “Land Tenure Issues as a Constraint to the Sustainable Management of Guyana’s Mangroves”, Paper presented at the 1st Guyana Mangrove Forum- Restoring and Managing Mangrove Ecosystems in a Changing World, Georgetown, Guyana, April 11-13, 2013.
Johnson-Bhola, L. “A Comparative Study of the Influence of Marine Action on the Beach Profiles at Four Locations in Guyana”. Paper presented at UWI Conference on Foundations and Directions: Celebrating Geography and Geology at The University of the West Indies, UWI, Mona, Jamaica- July 2008
Johnson-Bhola, L. “Dying a Slow Death: The Fiddler Sanctuary at Epsom Seashore, Epsom Village, Corentyne, Berbice” Paper presented at UWI Conference on Foundations and Directions: Celebrating Geography and Geology at The University of the West Indies, UWI, Mona, Jamaica- July 2008
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