Sara E Alexander
Baylor University, USA
Biography
Sara E Alexander, as an Applied Environmental Anthropologist, the majority of her research projects focus on the dynamics of human populations and environmental change, specifically climate change in most cases. A project she recently completed in several coastal communities in Belize, addresses the ways in which households respond to climate-related shocks. The research involved determining levels of vulnerability and devising a Resilience Index to examine specific responses and coping strategies to climate-related disturbances. In 2014, she conducted research in the western interior region of Belize to determine awareness and level of understanding of climate change on the part of those working in the tourism industry.