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Book SynopsisAs a result of climate change, ocean temperatures are warming and sea levels are rising. Natural disasters have been increasing in frequency and ferocity. Yet, over six decades, Cuba has developed a world-leading model for disaster preparedness and risk reduction. Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba: Management and Adaptation discusses the island’s ongoing resilience against the impacts of climate change. Its commitment to disaster preparedness and management are lauded by international bodies, such as the United Nations and World Health Organization, and by governments from across the globe. Comprised of research from leading scholars, policy makers, and activists, this comprehensive, multidisciplinary analysis of Cuba’s model explores why Cuba’s approach to emergency disaster response is such a success and the aspects that make it so distinct, while also informing readers about the much-needed improvement of international approaches and policies. Scholars of communication, environmental studies, and Latin American studies will find this book particularly interesting.
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
List of Acronyms
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Disaster Preparedness and Management: What Makes the Cuban Approach Different?
Emily J. Kirk
Chapter 2: Disaster Management in Cuba: Formal, Semi-Formal, and Informal Procedures
Jessica Hirtle
Chapter 3: First and Last Bulwark against Natural Disasters: Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces
Hal P. Klepak
Chapter 4: Cuba-Russia Cooperation: The History of Fraternal Disaster Management Collaboration
Isabel Story
Chapter 5: Bastión: the Shaping of a Pueblo Combatiente and Natural Disaster Management
Anna Clayfield
Chapter 6: Meteoro: The Impact of Education on Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction
Emily J. Kirk
Chapter 7: Post-graduate Education ConcerningNatural Disasters and Climate Change in the Cuban Health Sector
Guillermo Mesa Ridel
Chapter 8: People Power: Cuba’s Path to Effective Disaster Management
Lauren Collins
Chapter 9: Cuba’s Tarea Vida: Sustainable Development and Combating Climate Change
Helen Yaffe
Chapter 10: International Collaboration on the Environment and Marine Conservation in Cuba: Reflections from Environmental Defense Fund
Valerie Miller
Chapter 11: Agroecology, Food and the Climate Crisis: Transition, Adaptation and Building Resilience in Cuba
Margarita Fernández, Leidy Casimiro Rodríguez, Luis L. Vázquez and Giraldo Martin Martin
Chapter 12: The Quest for Energy Alternatives in post-1959 Cuba
Helen Yaffe
Chapter 13: The Foundation, Evolution and Significance of Law as Part of Cuba’s Adaptive Governance of Hazard Response
Shawn H.E. Harmon and Emily J. Kirk
Chapter 14: Timeline: Important Events in Cuban Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation
Jessica Hirtle
Conclusion
About the Authors
