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Book SynopsisCaribbean small island developing states (SIDS) have witnessed great upheaval and change over the last decade and a half – from the global economic recession of 2008, the 2010 and 2021 earthquakes in Haiti, to hurricanes that devastated islands like Jamaica, Barbuda, Dominica and The Bahamas, volcanic eruptions, and health crises. These events are reminders of how vulnerable Caribbean SIDS are to external and internal shocks; today Caribbean SIDS are grappling with how to restart their economies and embrace a “new normal” in the wake of disasters and the sharp losses in tourism.
Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism examines the resilience of Caribbean SIDS and their tourism industries from the perspectives of culture, economy, environment, politics, psychology, social justice, and socio-historical context.
Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism’s broad-based topics engage scholars, students, and the public in discourse regarding Caribbean SIDS’ resilient Island economies that, facing calamity, implement new initiatives to forge environmentally sound policies for sustainable tourism and hospitality development.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; I. Chester Cooper
Part I: The Economic and Social Impacts of Natural Disasters and Pandemics
Chapter 1. Adaptation Amidst Unprecedented Change: The Impact of COVID 19 on Accommodation Workers in Negril, Jamaica; Rose-Ann Smith, Aleem Mahabir, Robert Kinlocke, and Jamie-Lee Bassan
Chapter 2. Expressions of Hope(lessness): Exploring the Psychosocial Impacts of COVID-19 on Accommodation Workers in Negril, Jamaica; Robert Kinlocke, Aleem Mahabir, Rose-Ann Smith, and Jarda Nelson
Chapter 3. The Economic and Social Impact of Hurricane Dorian and COVID-19 on Tourism in Selected Islands in The Bahamas; Ian Bethell-Bennett, Sophia Rolle, Jessica Minnis, and Eboni D. Adderley
Chapter 4. Community-Based Tourism: A Pandemic Resilient ‘Fit-for-Purpose’ Model; Olivene Burke and Shinique Walters
Part II: Tourism Resilience in Natural Disasters and Pandemics
Chapter 5. The Relevance of Heritage Tourism in a Post-COVID Caribbean Economy; O. A. Carey Turnquest
Chapter 6. Tourism Destination Recovery, a Case Study of Grand Bahama Island; Michelle McLeod
Chapter 7. Restructuring Island Tourism: Using the Socioeconomic Metabolism (SEM) and Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) as Models for Transitioning to Sustainable Island Tourism; John N. Telesford
Chapter 8. Climate Change in the Strategic Tourism Planning for Small Islands: Key Policy Actors’ Perspectives from The Bahamas; Arsum Pathak, Philip E. van Beynen, Fenda A. Akiwumi, and Kenyon C. Lindeman
Chapter 9. Management of a Changing Natural Environment: The Impact Sargassum Seaweed in the Caribbean using the Institutional Analysis and Design Framework; Kalim Shah and Phillip McNeil
Chapter 10. Elements of Constitutional Discourse and the Normalization of State of Exception Governance in The Bahamas during the Covid-19 Pandemic; Michael T. Stevenson
Chapter 11. An Analysis of Economic and Political Resilience Strategies adopted by The Bahamas as a Small Island Development State; Sophia A. Roll
Chapter 12. When Storms Strike: Performing Tourism, Hurricanes and a Pandemic in Accumulation and Dispossession; Ian Bethell-Bennett
Chapter 13. Normal No More: The Future of Tourism Planning Post-Pandemic; Joshua Carrol
Chapter 14. Conclusion; Ian Bethell-Bennett, Sophia Rolle, and Jessica Minnis
