Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba discusses how, over six decades, Cuba developed a world-leading model of disaster management and climate change adaptation. Comprised of leading scholars and policy makers in the field, this volume questions what makes Cuba's effective model so distinctive and what others can learn from it.
Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba discusses how, over six decades, Cuba developed a world-leading model of disaster management and climate change adaptation. Comprised of leading scholars and policy makers in the field, this volume questions what makes Cuba's effective model so distinctive and what others can learn from it.
Edited by Emily J. Kirk; Isabel Story and Anna Clayfield - Contributions by Leidy Casimiro Rodríguez; Anna Clayfield; Lauren Collins; Margarita Fernández; Shawn Harmon; Jessica Hirtle; Emily J. Kirk; Hal P. Klepak; Giraldo Martin Martin; Guillermo Mesa Ri
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Table 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
Table 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
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