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As 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.
List of contents
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 Concerning Natural 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
About the author
Emily J. Kirk is research fellow in the Department of International Development Studies and adjunct professor at Dalhousie University.Isabel Story is senior lecturer in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University.Anna Clayfield is a senior lecturer in Spanish and Latin American studies at the University of Chester, UK.Anna Clayfield is a senior lecturer in Spanish and Latin American studies at the University of Chester, UK.Emily J. Kirk is research fellow in the Department of International Development Studies and adjunct professor at Dalhousie University.Isabel Story is senior lecturer in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University.
Summary
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.
