Disaster preparedness and climate change in Cuba : management and adaptation /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Kirk, Emily J. (Editor), Story, Isabel, 1987- (Editor), Clayfield, Anna, 1983- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
Series:Lexington studies on Cuba.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Disaster preparedness and management: what makes the Cuban approach different? / Emily J. Kirk
  • Disaster management in Cuba: formal, semi-formal, and informal procedures / Jessica Hirtle
  • First and last bulwark against natural disasters: Cuba's revolutionary armed forces / Hal P. Klepak
  • Cuba-Russia cooperation: the history of fraternal disaster management collaboration / Isabel Story
  • Bastión: the shaping of a pueblo combatiente and natural disaster management / Anna Clayfield
  • Meteoro: the impact of education on disaster preparedness and risk reduction / Emily J. Kirk
  • Post-graduate education concerning natural disasters and climate change in the Cuban health sector / Guillermo Mesa Ridel
  • People power: Cuba's path to effective disaster management / Lauren Collins
  • Cuba's tarea vida: sustainable development and combating climate change / Helen Yaffe
  • International collaboration on the environment and marine conservation in Cuba: reflections from environmental defense fund / Valerie Miller
  • 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
  • The quest for energy alternatives in post-1959 Cuba / Helen Yaffe
  • 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
  • Timeline: important events in Cuban disaster management and climate change adaptation / Jessica Hirtl.