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Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba

Management and Adaptation

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 Ridel; Valerie Miller; Isabel Story; Luis L. Vázquez and Helen Yaffe

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.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 258 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-7936-5131-0 • Hardback • August 2021 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
Series: Lexington Studies on Cuba
Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Language Arts & Disciplines / International Communication, Social Science / Environment, Science / Environmental Science

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 visual communications at Nottingham Trent University.

Anna Clayfield is a senior lecturer in Spanish and Latin American studies at the University of Chester, UK.

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

"Cuba’s uncanny ability to weather natural disasters with minimal loss of life is a continual source of wonderment to outside observers. An island in hurricane alley, Cuba recognized risks of climate change early and has developed the most detailed, long-term plan to confront it of any nation in the world. This collection by an international team of scholars is a deep dive into Cuba’s relationship with its environment—disaster preparedness, the tension between development and conservation, and adaptation to climate change. Cuba’s exceptional efforts to live in harmony with its environment is a subject that has not received the attention it deserves—a knowledge gap for which this book is an important remedy."


— William M. LeoGrande, American University


"This timely study offers a highly complex and multi-disciplinary analysis of Cuba’s outstanding ability to deal effectively with the twin – and closely-related – threats of natural disasters and climate change. It provides a wealth of perspectives on how Cuba has developed sustained policies to face these increasing threats; and it demonstrates through carefully-contextualised chapters how the Cuban response is based both on collaboration and on singular, often highly inventive, solutions to its own problems. It is a must for researchers of development and environmental studies and a host of other disciplines, and its interdisciplinary focus is a model for collaborative research."


— Par Kumaraswami, University of Nottingham, UK


Much of the world’s youth worry that governments make only pretend gestures about climate change. Anyone sharing their concern might want to put aside whatever prejudices they have about Cuba and study the book Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba. This collection of 14 essays may be the most profound untold story in print about an island nation struggling for survival against dangers already rising at its shores. The essays are an extraordinary assemblage of articles, with each author covering specific topics.


— New York Journal of Books


Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba

Management and Adaptation

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Hardback
Summary
Summary
  • 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.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 258 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
    978-1-7936-5131-0 • Hardback • August 2021 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
    Series: Lexington Studies on Cuba
    Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Language Arts & Disciplines / International Communication, Social Science / Environment, Science / Environmental Science
Author
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 visual communications at Nottingham Trent University.

    Anna Clayfield is a senior lecturer in Spanish and Latin American studies at the University of Chester, UK.

Table of Contents
Table 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 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

Reviews
Reviews
  • "Cuba’s uncanny ability to weather natural disasters with minimal loss of life is a continual source of wonderment to outside observers. An island in hurricane alley, Cuba recognized risks of climate change early and has developed the most detailed, long-term plan to confront it of any nation in the world. This collection by an international team of scholars is a deep dive into Cuba’s relationship with its environment—disaster preparedness, the tension between development and conservation, and adaptation to climate change. Cuba’s exceptional efforts to live in harmony with its environment is a subject that has not received the attention it deserves—a knowledge gap for which this book is an important remedy."


    — William M. LeoGrande, American University


    "This timely study offers a highly complex and multi-disciplinary analysis of Cuba’s outstanding ability to deal effectively with the twin – and closely-related – threats of natural disasters and climate change. It provides a wealth of perspectives on how Cuba has developed sustained policies to face these increasing threats; and it demonstrates through carefully-contextualised chapters how the Cuban response is based both on collaboration and on singular, often highly inventive, solutions to its own problems. It is a must for researchers of development and environmental studies and a host of other disciplines, and its interdisciplinary focus is a model for collaborative research."


    — Par Kumaraswami, University of Nottingham, UK


    Much of the world’s youth worry that governments make only pretend gestures about climate change. Anyone sharing their concern might want to put aside whatever prejudices they have about Cuba and study the book Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba. This collection of 14 essays may be the most profound untold story in print about an island nation struggling for survival against dangers already rising at its shores. The essays are an extraordinary assemblage of articles, with each author covering specific topics.


    — New York Journal of Books


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