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