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- Summary:
- This document is part of the United Nation’s International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) midterm review of the global adoption and implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). Its focus is the Caribbean region, specifically Jamaica, Cuba, the Virgin Islands (UK), Dominica, and the Cayman Islands, each representing different stages of implementation. Though the review covers the time period from 2005 to 2010, it also incorporates pre-2005 DRM initiatives that have played a significant role in meeting the dictates of the HFA. It gauges implementation by using available reports and interviews with disaster management officials in these countries. The document begins by discussing the emergence of disaster risk management as an international priority, its evolution from a technocratic, top-down approach to a focus on socio-economics as an important component of vulnerability. The steady rise in the loss of life and amount of damage associated with natural disasters over the last 30 years has led the Caribbean nations to take action even prior to the HFA. In 1981 the Pan-Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project (PCDPPP) was established to enhance disaster preparedness, where previously response and relief activities were the central focus. In 1991 a permanent regional entity, the Caribbean Disaster Response Agency (CDERA), was founded to coordinate emergency relief, to act as a clearinghouse for disaster informatoin, to promote the establishment of sustainable disaster response capabilities, and to improve preparedness among members. In 2001 the Anglophone islands of the region adopted the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) approach. Essentially the HFA has been adapted to these ongoing regional and national institutional and legislative frameworks. The report finds that significant progress has been made in the areas of hazard mapping and the development of early warning systems. Many countries in the region have also invested in community-based disaster management and public education regarding disaster risks and preparedness. Efforts need to concentrate on improving use of cost benefit analyses for risk reduction and transfer, and the integration of disaster risk reduction into development planning. More systemic barriers to effective change are weak institutional and legal frameworks, inadequate resources, inconsistent political commitments, and weak enforcement mechanisms. ( English )
- Subject:
- Disaster Risk Reduction ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- Carby, B. (2011). Caribbean implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action: HFA mid-term review. Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, University of the West Indies, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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- Florida International University
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- FI13042405
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