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View Natural Hazard Risk Management in the Caribbean CTO EUROPEAN COMMISSION CDERA CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Competing with the Best: Good Practices: Natural Hazard Risk Management in the Caribbean Tourism Sector www.carlbro.com The Caribbean Regional Sustainable Tourism Development Programme This manual is an output of the Caribbean Regional Sustainable Tourism Development Programme (CRSTDP), which is a five-year (2003-2008) programme funded by the 8th European Development Fund (EDF). The overall objective of the Programme is to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation in the 15 Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific states (CARIFORUM) through increased competitiveness and sustainability of the Caribbean tourism sector. CARIFORUM comprises Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Caribbean Tourism Organization The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), with headquarters in Barbados and marketing operations in New York, London and Toronto, is the Caribbean’s tourism development agency and comprises 32 member governments and a myriad of private sector organisations and companies. The CTO’s mission is to provide, to and through its members, the services and information needed for the development of sustainable tourism for the economic and social benefit of the Caribbean people. The organisation provides specialised support and technical assistance to member countries in the areas of marketing, human resource development, research, information management and sustainable tourism development. To order copies of this manual please contact: The Caribbean Tourism Organization, One Financial Place, Lower Collymore Rock, St. Michael, Barbados Tel: (246) 427 5242 Fax: (246) 429 3065 Email: [email protected] URL: www.onecaribbean.org Disclaimer: The views expressed may not in any circumstances be regarded as the official position of the Caribbean Tourism Organization or CDERA. Table of Contents ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................................................... III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................................... V INTRODUCTION : RATIONAL FOR REPORT .............................................................................................................................. 1 BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Natural Hazards ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Natural Hazards and Climate Change............................................................................................................................ 4 Natural Hazards and Natural Disasters in the Caribbean ............................................................................................. 4 Tourism and Natural Disasters in the Caribbean........................................................................................................... 6 Key Terms ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7 AIMS , OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 10 Aim................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Objectives ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................................. 10 COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................. 13 Risk Identification......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Risk Mitigation.............................................................................................................................................................. 15 Risk Transfer................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Disaster Preparedness.................................................................................................................................................. 15 Emergency Response .................................................................................................................................................... 16 Recovery - Rehabilitation and Reconstruction ............................................................................................................. 16 CASE STUDIES OF GOOD PRACTICE IN NHRM ................................................................................................................... 17 GLOBAL CASE STUDIES OF GOOD PRACTICE IN NHRM..................................................................................................... 17 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 1: Indonesia ............................................................................................... 18 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 2: Vietnam ................................................................................................. 19 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 3: Netherlands ........................................................................................... 20 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 4: Armenia ................................................................................................. 21 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 5: India ...................................................................................................... 22 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 6: Indonesia ............................................................................................... 23 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 7: Japan..................................................................................................... 24 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 8: Sri Lanka ............................................................................................... 25 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 9: Philippines............................................................................................. 26 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 10: Mozambique ........................................................................................ 27 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 11: Fiji....................................................................................................... 28 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 12: India, Thailand.................................................................................... 29 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 13: The Maldives ....................................................................................... 30 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 14: El Salvador.......................................................................................... 31 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 15: Kenya................................................................................................... 32 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 16: India .................................................................................................... 33 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 17: USA ..................................................................................................... 34 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 18: India .................................................................................................... 36 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 19: Asia / Pacific ....................................................................................... 37 Global NHRM Good Practice Case Study 20: India .................................................................................................... 38 CARIBBEAN CASE STUDIES OF GOOD PRACTICE IN NHRM................................................................................................ 39 Caribbean Regional NHRM Good Practice Case Study 1: Central America............................................................... 40 Caribbean Regional NHRM Good Practice Case Study 2: Belize................................................................................ 41 Caribbean Regional NHRM Good Practice Case Study 3: Bahamas........................................................................... 42 Caribbean Regional NHRM Good Practice Case Study 4: The Bahamas...................................................................
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