NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN Definitions A hazard can be defined as‚ “A potentially damaging physical event‚ phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury‚ property damage‚ social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins: natural (geological‚ hydrometeorological and biological); or induced by human processes (environmental degradation
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will consider paying top dollar amounts to cruise to the Caribbean Islands as a great alternative for a week or weekend getaway. After proposing this idea to Norwegian entrepreneurs‚ Royal Caribbean Cruise lines‚ was born. Forty five years and forty ships later‚ based out of Miami Florida‚ Royal Caribbean is the second largest cruise line in the world‚ behind frontrunner Carnival. RCCL operates its ships under the brand names Royal Caribbean International‚ Celebrity Cruises‚ Pullmantur‚ Azamara Cruises
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The aim of every Caribbean country is to realize growth and development over time so as to achieve first world status. Most of the Caribbean countries are ranked as middle income countries. These countries realize that achieving first world status is a long term initiative given the many social problems that we face as a Caribbean nation. Among the many social problems that we face‚ poverty is the most pervasive of them all. Despite the effort of many of these countries to try and eradicate poverty
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breadwinner of the home and if there is any male presence‚ it is marginalized. These families can be called mother-centered‚ woman-centered or headed and grandmother-centered. In 1937‚ the British Colonial Social Welfare Workers were sent to the Caribbean to fix the existing social problems of the societies and provide measures to assist. Thomas Simey (1946)‚ was a welfare worker and postulated that one of the main problems were the fact that families were loose and children were fatherless‚ and they
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Royal Caribbean Marketing Project April 8‚ 2009 Cruise operator Royal Caribbean International (RCL) is looking to new emerging markets for business to ensure its business stays buoyant during the current economic crisis. They have implemented a strategy of targeting and growing their international business more rapidly than US business. This is partly to spreading the risk although the North American market is still the most mature cruise market there is‚ especially in the Caribbean. Are
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LOCATION AND DEFINITION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION Definition of the Caribbean Region Geographical This describes the area washed by the Caribbean Sea and is often described as the Caribbean Basin. It would therefore include most of the islands of the Lesser Antilles‚ Greater Antilles as well as the mainland territories in Central America (Costa Rica‚ Belize‚ Panama‚ Honduras) and Northern South America such as Columbia and Venezuela. The common link here is the Caribbean Sea. Geological There are deep
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technology‚ in context of the statement‚ refers to machines that are not indigenous to the Caribbean. These machines allow little or no manual effort used in order to complete tasks. The moot suggests that‚ these technologies have advanced Caribbean economies only a little bit. Imported technology has not marginally improved Caribbean economies. It has immensely improved economies of the Caribbean. Many Caribbean islands depend on tourism as an industry‚ and technology plays and integral role in boosting
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The Bahamas‚ were to provide management services to wealthy international clients. Higgins also points out that within a short period of time‚ these kinds of operations had spread to other British territories and eventually to the rest of the Caribbean. When the governments of the various countries saw the benefits enjoyed by the specific countries at that time were: The Bahamas‚ Cayman Islands‚ the British Virgin Islands and Panama. In the resent past Offshore Financial Center has had to amend
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TECHNICAL TERMS Traditional Medicine- Systems of medicine developed before the era of modern medicine‚ based on cultural beliefs and ancestral practices. Modern Medicine-Medicine as practiced by holders of M.D (medical doctor).Other terms includes: allopathic medicine; western medicine; mainstream medicine; orthodox medicine; regular medicine and biomedicine. Acupuncture- a medical treatment from China that involves putting sharp thin needles into the body at very specific points. Naturopathy-
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The Impact of Historical Processes in the Caribbean. Migratory movements and the establishments of patterns of settlements by different groups within the Caribbean from pre-Columbian times to the present. The development of systems of productions: Encomienda‚ Slavery‚ Indentureship and the plantation system. Responses of Caribbean people to oppression and genocide: resistance‚ development of peasant groups. Movements towards independence Political enfranchisement Movement towards Independence
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