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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business. How important are international operations for the company? At the end of the 1960’s‚ Wilhelmsen and Stephan came up with the profitable idea that the wealthy residents of Florida 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
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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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There are 4 million Caribbean Americans in the United States. The most widely practiced religions in the Caribbean are Voodoo in Haiti‚ Santeria in Cuba and obeah in Jamaica. Their religion is very important and take the seriously in the Caribbean Culture. There are four dominant language‚ Spanish‚ French‚ English and Dutch. Food is considered family tradition and it is very important in Caribbean culture. People spend many days to prepare food. An African influence Caribbean dish‚ is Callaloo‚ combines
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explorer and navigator. In the space of 1492 and 1504 he made a total of four voyages to the Caribbean and to South America. He has also been recognized for opening the Americas to European colonization. There is a lot of opinions about Christopher Columbus discovering the Caribbean. A lot of people believe that he really did discover the Caribbean‚ but then there is the other view that he rediscovered the Caribbean because there were persons living here already.
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Couse Name: Law‚ Governance‚ Society and Economy in the Caribbean Course Code: FOUN1301 Date Due: April 8th‚ 2014 Question: How far is it true to say that the plantation is still with us? There is still evidence of the plantation society within the modern Caribbean Society. This evidence can be seen from first analyzing various aspects of the plantation system or society‚ such as the; lifestyle‚ mentality‚ social structure and economic model associated with this social system. Then a comparison
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slightly ambiguous. What most people don’t know is that three hundred years ago‚ these beings appeared in different situations throughout the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of these individuals from this period lived in separate parts of the world‚ completing different assignments for different reasons. Although buccaneers and privateers both engaged in piracy‚ whether it was legal or not‚ they were inequivalent in terms of background‚ purpose‚ and operation. Amid the Caribbean‚ buccaneers with keen marksmanship
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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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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- a system of medical treatment that treats illness by natural methods such as exercising and controlling the food you eat. Reflexology- a form of alternative
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Module 1 – Caribbean Society and Culture Question 1 Candidates were given a map of the Caribbean and asked to identify countries where (a) Chinese indentured labourers worked after emancipation; (b) where large numbers of Indian indentured labourers worked after emancipation; and (c) where Javanese indentured labourers worked after emancipation. Most candidates were able to score at least one or two marks from this question. Part (a) posed the greatest challenge as most candidates were not
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