Resilience in the Caribbean: Building a New Blueprint for Disaster, Culture, and Community

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Ajeen Beckford

Resilience in the Caribbean

Name: Resilience in the Caribbean
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ISBN: 9781972105153

Building a New Blueprint for Disaster, Culture, and Community

Ajeen Beckford

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English

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06 March 2026

Political structure & processes; Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship

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Resilience in the Caribbean is a forward-looking exploration of how a region long shaped by adversity can transform crisis into opportunity. As climate change accelerates the frequency and intensity of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and droughts, disasters are no longer isolated events, they are part of everyday reality. Yet this book argues that the Caribbean's story is not one of vulnerability, but of enduring strength and adaptation.

Moving beyond traditional disaster response, Resilience in the Caribbean presents a comprehensive, integrated framework for modern emergency management. It weaves together culture, community capacity, micro-economics, governance, technology, and long-term national and regional planning to reimagine resilience as a living system, one built from the ground up and sustained across generations.

Grounded in Caribbean realities and informed by global best practices, the book challenges governments, institutions, and communities to rethink preparedness, recovery, and development as a single, unified mission. It is both a strategic guide and a call to action for building societies that do not merely survive disasters but emerge stronger, more equitable, and more self-determined.

As the book reminds us:

""Resilience is not the ability to return to what once was; it is the courage to build what must be.

By: Ajeen Beckford
Imprint: Book Publisher
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 494g
ISBN: 9781972105153
ISBN 10: 1972105159
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 06 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active