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Paul Robeson, Carnival, And The 2018 National Eisteddfod, Mark Rhodes
Paul Robeson, Carnival, And The 2018 National Eisteddfod, Mark Rhodes
Michigan Tech Publications
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American Influences At The National Eisteddfod, Mark Rhodes
American Influences At The National Eisteddfod, Mark Rhodes
Michigan Tech Publications
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The Impacts Of Accessibility On Vulnerability Of Place In Comfort Castle, Jamaica, Heather Thole
The Impacts Of Accessibility On Vulnerability Of Place In Comfort Castle, Jamaica, Heather Thole
Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports
Jamaica experiences meteorological, hydrological, and geological natural hazards that can produce island-wide impacts. The island’s exposure to multiple hazard types requires effective and sustainable mitigation and disaster risk management to lessen potential impacts, especially for vulnerable populations and communities. Comfort Castle, a small rural farming community, sits in the upper Rio Grande Valley of Portland parish and experiences earthquakes, landslides, hurricanes, heavy rainfall, and floods. Steep terrain and remoteness due to geographic location affect the community’s geophysical vulnerability. Their social vulnerability results from a lack of employment, health, educational, and livelihood resources within the community. Together, geophysical, and social factors …