Essays about: "Squatter Settlments"

Found 1 essay containing the words Squatter Settlments.

  1. 1. Vulnerability and contemporary threats to Jamaican Disaster Management

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Morgan Jönsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Insurance; Corruption; Vulnerability; Disaster Management; Jamaica; Squatter Settlments; Development; Marginalization; Natural Hazards; Criminality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Natural hazards and disasters are serious contemporary threats as climate change is causing an increase in the frequency of extreme weather conditions worldwide. The Caribbean is geographically located in the North Atlantic Ocean at the junction of the Caribbean Plate and the North American Plate. READ MORE