The making of the Caribbean Not-so-Natural Disasters

Patria Roman-Velazquez; Gibran Cruz-Martinez; Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia; Janialy Ortiz Camacho

doi:10.31273/alternautas.v5i2.1077

The making of the Caribbean Not-so-Natural Disasters

Patria Roman-Velazquez, Gibran Cruz-Martinez^*, Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia, Janialy Ortiz Camacho

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Hurricanes are not a novelty in the Caribbean. However, 2017 left several shocking facts for history books regarding intensity and frequency. Two Category 4 and two Category 5 hurricanes – the strongest category on the Saffir-Simpson scale – hit the Caribbean in a month's-time. Despite the label ‘natural disaster’, colonialism and human-induced factors are behind the high levels of inequality, climate change and incomplete recoveries in the Caribbean region, which increase the region's vulnerability to disaster. This special issue addresses the disaster conditions, responses and consequences not only in Puerto Rico but also in the impacted neighbouring islands of Barbuda and Cuba. We expect this to be the beginning of a number of critical social research examining the Dominica, Haïti, Turks & Caicos, Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Martin the Dominican Republic, and the rest of Caribbean countries who encounters natural and not-so-natural disasters.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4-12
Number of pages	8
Journal	ALTERNAUTAS
Volume	5
Issue number	2
Early online date	15 Dec 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.31273/alternautas.v5i2.1077
Publication status	Published - 10 Feb 2022

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Puerto Ricans
Hurricane Maria
Caribbean
disaster
natural disasters

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