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Socioeconomic and environmental disaster impact assessment handbook for Jamaica a quick guide to undertaking an assessment using the DaLA methodology following an extreme event in Jamaica p ill cm ISBN 9789768103437 pbk 1 Disasters – Jamaica – Social aspects 2 Disasters – Jamaica – Economic aspects 3

Medium Term Socioeconomic Policy Framework 20042007 Paradigm Shift •Deliberate change in development paradigm Jamaica has a healthy natural environment Environmental Goal 13 Sustainable Management and Use of Environmental and Natural Resources 14 Hazard Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change

The National Environment and Planning Agency NEPA says it has completed the socioeconomic study of the Yallahs and Hope watersheds This is one of the components of the soontobeconcluded Integrated Management of the Yallahs and Hope River Watershed Management Areas YallahsHope Project

Assessment of the SocioEconomic and Environmental Impact of Hurricane Wilma on Jamaica Hurricane Wilma of 2005 has gone down in the record books as the most intense hurricane to have developed in any Atlantic Hurricane Season having generated sustained wind speeds of 280 kmh The main impacts of on the environment were landslides excessive

This report documents the socioeconomic and environmental impact of Hurricane Dean 2007 on Jamaica As at October 26 2007 the preliminary estimate of the damage and losses incurred by the Jamaican economy due to the passage of Hurricane Dean

Apr 13 2020 · Inequality in Jamaica is lower than in most countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region but poverty at 19 in 2017 is still significant Stronger and more resilient economic growth is needed to eliminate poverty and boost shared prosperity

Jamaica Jamaica Economy Jamaica’s economy is mixed but increasingly based on services notably tourism and finance Since independence in 1962 the country has developed markedly but unevenly Mining and manufacturing became more important to the economy in the latter part of the 20th century while the export of agricultural commodities declined

Work on the fourth Medium Term SocioEconomic Policy Framework MTF under the country’s longterm National Development Plan – Vision 2030 Jamaica – is scheduled for completion in September According to Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica PIOJ Dr Wayne Henry the latest Framework covering the period 2018 to 2021 is in the final stages of preparation

This site provides you with information on Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan the Medium Term SocioEconomic Policy Framework MTF 20182021 and related issues Importantly the site is intended to facilitate greater interaction with you our stakeholders

Environmental Socioeconomic Studies is an international peerreviewed journal publishing original research papers review articles and scientific communications concerning the interactions between human activity and the environment in urban and industrial areas and the functioning of society and nature both in periods of urban growth and economic development and in periods of the