🇨🇺 The Development of Cuba's Emergency Readiness in an era of Climate Change. 🇨🇺

Master's graduate Jessica Hirtle has been through hurricanes, and she has been to Cuba.  It didn't take her long to notice that Cuba seems to be better prepared to handle hurricanes and natural disasters than many other areas in the Caribbean and even in North America. In this episode Jessica Hirtle sits down with her Master's Supervisor Dr. Bob Huish to talk about her primary research on Cuba's emergency management and preparedness system.  As they discuss, Cuba provides an important example of how nations, even those with modest economies, could be better prepared for natural disasters in the future. Jessica Hirtle is a graduate of the Master’s program in International Development Studies at Dalhousie University. Jessica’s research focuses on Cuba’s disaster relief system. She conducted field work in Havana, Las Terrazas, and Viñales, Cuba from October to December, 2018. Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter: @ProfessorHuish