Haiti: Spatial Analysis of Vulnerability
17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference (ISDRC 17), 8–10 May 2011
L. Razafindrazay, A. Morel, and S. Baptista
“The Caribbean Basin is among the most vulnerable regions to natural hazards and climate change (e.g., Manuel-Navarrete et al. 2007; Ibarrarán et al. 2009; Rossing & Rubin 2010). Haiti has the combined challenges of a severely degraded environment, extreme poverty, limited institutional and governance capacity, and repeated occurrence of natural hazards such as hurricanes, floods, landslides, and earthquakes(e.g., McAdoo & Paravisini-Gebert 2011). However, these challenges are not distributed evenly across the country. Key drivers of deforestation and land degradation in Haiti include the internal demand for charcoal and the cultivation of steep slopes (e.g., Murray 1987; Stevenson 1989). Interactions between socio-economic and natural hazard vulnerabilities need to be better understood spatially in order to support sustainable development efforts aimed at reducing poverty while managing multiple hazard-related risks.”
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