Jamaica

This framework by the Centre for Disaster Protection guides how to assess value for money in disaster risk financing. It helps governments and agencies choose optimal financial tools for disasters, using examples from Jamaica, Uganda, and Lesotho.

This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Jamaica, including how climate change will potentially impact agricultural production, human health, water and sanitation, infrastructure, coastal ecosystems, and youth development.

This country profile analyzes gender gaps in the disaster risk management (DRM) agenda in Jamaica that influence the exposure and vulnerability, preparedness, and coping capacity of different populations.

This study analyzed mortgages and apartment values and included residential land sale prices over 16 years for different localities across Jamaica.

This seismic risk profile of Jamaica, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

This study provides an updated assessment of the status of MHEWS for all CDEMA Participating States (PS).

This study quantifies the impact on real estate in Jamaica arising from extreme rainfall and hurricanes. An exhaustive geo-localized database on mortgage, land and apartment sale values is combined with localized rainfall and hurricane track data.

This desk review presents examples of results chains for project teams working on DRM-related operations to obtain the gender tag, focusing on exposure and vulnerability, preparedness, and coping capacity.