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Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in the Philippines -- When Information is Critical, and Access is Tough -- Frameworks and Precursors of Engagement -- What qualifies a GIDA community? -- The GIDA Communicative Condition -- Bridging Pre-disaster Communication: Power, Relationships, and Experiences (PRE) -- The PRE Transformative Engagement (PRETE) Framework -- Engaging Isolated Communities: What's Next?. .

The IRB : its work and its challenges -- What is an IRB, and what does it do? -- Basic terms and concepts used in IRB work -- What is risk? -- Prescreening: the quality of the submitted materials and the qualifications of the research team -- The scientific protocol -- The informed consent form -- Recruitment, selection, and compensation of study participants -- Research involving questionnaires and surveys -- Protection of research data, specimens, and privacy -- The ethics of scientific research on humans -- Continuing review, communication, and feedback -- Where are IRBS making mistakes, and how can we minimize the occurrence of mistakes? -- Strategies for managing the IRB workload and for protecting IRB decision making -- Decision-making capacity in research

In every polity, development policy choices often remain either implicit or largely ignored. Whereas economic growth can be measured with some precision, development policy choices continue to constitute an inadequately defined and residual category. This article compares development policy since the 1970s within two very different policy systems: the southeastern American state of Alabama, and the western Caribbean island of Jamaica. After reappraising the validity of such "most different systems" designs, within the context of state-society structure, it further reviews the ambiguous nexus between economic growth and sociopolitical development. Subsequently, it singles out state policy toward private enterprise, and public-private sector interaction, as primary points of departure for an exploration of comparative development policy choice and implementation.

Whereas economic growth can be measured with some precision, development policy choices continue to constitute an inadequately defined and residual category. This article compares development policy since the 1970s within two very different policy systems: the Southeastern American state of Alabama, and the Western Caribbean island of Jamaica. It singles out state policy toward private enterprise, and public-private sector interaction, as primary points of departure for an exploration of comparative development policy choice and implementation

Since the 1970s. Focuses on state policy toward private enterprise, and public-private sector interaction.

AbstractIncreasing environmental awareness on the part of society as a whole has, in recent years, led to increased scrutiny of the impact of industrial and commercial activities upon the environment. Arising from the general feeling that it is 'right' to conserve, re‐use and recycle resources, the concept of environmental management has come increasingly to the fore. The relatively recent successes achieved during well‐known waste minimization projects such as Aire and Calder and Project Catalyst have increased the fervour with which such a management approach has been lauded, because for the first time it has become clear that 'the environment' does not have to be a costly 'bolt on' extra, but can lead to genuine financial savings and efficiency improvements. But is environmental management the cure for all ills, or is it simply part of an overall picture that needs to be set in the right context? Copyright © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

AbstractThere are increasing external pressures on industry to audit its environmental, as well as its financial, performance. The investigation and evaluation of the consequences of past and present contamination of land is an integral part of such an exercise. The process of investigation, continuing monitoring and assessment of risk can be complex and expensive. A carefully planned and staged approach to such projects can significantly reduce the complexity and the cost, and allow pragmatic and relevant decisions to be made as to the optimum course of action. The primary assessment also forms the basis for ongoing auditing of the situation into the future. Copyright © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

The Caribbean now has one of the largest regional tourism industries in the world amongst developing countries. When originally published this volume was the first to provide a comprehensive discussion of tourism in this part of the world. It begins with an overview of the industry and then examines aspect of tourism marketing and management on a region-by-region basis, covering the Bahamas, Jamaica, Barbados, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Cuba. Detailed analysis follows of sectors within the industry, such as heritage and health care, with central issues such as the intense competition between the cruise ship and hotel industries being highlighted. Discussion of the impact of US and EU policies on Caribbean tourism provides an important international perspective. Throughout, the focus is on the contribution of the regional tourism industry to Caribbean economic growth and development.