Proceedings of a Meeting of Experts on Hazard Mapping in the Caribbean, 30 November-4 December 1987, Kingston, Jamaica.

Conference held 30 November to 4 December 1987

Comprehensive approach to hazard management -- The vulnerability of Puerto Rico to natural hazards -- Plans against catastrophies, hurricanes and heavy rains in Cuba -- A review of hazard mapping and risk assessment at the Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad -- Natural hazard assessment in integrated regional development -- Flood mapping -- The process of flood hazard mapping in Jamaica by Medardo Molina -- Flood warning systems: the basic elements -- Studies on risks due to floods and their cartographic representation -- Landslide mapping -- Assessing landslide hazard for regional development planning in the eastern Caribbean -- Extent and economic significance of landslides in Canada: lanslides in Cordillera -- The role of the Geological Survey Division in Jamaica -- Earthquake and volcanic hazard maps -- Earthquake and volcanic hazard assessment monitoring in the Commonwealth Caribbean: current status and needs for the future -- Seismic hazard mapping in Canada -- Probabilistic seismic hazard mapping -- Earthquake vulnerability study for the metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto Rico -- Preliminary analysis of the cartographic representation of vulnerability of buildings in Santiago de Cuba -- Coastal hazard mapping -- Storm surge modelling in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands -- Preliminary survey of coastline vulnerability of the Caribbean: a summary report -- Commputer applications in hazard mapping -- Integrating natural hazard information with agricultural parameters: a scenario for GIS applications in the Caribbean -- Notes on the application of geographic information systems in natural hazard risk assessment and development planning at national and metropolitan levels -- Hazard maps as a practical planning tool: case studies -- The use of an econometric model to estimate the economic impact of a natural disaster -- Flooding in Speightstown: towards a flood management strategy -- The status of disaster planning in Trinidad and Tobago -- Natural hazards mapping in St Lucia