Jamaica Book resource for resilience to natural hazards

This book is a resource for Christian communities that want to protect people and property from the impact of natural hazards. Roper is a professional in the environmental sciences and her text includes an easy guide for groups and individuals on how to think through possible situations and realistic ways of planning and responding.

Using examples of resilience from stories in the Holy Bible, this book encourages members of churches to take actions that will militate against a severe impact. These actions will include being guided by science and being committed to consultation with others in the community at every step of the way.

The author highlights that churches are an important institutions in the Jamaican society providing a range of educational and social services; physical space in times of ease and also crisis; and for prayerful comfort.

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