Resilient and affordable housing in the Caribbean: Policy recommendations towards a transformative, green and inclusive recovery strategy. Policy Brief
Abstract
The Caribbean faces multidimensional vulnerabilities driven by climate change and aggravated by Small Island Developing States’ natural and economic characteristics (SIDS). A critical natural feature of SIDS is the extreme vulnerability to climate-change-induced events. Economically, the Caribbean has followed the global trend of seeing its urban areas swell during the last decades. Moreover, the region’s coastal areas expose human settlements, infrastructure, and businesses to external shocks, such as climate change-induced extreme weather events. In addition, the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) introduced a new dimension to these vulnerabilities, widening inequalities and demanding new and more localized approaches to how Caribbean countries respond to the pandemic’s economic and social fallouts.
ECLAC Subtopics
CITIES AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ; CLIMATE CHANGE ; COVID-19 ; DISASTERS ; FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT ; PLANNING ; HOUSING AND BASIC SERVICES ; INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT ; INEQUALITY ; INFRASTRUCTURE ; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ; PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ; PUBLIC POLICIES ; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ; TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT ; TRAINING ; URBANIZATION ; WATER RESOURCES ; FORESIGHTUnited Nations Subtopics
PUBLIC HOUSING ; HOUSING POLICY ; LOW COST HOUSING ; HOUSING FINANCE ; URBANIZATION ; GREEN ECONOMY ; RECOVERY ; COVID-19 ; PANDEMICS ; HOUSING PROGRAMMES ; HOUSING SUBSIDIES ; RENTAL HOUSING ; RENT CONTROL ; CLIMATE CHANGE ; DISASTER PREVENTION ; DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ; POLICY-MAKING ; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ; RECOMMENDATIONS ; ECLAC ; CDCC ; SMALL STATES ; SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATESCountry / Region
CARIBBEAN REGIONen