RELATIVE VULNERABILITY OF SELECTED CARIBBEAN STATES TO CHANGES IN FOOD SECURITY DUE TO TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES
In this paper, the determination of the relative vulnerability of selected Caribbean states to changes in their food security status because of the incidence of tropical storms and hurricanes required the aggregation of a composite indicator of the stability of food security and a risk indicator....
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| author | Carlisle Pemberton Hazel Patterson-Andrews Afiya De Sormeaux |
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| description | In this paper, the determination of the relative vulnerability of selected Caribbean states
to changes in their food security status because of the incidence of tropical storms and
hurricanes required the aggregation of a composite indicator of the stability of food security
and a risk indicator. Linear aggregation was utilized to derive the composite indicator of
the stability of food security and this approach and Pareto ranking were used to aggregate
this composite indicator and the risk indicator (Annual Frequency of Hurricanes and
Storms) to assess relative vulnerability.
The most vulnerable states were the small island developing states (SIDS): St Kitts and
Nevis, St Lucia, Dominica, Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda, supporting the position that
SIDS are in a most precarious position. The least vulnerable states were Belize, Trinidad
and Tobago and Jamaica. Pareto rankings and linear aggregation produced similar relative
vulnerability orderings. However, Pareto rankings had the advantage of imposing fewer
restrictions, such as the continuity and linearity of aggregation functions and they were able
to show graphically that several countries may have the same relative vulnerability status
because of the impact of different vulnerability factors, a situation that is lost in the
numerical values of linear aggregation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d18290f4cd4c4439866a64b151cab54c2023-02-15T16:19:52ZengInternational Journal of Food and Agricultural EconomicsInternational Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics2147-89882147-89882016-01-0141125136RELATIVE VULNERABILITY OF SELECTED CARIBBEAN STATES TO CHANGES IN FOOD SECURITY DUE TO TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANESCarlisle Pemberton0Hazel Patterson-Andrews1Afiya De Sormeaux2The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and TobagoThe University of the West Indies, Trinidad and TobagoThe University of the West Indies, Trinidad and TobagoIn this paper, the determination of the relative vulnerability of selected Caribbean states to changes in their food security status because of the incidence of tropical storms and hurricanes required the aggregation of a composite indicator of the stability of food security and a risk indicator. Linear aggregation was utilized to derive the composite indicator of the stability of food security and this approach and Pareto ranking were used to aggregate this composite indicator and the risk indicator (Annual Frequency of Hurricanes and Storms) to assess relative vulnerability. The most vulnerable states were the small island developing states (SIDS): St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Dominica, Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda, supporting the position that SIDS are in a most precarious position. The least vulnerable states were Belize, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. Pareto rankings and linear aggregation produced similar relative vulnerability orderings. However, Pareto rankings had the advantage of imposing fewer restrictions, such as the continuity and linearity of aggregation functions and they were able to show graphically that several countries may have the same relative vulnerability status because of the impact of different vulnerability factors, a situation that is lost in the numerical values of linear aggregation.http://www.foodandagriculturejournal.com/vol4.no1.pp125.pdfFood SecurityCaribbeanHurricanesFood Security IndicatorsPareto rankings |
| spellingShingle | Carlisle Pemberton Hazel Patterson-Andrews Afiya De Sormeaux RELATIVE VULNERABILITY OF SELECTED CARIBBEAN STATES TO CHANGES IN FOOD SECURITY DUE TO TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics Food Security Caribbean Hurricanes Food Security Indicators Pareto rankings |
| title | RELATIVE VULNERABILITY OF SELECTED CARIBBEAN STATES TO CHANGES IN FOOD SECURITY DUE TO TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES |
| title_full | RELATIVE VULNERABILITY OF SELECTED CARIBBEAN STATES TO CHANGES IN FOOD SECURITY DUE TO TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES |
| title_fullStr | RELATIVE VULNERABILITY OF SELECTED CARIBBEAN STATES TO CHANGES IN FOOD SECURITY DUE TO TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES |
| title_full_unstemmed | RELATIVE VULNERABILITY OF SELECTED CARIBBEAN STATES TO CHANGES IN FOOD SECURITY DUE TO TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES |
| title_short | RELATIVE VULNERABILITY OF SELECTED CARIBBEAN STATES TO CHANGES IN FOOD SECURITY DUE TO TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES |
| title_sort | relative vulnerability of selected caribbean states to changes in food security due to tropical storms and hurricanes |
| topic | Food Security Caribbean Hurricanes Food Security Indicators Pareto rankings |
| url | http://www.foodandagriculturejournal.com/vol4.no1.pp125.pdf |
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