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Island Vulnerability explores the challenges which isolated geographies face when dealing with risk and disasters by examining the processes which create, maintain, and could be used to reduce their vulnerability. This page provides information on vulnerability issues in Cuba with all photos taken in or near Havana:

Cuban flag in the Museum of the Revolution (Museo de la Revolución).

Cuban flag in the Museum of the Revolution (Museo de la Revolución).
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019.)


Some documents

Display in the garden of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba on the impacts of Hurricane Irma in 2017

A display on the impacts of Hurricane Irma in 2017 on the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019.)


Risks

A tree cut to avoid contact with power lines, with branches left for shading.

A tree cut to avoid contact with power lines, with branches left for shading.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Pollution from a car.

Emissions from a car.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Pollution from a motorcycle.

Emissions from a motorcycle.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Pollution from a ship.

Emissions from a ship.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Pollution from a smokestack.

Emissions from a smokestack.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Inside one of the tunnels of the bunkers built during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, in the back of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.

One of bunker tunnels built during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, in the back of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


One cruise ship entering Havana harbour as another cruise ship leaves.

Cruise ships entering and leaving Havana harbour.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A sign banning drones.

No droning.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Three men hanging onto the back of a garbage truck as it drives down the street.

Road safety.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Taking a scooter taxi.

Driving in a scooter.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Bottles of alcohol in the California Café

Offers in the California Café.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Meeting and presentation at CENSA (Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria, National Center for Animal and Plant Health).

Meeting and presentation at CENSA (Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria, National Center for Animal and Plant Health).
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)

Animals and plants

A lizard standing on a rock.

Lizard.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Vulture flying

Vulture.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Pelican diving into the water for fish.

Pelican.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Grey bird standing on a rock.

Bird.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Cream-coloured bird on a branch.

Bird.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Bird flock in the sky.

Bird flock.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Birds taking off from the sea at sunrise.

Birds at sunrise.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Red flowers with the sky and a cloud in the background.

Flowers.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A flower amongst the grass.

Flower.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A lone leaf resting on the pavement.

Leaf.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Tree with the sun peeking through the leaves.

Tree.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Bee on a flower.

Bee.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


An ant crawling across a red flower.

Ant.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Spider on a table.

Spider.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Horse-drawn cart.

Horse-drawn cart.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A dachshund looking out a window.

Dachshund.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)

People

A lone fisher on Malecón at sunrise.

Sunrise fishing.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Using a net to fish from a boat.

Fishing.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A couple kissing along Malecón.

Malecón kiss.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A man in a doorway framed by an ornate grille.

Doorway.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Two people along Malecón as a wave crashes over it.

Wave.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Kids crouching beneath the sea wall as a wave overtops and soaks them.

Enjoying the waves.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Selling fruit at a market.

Market.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Dancing in a circle of friends.

Dancing.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A person silhouetted behind coloured squares of glass.

Silhouette.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A man sitting at the bar of California Café.

California Café.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A group of four men playing dominoes.

Dominoes.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Playing American football.

Playing American football.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Men folding a flag of Cuba.

Flag folding.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A teenager doing a skateboard stunt.

Skateboarding.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Statue of one child kissing another in the gardens of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.

Hotel Nacional de Cuba statue.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Silhouette of a statue of a head.

Silhouette.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Statue of José Martí.

Statue of José Martí.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


An engraving on a wall of Fidel Castro.

Recognise him?
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A series of fridge magnets of Che Guevara (Ernesto Guevara de la Serna) for sale in the Museum of the Revolution (Museo de la Revolución).

How many fridge magnets create a revolution?
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Gravestones in a cemetery.

Cemetery.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A grave in the Chinese Cemetery

Chinese Cemetery.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)

Some more photographs

The road of Malecón in the dark.

Malecón before dawn.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


View to the coral shore with azure and green water.

Shoreline.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A painted anchor behind a grille with shadows from the grille.

Anchor.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Wooden stakes at the top of a building under construction.

Wood.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Looking through the arches of El Monumento a José Miguel Gómez.

El Monumento a José Miguel Gómez.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


View of a building at sunset.

Building at sunset.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A red and white building in front of a taller green and white apartment block.

Buildings.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Sun and shadow patterns in an open walkway at CENSA (Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria, National Center for Animal and Plant Health.

Patterns at CENSA (Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria, National Center for Animal and Plant Health.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Looking through a series of doorways and arches.

Arches.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


The front of a building with arches creating a pathway.

Portico.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Three doorways.

Doorways.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


View of a room in Factoría Habana art gallery from the outside.

Factoría Habana.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Looking up to a circle of flagpoles facing the US Embassy.

Flagpoles.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Shadow of a grille on the wall behind it.

Grille.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


An ornate grille as a protective gate.

Grille.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Houses in a row with coloured façades.

Houses.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Close-up of the gate protecting the entrance of a financial building.

Gate.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


View from inside the restaurant Cuatro Lunas

The restaurant Cuatro Lunas.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Sculpture along Malecón.

Sculpture along Malecón.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Sculpture along Malecón.

Sculpture along Malecón.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Sculpture along Malecón.

Sculpture along Malecón.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Shadow of a tree on the pavement.

Shadow.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Old staircase.

Staircase.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Close-up of a stone staircase with metal banisters.

Staircase.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Spiral staircase circling around a shrine up to a house

Staircase.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


A decaying staircase leading up to a forest.

Staircase.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Ripples of water in puddles along Malecón at sunset.

Sunset ripples along Malecón.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


Sunset over the waves crashing ashore.

Sunset.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2019)


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