{"id":1648,"date":"2024-09-22T14:05:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T19:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iai.int\/sg-09\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:51:28","slug":"sg-09","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iai.int\/en\/sg-09\/","title":{"rendered":"SG-09: Climate-Health-Environment Nexus Risk in the \u2018Shared Economy\u2019 Hotel Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PROJECT INFORMATION<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Climate-Health-Environment Nexus Risk in the \u2018Shared Economy\u2019 Hotel Sector: Assessment and Risk Reduction Planning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Principal investigator (PI):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kalim Shah<\/em>, University of Delaware, United States of America<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:kalshah@udel.edu\">kalshah@udel.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: +1 219 789 417 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duration &amp; funding:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(September 2023\u20132024) USD 15,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Co-funding offered<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USD 16,303<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Participating countries:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United States of America, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The uncertainties and risks at the climate-health-environment nexus have significant implications for the future of the Caribbean tourism sector and, therefore, the health and well-being of island peoples. The rapidly growing \u2018sharing economy\u2019 private vacation property rental segment(\u2018AirBnBs\u2019) is almost totally unregulated and therefore presents significant potential nexus risks to all participants &#8211; operators, visitors, local communities, and government regulators. This study aims to design a nexus risk assessment approach for private vacation property operators and the local communities in which they are immersed. We will implement the assessments in close consultation with a highly vulnerable, representative Jamaican community, and identify and communicate the potential risk reduction solution sets to all stakeholders. The outputs of this study will lay the groundwork for a nexus risk reduction strategy for local government policymakers, at least of an indigenous technology prototype, and a nexus risk rating system for the operators in the Jamaican AirBnB market and potentially elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROJECT INFORMATION Climate-Health-Environment Nexus Risk in the \u2018Shared Economy\u2019 Hotel Sector: Assessment and Risk Reduction Planning Principal investigator (PI): Kalim Shah, University of Delaware, United States of America E-mail: kalshah@udel.edu Phone: +1 219 789 417 5 Duration &amp; funding: (September 2023\u20132024) USD 15,000 Co-funding offered USD 16,303 Participating countries:&nbsp; United States of America, Guyana, Jamaica, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11527,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1648","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SG-09: Climate-Health-Environment Nexus Risk in the \u2018Shared Economy\u2019 Hotel Sector - IAI - Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iai.int\/en\/sg-09\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SG-09: Climate-Health-Environment Nexus Risk in the \u2018Shared Economy\u2019 Hotel Sector - IAI - Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PROJECT INFORMATION Climate-Health-Environment Nexus Risk in the \u2018Shared Economy\u2019 Hotel Sector: Assessment and Risk Reduction Planning Principal investigator (PI): Kalim Shah, University of Delaware, United States of America E-mail: kalshah@udel.edu Phone: +1 219 789 417 5 Duration &amp; 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