Book/Printed Material After Hurricane Maria : predisaster conditions, hurricane damage, and recovery needs in Puerto Rico

Title

• After Hurricane Maria : predisaster conditions, hurricane damage, and recovery needs in Puerto Rico

Summary

• To establish an evidence-based foundation for the congressionally required short- and long-term recovery and resilience plan for Puerto Rico following the 2017 hurricanes, the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center assessed the damage from the 2017 hurricane season and remaining needs across the commonwealth in collaboration with federal agencies, the government of Puerto Rico, and other stakeholders. The experts examined what happened during and after Hurricanes Irma and Maria but also how the effects of the hurricanes exacerbated and were exacerbated by predisaster challenges and stressors. This report provides a comprehensive summary of the commonwealth's challenges and status before and after the storms hit, including their effects on Puerto Rico's people and communities; economy; built and natural environments; and education, health, and social services. Before the hurricanes, Puerto Rico faced an economic crisis, a shrinking, aging population, substandard public education, poverty, poor housing stock, governance challenges, neglect of infrastructure and resources, and environmental degradation. Hurricane Maria's direct and devastating landfall on Puerto Rico in September 2017 only exacerbated these challenges. The research team identified short- and longer-term needs for Puerto Rico's recovery and resilience. In the short term, Puerto Rico needs to repair damaged critical infrastructure; improve governance and fiscal accountability; update emergency-preparedness plans; clearly delineate responsibility for infrastructure, assets, and services; and repair damaged and destroyed homes. In the longer term, Puerto Rico will need to systematically address its economic challenges; scale its social services and infrastructure systems for current and future populations; reinforce its infrastructure against natural hazards and build it to modern standards; reduce building-permit and code-enforcement breaches; report timely and accurate data on its economic and fiscal status; and gather further knowledge to inform long-term resilience decisions.

Names

• Fischbach, Jordan R., author
• Leuschner, Kristin, author
• Meredith, Lisa S., 1959- author
• Peterson, Hilary J., author
• Shelton, Shoshana R., author
• Tierney, Devin, author
• Vaughan, Christine Anne, author
• Warren May, Linnea, author
• Whipkey, Katie, author
• United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Rand Corporation
• Rand Corporation. Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center

Created / Published

• [Santa Monica, CA] : [RAND Corporation], 2020.

Contents

• Introduction -- Puerto Rico Before the Storms -- An Overview of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria -- Methods Used for the Damage and Needs Assessment -- Puerto Rico's Economy -- Puerto Rico's People and Communities -- Puerto Rico's Energy Systems -- Puerto Rico's Communications and Information Technology -- Puerto Rico's Water -- Puerto Rico's Transportation -- Puerto Rico's Housing -- Puerto Rico's Public Buildings -- Puerto Rico's Cultural Resources -- Puerto Rico's Natural Resources -- Puerto Rico's Education, Health, and Social Services -- Puerto Rico's Recovery and Resilience Needs -- Appendix: Summary Tables.

Headings

• -  Hurricane Irma--(2017)
• -  Hurricane Maria--(2017)
• -  Hurricane damage--Puerto Rico
• -  Hurricane Irma, 2017
• -  Hurricane Maria, 2017
• -  Hurricane damage
• -  Puerto Rico

Notes

• -  "HSOAC, Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center."
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-430)
• -  See also RAND/RR-2597-DHS, RAND/RR-2598-DHS, RAND/RR-2599-DHS, RAND/RR-2600-DHS, RAND/RR-2602-DHS, RAND/RR-2603-DHS, RAND/RR-2604-DHS, RAND/RR-2605, RAND/RR-2606-DHS, RAND/RR-2607-DHS, RAND/RR-2608-DHS, RAND/RR-2856-DHS, RAND/RR-2858-DHS, RAND/RR-2859-DHS, RAND/RR-2861-DHS, RAND/RR-3040-DHS, RAND/RR-3041-DHS, RAND/RR-3042-DHS.
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (lii, 430 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

• HV636 2017.P9

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739147

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739147

Reproduction Number

• $49.95

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• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

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• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739147

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