Social-Ecological-Technological Effects of Hurricane María on Puerto Rico Planning for Resilience under Extreme Events /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lugo, Ariel E. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Energy Analysis,
• Θέματα: Energy security.; Urban geography.; Sustainable development.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Public policy.; Energy Security.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Sustainable Development.; Urban Ecology.; Public Policy.

This book deals with the immediate effects of, and response to, Hurricane María on the social, ecological, and technological systems (SETS) of Puerto Rico. The SETS approach to analyzing hurricane effects places into historical context the role of social and technological factors, and compares soci...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Summary
• Introduction
• Pre-María
• Immediate Social and Technological Effects
• Immediate Ecological Effects
• Recovery and Long-Term Effects
• Vulnerability of Puerto Rico to Hurricanes
• Roots of Puerto Rico's Vulnerability to Hurricanes
• Out of Control Capitalism
• Unacceptable Behaviors
• Failures of Local Elites
• Corruption Schemes
• Fundamental Lessons of Hurricane María
• Looking to 2080: A New Puerto Rico
• María and Puerto Rico as an Experiment
• The Energetics of Disturbances and Extreme Events
• Acknowledgments
• List of Figures
• Appendix 1. My report to the U.S. Forest Service Washington Office
• Appendix 2. Facebook posting by scientist Whendee Silver
• Appendix 3. A poem to hurricane Maria by Institute employee Maria Milagros Rivera
• Appendix 4. A remembrance by Gabriela Morales, a senior Biology student at the University of Puerto Rico
• Appendix 5. Huracán María - El Tallonal, Bitácora by Abel Vale, President of Citizens for the Karst
• Appendix 6. El huracán María desde el Bo. Piñales de Añasco y sus efectos en los Bosques del noroeste de Puerto Rico by Oscar J. Abelleira Martínez
• Appendix 7. A Puerto Rican on the mainland: What you can learn from a disaster (when you are lucky not to actually be in one) by Tischa Muñoz Erickson
• Appendix 8. A vision for the future of Puerto Rico articulated in 2005 by the Environmental Council of Governor Sila María Calderón.