Puerto Rico

National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

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The study develops an AI-based coastal monitoring system to assess flood and sea level rise risks in Puerto Rico.

Nature Scientific Reports
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This seismic risk profile of Puerto Rico, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM)
Mitigation Assessment Team Report Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico Building Performance, Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance
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This assessment report is intended to provide decision makers, government officials, academia, homeowners, and business owners, operators among other stakeholders with information and technical guidance that can be used to reduce future hurricane damage.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Housing Damage Assessment and Recovery Strategies Report Puerto Rico
Documents and publications

This report culminates months of data gathering, strategy development, recovery priorities and potential strategies and the results of various community-level damage assessments in the aftermath of the Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hurricane Maria Two-Year Update American Red Cross
Documents and publications

This report covers the American Red Cross's response and recovery efforts for damage caused by Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico in the past two years after its occurrence.

American Red Cross
Cover Stories of Climate Change
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'Everyday Stories of Climate Change', is a comic that threads together qualitative research about low-income families' experiences and adaptation to climate change across five countries.

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
University of Cape Town (UCT)
BRAC University
Response and Recovery after Maria Lessons for Disaster Law and Policy
Documents and publications

This article analyzes the reasons for the flawed response to the 2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and proposes improvements in future disaster policy.

University of California, Berkeley
A Framework for Evaluating Electric Power Grid Improvements in Puerto Rico
Documents and publications

This report is based on analysis performed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory from March 2018 to July 2018 in support of Puerto Rico’s recovery plan.

Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC)
RAND Corporation

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