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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Hurricane Maria"”.
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Running on Fumes: Preventable Public Health Failures and Mishaps Post-Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
… programs that were in place for Puerto Rico when Hurricane Maria struck were disconcerting on a local and national level. After highlighting some of the hurricane’s physical and financial effects on Puerto Rico, I describe the emergency response survivors received in Puerto Rico after Hurricane …
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Youth and at-risk behavior: the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in the Caribbean Island of Dominica
Hurricane devastation in the Caribbean has become a very common phenomenon over the past decades, and the destruction that follows comes with severe implications for the people directly affected by it. This study aims to explore the experiences and perspectives of youth in the aftermath of …
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Protocols, awareness, and preparedness of Dominica during Hurricane Maria: small island developing states' challenges to resiliency and adaptation to climate change
… (SIDS) will experience natural hazards, such as hurricanes, with increased frequency and with greater intensity. This thesis seeks to provide insight for a case study of SIDS by examining the protocols used, awareness of the situation, and preparedness of the country of Dominica during the event …
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Design for community resilience in the age of disasters : a case study in Puerto Rico
… suffered catastrophic damages as category-5 Hurricanes Irma and Maria made direct landfalls on the Island. Their effects on people's health and safety were devastating and long-term. In the face of climate change, places like Puerto Rico are likely confronted with more frequent and more …
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Understanding the Impacts of Extreme Weather on the Power Transmission Infrastructure: A Machine Learning Approach to Quantifying Risks and Enhancing Grid Resilience
… in the face of extreme weather events such as hurricanes. The research is anchored on the case of the passage of Hurricane Maria in the Island of Puerto Rico in September of 2017 which caused the largest damage on the power infrastructure in US history. As such, the research investigates the …
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The calm after the storm : a qualitative case study on the role of resilience and post-disaster interventions in the recovery of Head Start programs.
… for Head Start grant recipients impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. This funding provided Head Start programs with numerous post-disaster interventions necessary to recover from, respond to, and prepare for the next disaster. OHS encouraged grant recipients to utilize the disaster …
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Centering peripheries : warning systems and disaster risk reduction planning on the island city
… visualization, this dissertation compares the hurricane warning systems of two U.S. island cities: San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, during Hurricane Maria (2017) and Hurricane Lane (2018), respectively. The research questions are as follows: -- Under what conditions are …
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Black parents’ perceptions of involvement in their children’s schooling during middle childhood within the U.S. Virgin Islands
… and, (2) What ways have the experience of Hurricane Irma and/or Hurricane Maria influenced involvement in children’s schooling among parents of children in middle childhood within the U.S. Virgin Islands? Ten Black parents were interviewed using a semi-structured meeting guide. Interviews …
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The Causeway: Bridging Disaster Relief, Recovery, and Climate Adaptation in the Anton Ruiz Watershed
… Punta Santiago in Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria in September of 2017, many of its residents lived in the remains of their homes for over a year while they rebuilt from wind damage and flood waters that rose over 6 feet. As climate change leads to an even more constrained timeline …
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In times of “crisis”: Puerto Rican activism, gender, and belonging in Orlando
… at Pulse nightclub, the 2016 U.S. elections, and Hurricane Maria. Based on 24 months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2016 and 2018, this dissertation asks and answers the following questions: What does the concept of crisis obscure and what knowledges does it make visible? How do …
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Energy resilience on a local level : inclusive planning for disaster
… revealed by the power losses resulting from Hurricanes Ike, Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, and most recently Hurricane Maria. A single downed pole can disable such traditional systems, leaving thousands without power for a short time, and a more significant event can have far more catastrophic …
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Medical Vulnerability in Natural Disasters: The Ethics of Responsibility and Response
… deaths” in Puerto Rico in the months following Hurricane Maria in 2017 demonstrate that generosity is not helpful if the aid that is provided does not match the actual needs of affected communities. In addition, the persistent cholera epidemic in Haiti, caused by United Nations personnel after a …
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Metagenomics-Based Environmental Monitoring of Antibiotic Resistance: Towards Standardization
… watersheds on the island of Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria demonstrated the effectiveness of metagenomics in defining direct impact of anthropogenic stress and human fecal contamination on the proliferation of ARGs in riverine systems. The contribution of treated wastewater effluents to the …
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Deep Learning Architectures for Improving Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Precipitation Estimates and Landslide Susceptibility Mapping: A Case Study of Puerto Rico
… terrain, tropical climate, and vulnerability to hurricanes, provides a unique environment for studying precipitation patterns and the need for accurate rainfall estimates. The complex landscape of PR and influences from the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea lead to highly variable rainfall, …
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MONITORING URBAN DYNAMICS USING HIGH-SPATIAL AND HIGH-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES
… This chapter examines housing recovery after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico utilizing time-series PlanetScope imagery to provide insights into the post-disaster recovery. The locations and duration of temporary protective blue roofs (tarps) are identified and linked with socio-economic data …
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Assessing Vulnerabilities to the Spread of Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance in Agricultural and Water Systems Using Culture-, Molecular-, and Metagenomic-based Techniques
… and drinking water systems disrupted by a major hurricane. A field study was carried out to survey a suite of pathogens from source-to tap in six small drinking water systems in Puerto Rico six months after Hurricane Maria. The study revealed that pathogenic Leptospira DNA was detected in all …