![]() ![]() AlfultisĬhapter 13: A Perfect Storm and Then Maria by Alberto Dávila, Marie T. York (SUNY) Response to Hurricane Maria by Havidán Rodríguez, Mark Lichtenstein, Congressional Elections by Mark Hugo Lopez, Antonio Flores,Ĭhapter 12: New York Stands with Puerto Rico: A Case Study of the State University of New Saying through the Frame of Disaster by Carlos Rivera Santana and Bettina Pérez-Ĭhapter 11: Voter Registration and Turnout among Island-Born and Mainland-Born Puerto Rico Department of Education Post-Hurricane Maria by María Rolón-Martínez, Joy LynnĬhapter 10: Puerto Rican Visual Art as Social Catharsis: What Post-Hurricane-Maria Art Is Mental Health and Other Morbidity in Puerto Rico: Current Status and Lessons LearnedĬhapter 9: Facing Disaster in a Complex System: Mental Health Initiatives within the Puerto ![]() Rivera, Rebecca Sanchez, Valeria Quiñones, Veronica Arroyo Rodriguez, and AdrianaĬhapter 8: Expected Impacts and Consequences of Hurricane Maria and Power Outages on Pérez-Lugo, Cecilio Ortiz-García, and Didier ValdésĬhapter 6: Health and Healthcare Delivery in Puerto Rico Before and After Hurricane Maria byĬhapter 7: The Health Profile of Puerto Ricans Before and After Hurricane Maria by Fernando I. FelicianoĬhapter 4: Hurricane Effects on Industry Employment: Evidence from Puerto Rico by JoséĬhapter 5: Understanding Hurricane Maria: Disaster Response as Transition Management by ![]() Mora,Ĭhapter 2: Employment and Wages in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria by María E.Ĭhapter 3: Hurricane Maria’s Impact on Puerto Rico’s Labor Market: Job Losses, Wage ChangesĪnd Recovery of Municipalities Close to the Epicenter by Zadia M. A common thread through many of the chapters was the destruction of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid and the prolonged restoration of electricity and other essential services that resulted in the loss of thousands of lives.Ĭhapter 1: Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico: Context and Ramifications by Marie T. Specific topics cover Hurricane Maria’s impact on labor market outcomes, including wages and employment by industry health implications, including mental health changes in artistic expression civic engagement and disaster response and recovery. mainland.īringing together scholars from a wide variety of disciplines (including economics, sociology, demography, health, psychology, disaster research, political science, education, the arts, and others), this volume represents one of the first interdisciplinary sets of studies dedicated to analyzing the effects of Hurricane Maria on island and stateside Puerto Ricans. Thus, Hurricane Maria exacerbated the effects of La Crisis Boricua on the socioeconomic, health, and demographic outcomes affecting Puerto Ricans on the island and U.S. This crisis, referred to as La Crisis Boricua, was characterized by a significant loss of industry and jobs, a deteriorating infrastructure, record net outmigration, a shrinking and rapidly aging population, rising healthcare under-coverage, a bankrupt government, and federal legislation restricting fiscal policy decisions made by elected officials on the island. ![]() Many of these deaths, as well as the prolonged human suffering, were attributed to what was described as inadequate disaster response and slow restoration of basic services (including running water, electricity, and the provision and distribution of food and medicine), and not to the direct impact of the hurricane itself.Īt the same time, Hurricane Maria made landfall when Puerto Rico had been confronting a severe economic crisis surging for over a decade. The official death toll estimate of 2,975 lost lives means this record storm became one of the most devasting hurricanes not only for Puerto Rico but for the U.S. With its 155 mile-per-hour sustained windspeeds, the near-Category 5 Hurricane Maria brought catastrophic devastation and destruction as it diagonally crossed the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from the southeast to the northwest on September 20, 2017. ![]()
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