Puerto Rico’s Report Card for Infrastructure 2019

By American Society of Civil Engineers Puerto Rico Section.

The role and importance of infrastructure is top of mind for Puerto Ricans who saw first-hand how failures impacted our public health
and safety after Hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. This Report Card finds that Puerto Rico needs to increase investment by $1.3 billion to $2.3 billion annually – or $13 to $23 billion over 10 years – to update infrastructure in order to support economic growth and competitiveness. However, when considering deferred maintenance and hurricane-related recovery projects, the investment gap is even larger.
https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/2019-puerto-rico-report-card-final

Los huracanes de Puerto Rico (1932)

En su introducción recoje las señales de observación, que aunque carecen de valor científico, los navegantes españoles y los jíbaros puertorriqueños utilizaban para saber la existencia de una tempestad cercana. Otro contenido interesante de este documento es que presenta unas décimas compuestas al huracán San Felipe y otra para la Cruz Roja Americana en 1928. Por Rafael W. Ramírez de Arellano y publicado en el Boletín de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (diciembre 1932).
https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/huracanes_pr_-ramirez_arellano_1932

Allá viene el temporal: Major hurricanes in Puerto Rico between 1851 and 2019

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Abimael Castro-Rivera, Department of Geology and Interdisciplinary Center for Coastal Studies University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (UPR-M), Tania López-Marrero

In 2017, Puerto Rico was impacted by two major hurricanes: Irma
passed northeast of the island as a category-5 hurricane while María made
landfall as a category 4. Two decades had passed since the island’s residents had experienced the direct hit of a category-3 hurricane; almost no-one had
experienced firsthand the impacts of hurricanes with the intensities of Irma and María. In this article we present an analysis of land-falling major hurricanes in Puerto Rico between 1851 and 2019. We describe and discuss such hurricanes in terms of their spatiotemporal characteristics, rapid intensification, and hits across the island. The information provided allows for broader knowledge, understanding, and discussion of exposure and associated vulnerability to cyclonic-related hazards in Puerto Rico, specifically, and the Caribbean region, more generally.

https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/castro-rivera___lopez-marrero__2019__cg

Castro-Rivera, A. & T. López-Marrero (2019). ‘Allá viene el temporal: Major hurricanes in Puerto Rico between 1851 and 2019‘, Caribbean Geography 24, 24-39. https://www.mona.uwi.edu/dogg/caribbean-geography
E-mail: tania.lopez1@upr.edu

Manténganse seguro: Una guía para el diseño de viviendas resilientes en comunidades isleñas (2019)

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Asociación de Constructores de Puerto Rico, Enterprice Community, Resiliencia

El manual, de 479 páginas , es producto de una labor de 22 meses con expertos de Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos y liderado por Enterprice Community y la Asociación de Constructores de Puerto Rico. https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/keep_safe_spanish
https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/keep_safe_english

Huracán por Ricardo Toro Soler (1897)

Leyenda puertorriquenña laureada en el Certamen Literario celebrado por la prensa de Ponce el 12 de diciembre de 1896. Por Ricardo Toro Soler. Ponce, P.R.: Tipografía La Libertad, 1897.  https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/hurac_n__leyenda_puertorriquen_a_laureada_en_el_ce

GAO: PUERTO RICO HURRICANES: Status of FEMA Funding, Oversight, and Recovery Challenges (mar 2019)

Report to Congressional Requesters, United States Government Accountability Office (mar 2019). GAO was asked to review the federal government’s recovery efforts related to the 2017 hurricanes. This report, among other objectives, describes FEMA’s Public Assistance spending in Puerto Rico and oversight efforts of federal recovery funds, and (2) initial challenges with the recovery process. GAO reviewed Public Assistance program documents; analyzed grant funding data; and interviewed officials from Puerto Rico and DHS about the Public Assistance program and recovery efforts, as well as officials from ten municipalities selected on the basis of population and Public Assistance spending. https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/697528.pdf

https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/puerto_rico_hurricanes

Ruta hacia la Resiliencia: Guía de estrategias para la adaptación al cambio climático en Puerto Rico

Descargado de Puerto Rico Climate Change Council http://pr-ccc.org/download/Ruta-hacia-la-resiliencia-webview.pdf/ . Puerto Rico Climate Change Council (2015). Ruta hacia la Resiliencia: Guía de estrategias para la adaptación al cambio climático en Puerto Rico. Programa Manejo Zona Costanera; Ernesto L. Díaz, Kayse R. Jacobs y Vanessa I. Marrero editores.

https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/ruta-hacia-la-resiliencia-webview

Puerto Rico’s State of the Climate 2010-2013

Descargado de la página de Puerto Rico Climate Change Council http://pr-ccc.org/download/PR%20State%20of%20the%20Climate-FINAL_ENE2015.pdf . In 2010, over 50 researchers, planners, economists, architects, sociologists, health professionals, and hydrologists, as well as several other professionals and experts of other fields relevant to the study of climate variability and change met and agreed to contribute to assess potential effects and impacts associated to climate variability and change in Puerto Rico. The main objective of the initial group was to assess the vulnerability of coastal communities, critical infrastructure, and biodiversity and to initiate the development of adaptation strategies. However, it was necessary to broaden the scope of work as new members from other sectors and disciplines joined the group. This group of volunteers adopted the name Puerto Rico Climate Change Council. 
https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/pr_state_of_the_climate-final_ene20

El café en Puerto Rico y las pérdidas ocasionadas por los huracanes: 1899, 1928,1932

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Jorge E. Saldaña

El libro “Historia del café en la Isla desde su introducción hasta nuestros días y medidas de rehabilitación” por Jorge E. Saldaña en 1935, describe el impacto negativo de los huracanes en la industria del café desde temprano en el siglo XIX pasando por San Ciriaco (1899), San Felipe (1928) y San Ciprián (1932). Señala el efectos de los cambios de moneda bajo España y Estados Unidos, las organizaciones de auxilio bajo ambas soberanías, los financiamientos, los seguros y hasta las primeras importaciones y contrabando de café por la pérdida de las consechas. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Tip. Real Hnos., Inc, 1935.
https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/el_cafe_en_pr-saldana

Impacto Económico del Huracán Georges en PR (Abril-1999)

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Huracán Georges

Publicado por la Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico.
https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/impacto_economico_del_huracan_georg