Social-Ecological-Technological Effects of Hurricane María on Puerto Rico (eBook)

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.