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A Caribbean island's quest to become the world's first climate-resilient nation
...new approaches to climate-related insurance lines (flood, wildfire, etc.), re-location away from vulnerable areas, and sustainable building techniques and materials (even deconstruction).
% Derisible • Theses for 2020
In September 2017, the main bridge for the rural community of Rio Abajo in the Utuado region of central Puerto Rico was washed out by Hurricane Maria. In the immediate aftermath of the storm,8 residents ran a line across the river, and suspended an open wooden box from it by pulleys, just large enough for one person. It was the most tenuous thread
... See moreDeb Chachra • How Infrastructure Works
Finally, after a disaster, there’s the recovery period. We’ll need to plan for services for people who’ve been displaced—services like health care and education—as well as insurance that helps people at all income levels rebuild and standards to ensure that whatever gets rebuilt is more climate-proof than what was there before.