Transboundary impacts of the 2010 Haiti earthquake disaster : focus on legal dilemmas in South Florida

Catastrophic disasters affect not just the areas/regions and countries where they strike, but also have transboundary effects and repercussions on neighboring countries, which often serve as receiving areas for displaced survivors. South Florida, for example, served as a receiving area for earthquake survivors after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. To understand the transboundary sociolegal impacts on host communities, we draw theoretical insights from research on transboundary crises and interviewed key members of school districts, city and county governments, non-profit organizations, relief task forces, the Haitian-American diaspora, and local government agencies. We also looked at relevant plans/policies modified by governmental and non-governmental institutions in response to the legal issues that arose. The findings highlight the manner in which street-level workers in state and non-state organizations deal with legal complexities and ramifications, along with the role played by the Haitian-American diaspora actors and their networks. Los desastres por catástrofes no afectan solo a las áreas/regiones y países a los que golpean, sino que también tienen efectos transfronterizos y repercuten en los países vecinos, que a menudo sirven como áreas de recepción para los sobrevivientes desplazados. El sur de Florida, por ejemplo, sirvió como área de acogida para los supervivientes del terremoto de Haiti de 2010. Para entender el impacto sociojurídico a nivel transfronterizo en las comunidades de acogida, se trazan nuevas percepciones teóricas a partir de la investigación de crisis transfronterizas, y mediante entrevistas a miembros clave de distritos escolares, gobiernos de ciudades y condados, organizaciones sin ánimos de lucro, grupos de trabajo de auxilio, la diáspora haitiano-estadounidense, y agencias del gobierno local. También se estudian los planes/políticas relevantes, modificados por las instituciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales para responder a las cuestiones jurídicas que se plantearon. Los resultados destacan cómo se enfrentan los trabajadores a nivel de calle de las organizaciones estatales y no estatales a las complejidades y consecuencias legales, junto con el papel desempeñado por los protagonistas de la diáspora haitiano-estadounidense y sus redes de contactos

Alka Sapat: Health, Housing, and Hazards: COVID-19, Subjective Resilience, Vulnerabilities, and Policy Evolution in Hurricane Prone Counties

This presentation was made by Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University. The presentation’s title is: “Health, Housing, and Hazards: COVID-19, Subjective Resilience, Vulnerabilities, and Policy Evolution in Hurricane Prone Counties.” Funded by NSF Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences / Division of Social and Economic Sciences. -- Every month, the COVID Information Commons Team (along with the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub) brings together a group of researchers studying wide-ranging aspects of the current pandemic, to share their research and answer questions from our community. The events showcase scientists' ongoing efforts in the fight against COVID-19, including opportunities for collaboration

Alka Sapat: Salud, vivienda y peligros: Covid-19, resiliencia subjetiva, vulnerabilidades interseccionales y evolución de políticas en condados propensos a huracanes

Descripción de esta presentación: Esta presentación fue hecha por Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University. El título de la presentación es: "Salud, vivienda y peligros: Covid-19, resiliencia subjetiva, vulnerabilidades interseccionales y evolución de políticas en condados propensos a huracanes." - Descripción de los seminarios web del CIC: Cada mes, el equipo del Centro de Información de COVID (junto con el Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub) reúne a un grupo de investigadores que estudian diversos aspectos de la pandemia actual, para compartir sus investigaciones y responder preguntas de nuestra comunidad. Los eventos muestran los esfuerzos continuos de los científicos en la lucha contra la COVID-19, incluyendo oportunidades de colaboración

The Effects of Infrastructure Service Disruptions and Socio-Economic Vulnerability on Hurricane Recovery

Hurricanes and extreme weather events can cause widespread damage and disruption to infrastructure services and consequently delay household and community recovery. A subset of data from a cross-sectional survey of 989 households in central and south Florida is used to examine the effects of Hurricane Irma on post-disaster recovery eight months after the landfall. Using logistic regression modeling, we find that physical damage to property, disruption of infrastructure services such as loss of electric power and cell phone/internet services and other factors (i.e., homeowner’s or renter’s insurance coverage, receiving disaster assistance and loss of income) are significant predictors of post-disaster recovery when controlling for age and race/ethnicity