Cultural and historical resources recovery planning in Puerto Rico : natural and cultural resources sector report. Volume II / Susan A. Resetar, James V. Marrone, Joshua Mendelsohn, Amy Schwartzman, David M. Adamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Resetar, Susan A., 1961- author.

Marrone, James V., author.

Mendelsohn, S. Joshua, author.

Schwartzman, Amy, author.

Adamson, David M., author.

Contributor:

Rand Corporation. Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center.

Rand Corporation.

United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-2859-DHS.

[Research report] ; RR-2859-DHS

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection--Puerto Rico.

Cultural property.

Historic preservation--Puerto Rico.

Historic preservation.

Hurricane Irma, 2017.

Hurricane Maria, 2017.

Hurricane damage--Puerto Rico.

Hurricane damage.

Cultural property--Protection.

Puerto Rico.

Physical Description:

xxii, 201 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Santa Monica, California] : HSOAC, Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center, 2020.

Summary:

Puerto Rico has a wealth of cultural, historical, and artistic resources that are integral to its cultural identity and sense of place, to tourism, to the arts industry, and to the economy. In September 2017, many of those resources were devastated in Hurricanes Irma and Maria. In this report, the authors present an overview of Puerto Rico's cultural resources and their importance, the findings from numerous rapid assessments of storm damage, and details for the recovery actions in Puerto Rico's economic and disaster recovery plan. Based on the rapid assessments, short- and long-term recovery planning was conducted in collaboration with Puerto Rico's cultural resources managers, federal agency personnel, and other stakeholders. The needs identified in the assessments led to eight recovery courses of action (COAs) for cultural, historic, and artistic resources. The COAs address immediate precursor actions necessary for recovery, short-term stabilization of assets, and medium- to long-term recovery needs along with increased resilience of cultural resources. The COAs also address economic recovery, including the role of cultural resources in the economy and the promotion of alternative tourism to drive economic development.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction and Background: Cultural Resources in Puerto Rico

The Significance of Puerto Rico's Cultural Assets

The Importance of Cultural Resources to Puerto Rico's Economy, Resilience, and Well-Being

A Note on Terminology

The Purpose of This Volume

2. Key Cultural Resources, What Recovery Entails, and How Recovery Planning Was Performed

Defining and Identifying the Universe of Cultural and Historical Resources

What Recovery of Cultural Resources Means

Developing Recovery Strategies for Cultural Resources in Puerto Rico

Recovery Activities Are Based on Damage and Needs

3. Prestorm Risks, Assessed Damage, and Recovery Needs: Historic Sites, Cultural Institutions, and Alternative Tourism

Approaches Used for Quantifying Damage

Damage and Critical Needs for Recovery

Identifying Recovery Courses of Action for Historic Properties, Museums, Archives, and Libraries, and Potential for Economic Growth Through Alternative Tourism

Assumptions and Data Gaps

4. Prestorm Risks, Assessed Damage, and Recovery Needs: Arts Organizations, Artists, and Artisans

Prestorm Overview, Status, and Challenges

Damage Assessment Scope, Methodology, and Protocols

Losses and Critical Needs

Logic Model and Courses of Action for Artists and Artisans

5. Sector Summary and Conclusions

Short- and Medium-Term Recovery Challenges

Remaining Critical Needs

Cultural Resources Recovery to Date

Recommendations and Takeaways for Future NCR Response Efforts

Conclusion: Cultural Resources in the FEMA Recovery Support Function Framework

Appendix A A Framework for Understanding the Cultural Resources Response and Recovery Effort After Hurricanes Irma and Maria

Appendix B Extended Description of NCR Courses of Action

NCR 1 Historic and Cultural Properties & Collections Preservation

NCR 2 Arts Recovery

NCR 3 General Archives Mitigation and Modernization

NCR 4 Caribbean Cultural Collections Preservation, Research, and Safe Storage Center

NCR 19 SHPO and ICP Staffing to Meet Project Review Requirements

NCR 22 Promote Alternative Tourism for Economic Development

NCR 23 Protected Natural Area Land Management for Alternative Tourism

NCR 24 Enterprise Development for Alternative Tourism

Appendix C Historic Properties Cost-Estimating Methodology

Appendix D Artisan Survey

Appendix E Alternative Tourism Analysis Executive Summary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-201).

See also RAND/RR-2595-DHS, RAND/RR-2597-DHS, RAND/RR-2598-DHS, RAND/RR-2599-DHS, RAND/RR-2600-DHS, RAND/RR-2602-DHS, RAND/RR-2603-DHS, RAND/RR-2604-DHS, RAND/RR-2605, RAND/RR-2606-DHS, RAND/RR-2607-DHS, RAND/RR-2608-DHS, RAND/RR-2856-DHS, RAND/RR-2858-DHS, RAND/RR-2861-DHS, RAND/RR-3040-DHS, RAND/RR-3041-DHS, RAND/RR-3042-DHS.

ISBN:

1977403174

9781977403179

OCLC:

1202435685