Omar Pérez: Submarine Roots, Resisting (un)natural disasters
omarperezI am interested in seeing how social ties and networks have been used to cope with (un)natural disasters. My research focus on places under disasters conditions such as Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria, in which social ties have made the difference between life and death. Furthermore, “natural” disaster has been used to approved austerity measures and unjust policies to impoverished communities like in New Orleans after Katrina. These policies were not new, as they are rooted in structures of power to preserve the status quo. Yet, people have resisted, “through a network of branches, cultures, and geographies” that has stimulated a reflective process of looking within for solutions rather than outside. As often this outside solutions are not only detached from community’s reality but can perpetuate social injustices and inequalities.
McKittrick, K., & Woods, C. A. (Eds.). (2007). Black geographies and the politics of place. South End Press.
Bullard, R. D., & Wright, B. (Eds.). (2009). Race, place, and environmental justice after Hurricane Katrina: Struggles to reclaim, rebuild, and revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Westview Press.
Environmental Justice framing implications in the EIS
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Environmental Justice Framing Implications in the EIS. Essay Bibliography
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EPA Database on EISs
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xiaoxSmart Guardrail is autoalrm and could be send location to the nearset emergency centre by GPS when the car crash into the guardrail. As well as the warning light within the area will be swithched on to avoid the potential sencond accident. The system is design to install into the highway guardrail, and use the circuit to make the system work. Therefore, the materials might be include electrical wire and circuit, and also plastic caution lights.
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xiaoxIf there are too many users comments and write their opinion at the same time, then the system might be difficult the show all the information. Also there are a bit messy with too much tags.
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xiaoxThe policy address matters that long term health monitoring and analysis for people who might have been exposed to airborne toxins that were released, or to other problem as a result of the terrorist attack. It might be extend more problems without monitoring and solve the problem in time.
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xiaox- Emergency response to death threatening or serious illness from the government creates gaps for immigrants to seek residence permits.
- The significant increase of immigrants from 1998 to 2005 creates complex problems for the system both locally and nationally.
- Humanitarian reasons stops the illegal immigrants from being deported; however, the increase number of immigrants limited the applicability of the legal protection.
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