INTERDEPENDENT INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT
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Authors
Alderson, David L.
Bunn, Brendan B.
Eisenberg, Daniel A.
Howard, Alan R.
Nussbaum, Daniel A.
Templeton, Jack II
Subjects
critical infrastructure
resilience
disaster recovery
interdependent infrastructure
energy security
resilience
disaster recovery
interdependent infrastructure
energy security
Advisors
Date of Issue
2018-12
Date
December 2018
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
The U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) is a territory comprised of three main islands—Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas—and a
number of smaller surrounding islands, located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles approximately 40 miles east of Puerto
Rico and over 1,100 miles from Miami, Florida. In September 2017, two Category-5 hurricanes made landfall within a two-week
period and collectively devastated the homes, businesses, and infrastructure throughout the Territory.This technical report (1) explains
the structure, function, and tensions associated with energy, water, transportation, and communication infrastructure that were chronic
problems prior to the hurricanes; (2) documents hurricane response, recovery, and mitigation activities for these infrastructure systems
after the hurricanes; and (3) provides concrete approaches to overcome potential barriers to resilience (where they exist) and open
questions for research (where they do not yet exist).
Type
Technical Report
Description
Prepared for: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Series/Report No
Department
Operations Research (OR)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-OR-18-005
Sponsors
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Funder
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Format
128 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.