TY - JOUR
T1 - Compound[ing] disasters in Puerto Rico
T2 - Pathways for virtual transdisciplinary collaboration to enhance community resilience
AU - Stablein, M. J.
AU - Gonzalez Cruz, J.
AU - Fidan, E. N.
AU - Talbot, J.
AU - Reed, S. P.
AU - Walters, R. S.
AU - Ogunyiola, A. J.
AU - Fernández Frey, M.
AU - Ramirez, M.
AU - Rosado Casanova, B.
AU - Heemstra, J.
AU - Marshall, A.
AU - Rodríguez, L. F.
N1 - Funding Information:
Our team would like to thank the project advisors and the organizing management team of the Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Educational Resources, through which this project was made possible. We appreciate the contributions of our team members who were part of the original group but were unable to continue with us until the end. Several invited speakers and subject matter experts also helped in shaping our perspectives during team development through the INFEWS-ER models, for which we are grateful. We thank Caras con Causa and the community members, as key contributors, for welcoming us as collaborators. We thank Amizade LTD., who helped us establish our collaborations with Caras con Causa. We thank Professors Antonio Sotomayor, Jose Atiles, and Jeffrey R. Roesler for the perspective they have provided when forming the foundation of our contextual understanding of Puerto Rico. And we thank numerous undergraduate and graduate students, and University of Illinois staff, especially Meredith Blumthal, who have preceded the efforts described here, but who put into motion a system poised for long-term impacts for underserved communities in Puerto Rico. This project would not be possible without their motivation, insight, effort, and momentum. In addition to organization of this project under U.S. National Science Foundation grants (# 1639340 and 1833225 ) for Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems Educational Resources (INFEWS-ER), these activities were supported by a United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture Higher Education Challenge (USDA-NIFA-HEC) grant (#ILLU-741-624).
Funding Information:
Our team would like to thank the project advisors and the organizing management team of the Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Educational Resources, through which this project was made possible. We appreciate the contributions of our team members who were part of the original group but were unable to continue with us until the end. Several invited speakers and subject matter experts also helped in shaping our perspectives during team development through the INFEWS-ER models, for which we are grateful. We thank Caras con Causa and the community members, as key contributors, for welcoming us as collaborators. We thank Amizade LTD. who helped us establish our collaborations with Caras con Causa. We thank Professors Antonio Sotomayor, Jose Atiles, and Jeffrey R. Roesler for the perspective they have provided when forming the foundation of our contextual understanding of Puerto Rico. And we thank numerous undergraduate and graduate students, and University of Illinois staff, especially Meredith Blumthal, who have preceded the efforts described here, but who put into motion a system poised for long-term impacts for underserved communities in Puerto Rico. This project would not be possible without their motivation, insight, effort, and momentum. In addition to organization of this project under U.S. National Science Foundation grants (#1639340 and 1833225) for Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems Educational Resources (INFEWS-ER), these activities were supported by a United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture Higher Education Challenge (USDA-NIFA-HEC) grant (#ILLU-741-624).
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PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - Puerto Rico has been subject to complex and compounding effects of multiple disasters, exacerbated by sociopolitical, climactic, and geographical challenges that complicate relief and resilience. Interdisciplinary teams are uniquely suited to traverse emerging challenges in post-disaster settings, but there are few studies that leverage transdisciplinary skill sets and virtual co-production of knowledge to build on local autonomous responses. Communities are key sources of information and innovation which can serve as a model for recovery amidst disaster. Thus, an interdisciplinary team of emerging scholars collaborated with Caras con Causa, a local organization in Cataño, Puerto Rico, to develop processes for enhancing autonomous responses to disaster events through participatory pathways, specifically highlighting local knowledge and preferences. The results of this collaboration include: (1) an iterative process model for transdisciplinary co-production in virtual settings and (2) key highlights from post engagement reflections including community-scale definitions of disaster, and limitations to virtual collaboration amidst disaster. Together, these results yielded critical insights and lessons learned, including recommendations for improved project communication methods within transdisciplinary and virtual collaborations. Collectively, the process, it's resulting products, and the post-engagement reflections demonstrate a pathway for scholars and community members to engage disaster resilience challenges. These strategies are most effectively practiced through focused collaboration with community stakeholders and are paramount in solving real-world challenges related to the increasing complex of compounding disasters.
AB - Puerto Rico has been subject to complex and compounding effects of multiple disasters, exacerbated by sociopolitical, climactic, and geographical challenges that complicate relief and resilience. Interdisciplinary teams are uniquely suited to traverse emerging challenges in post-disaster settings, but there are few studies that leverage transdisciplinary skill sets and virtual co-production of knowledge to build on local autonomous responses. Communities are key sources of information and innovation which can serve as a model for recovery amidst disaster. Thus, an interdisciplinary team of emerging scholars collaborated with Caras con Causa, a local organization in Cataño, Puerto Rico, to develop processes for enhancing autonomous responses to disaster events through participatory pathways, specifically highlighting local knowledge and preferences. The results of this collaboration include: (1) an iterative process model for transdisciplinary co-production in virtual settings and (2) key highlights from post engagement reflections including community-scale definitions of disaster, and limitations to virtual collaboration amidst disaster. Together, these results yielded critical insights and lessons learned, including recommendations for improved project communication methods within transdisciplinary and virtual collaborations. Collectively, the process, it's resulting products, and the post-engagement reflections demonstrate a pathway for scholars and community members to engage disaster resilience challenges. These strategies are most effectively practiced through focused collaboration with community stakeholders and are paramount in solving real-world challenges related to the increasing complex of compounding disasters.
KW - Citizen Science
KW - Disaster Relief and Resilience
KW - Participatory Mapping
KW - Puerto Rico
KW - Socioenvironmental Management
KW - Virtual, Transdisciplinary Research
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102558
DO - 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102558
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135722929
SN - 0959-3780
VL - 76
JO - Global Environmental Change
JF - Global Environmental Change
M1 - 102558
ER -