The community of Piñones, Puerto Rico habitually encounters seasonal marejadas (tidal waves) and severe hurricanes. Working with La Corporación Piñones Se Integra (COPI), this project focused on exploring past community experiences about natural disasters to initiate organized preparedness and response for the future. We investigated the concept of the community as first responders, analyzing models for Place Attachment, Zero-Order Responders, and adapting the Model for Disaster Resiliency of Place. We gathered stories from community members about natural disasters and created two videos about disaster response across generations, a Spanish-language podcast and large-scale outreach material for the community.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Earley, Jillian
• Larson, Tyler
• Swanson, Rachel
• Ellis, Maya

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 42701
• E-project-121021-145916

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2021

Center

• Tirana, Albania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• La Corporación Piñones Se Integra (COPI)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2021-12-10

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright