Disaster governance, energy insecurity, and public health in rural Puerto Rico: how communities resist political abandonment

Disaster governance, energy insecurity, and public health in rural Puerto Rico: how communities resist political abandonment

Puerto Rico, an unincorporated US territory, faces systemic governmental neglect that disproportionately affects public health, particularly in the wake of disasters. Systemic patterns of political corruption, and post-disaster mismanagement, rooted in colonial governance, have shaped PR’s longstand...

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Main Authors: Sergio Rivera-Rodríguez, Adrian Santiago-Santiago, Sheilla R-Madera, Mark Padilla, Nelson Varas-Díaz, Kariela Rivera-Bustelo, Claudia Mercado-Rios, John Vertovec, Arturo Massol-Deyá, Jeffrey Ramos, Genevieve Reid, Rebecca Rodríguez-Banch, Kevin Grove, Emil Varas-Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
disasters
political abandonment
energy insecurity
solar power
rural communities
aging population
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1595830/full
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