Research Summaries

Back Operational Resilience Analysis and Capacity Building in the US Virgin Islands

Fiscal Year 2019
Division Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
Department Operations Research
Investigator(s) Alderson, Jr., David L.
Sponsor Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS)
Summary This project builds on preliminary work to provide modeling, analysis, and subject matter expertise to the Infrastructure Systems (IS) Recovery Support Function (RSF) and the Community Planning and Capacity Building RSF following Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in the territory of the US Virgin Islands. Specifically, this project proposes (1) ongoing modeling and analysis of interdependent infrastructure systems within the territory, with emphasis on assessing and improving their operational resilience; (2) support for the development of a next-generation hazard mitigation and resilience plan in the territory; and (3) capacity building efforts via the development of an education and training pipeline for knowledgeable professionals who understand and think about hazard mitigation and operational resilience of the USVI in everything they do. This project explicitly supports several other complementary efforts, particularly those hosted at the University of the Virgin Islands. This proposal covers the first year of what is ultimately intended to be a multi-year effort.
Keywords Critical Infrastructure Hurricane Recovery Resilience
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