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2. The Year Without Tourism: Hawai‘i’s FY2022 Pandemic Budget
- Author:
- Colin D. Moore
- Publication Date:
- 01-2022
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- California Journal of Politics and Policy
- Institution:
- Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley
- Abstract:
- Hawai‘i’s economy was devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The effective closure of the tourism industry created an unemployment crisis and led to a dramatic decline in tax revenues. Nevertheless, Hawai‘i managed to avoid mass layoffs of public employees and draconian cuts in public services because of federal relief funds. The $15.9 billion budget for FY2022 restored funding to most departments, but the state’s dependence on the visitor industry has left it particularly vulnerable to future pandemic travel restrictions.
- Topic:
- Tourism, Budget, Fiscal Policy, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- North America, Hawaii, and United States of America
3. Elevating and Engaging Micronesian Expertise in Hawai‘i and Oceania
- Author:
- Dina Shek and Shanty Sigrah Asher
- Publication Date:
- 06-2022
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- East-West Center
- Abstract:
- Dina Shek, Legal Director of the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawai'i and Faculty Specialist at the William S. Richardson School of Law & Shanty Sigrah Asher, JD, Pacific Islander Liaison Officer at the Office of Economic Revitalization for the City and County of Honolulu, explain the importance of including indigenous expertise in policymaking and outlines steps to be more inclusive of Micronesian voices in policy formulation.
- Topic:
- Indigenous, COVID-19, and Community-based Organizations
- Political Geography:
- Hawaii, Oceania, and Micronesia
4. Fire and Rain: The Legacy of Hurricane Lane in Hawai'i
- Author:
- Alison D. Nugent, Ryan J. Longman, Clay Trauernicht, Matthew P. Lucas, Henry F. Diaz, and Thomas W. Giambelluca
- Publication Date:
- 08-2020
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- East-West Center
- Abstract:
- Hurricane Lane, which struck the Hawaiian islands on 22–25 August 2018, presented a textbook example of the compounding hazards that can be produced by a single storm. Over a four-day period, the island of Hawaiʻi received an average 17 inches of rainfall. One location received 57 inches, making Hurricane Lane the wettest tropical storm ever recorded in the state and the second wettest ever recorded in the US. At the same time, three wildfires on the island of Maui and one on Oʻahu burned nearly 3,000 acres of abandoned agricultural land. As the global climate warms, the number and strength of hurricanes is expected to increase, both in Hawaiʻi and in the Pacific region generally. A better understanding of the relationship between hurricanes and global climate change is critical in order to predict the vulnerability of people and resources during a severe weather event and to plan an appropriate course of action.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources, and Crisis Management
- Political Geography:
- North America, Asia-Pacific, and Hawaii