03/09/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryArticle 5: GIS Technology & Community and Public Participation: Using GIS in community development work in Santo Domingo Martin K. Thomen and Shawn Strange Introduction In spring semester 2008, students in CRP 386: Applied Geographic Information Systems (GIS) conducted a participatory study of risk and vulnerability associated with flooding in an informal housing settlement in Santo Domingo Norte, Dominican Republic. The course was part of a new research… read more
03/09/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryArticle 4: Service Learning Through a Community-University Partnership Suzanne Russo, Mariana Montoya and Monica Bosquez Community-university partnerships for environmental justice are becoming increasingly prominent in many American cities in which universities and low-income communities have historically experienced a contentious relationship. This article focuses upon a specific university-community partnership that drew on the perceptions of elementary school students to… read more
03/09/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryArticle 3: Access to the Agenda: Local housing politics in a weak state context Elizabeth J. Mueller and Tommi L. Ferguson Introduction State governments shape the priority placed locally on meeting affordable housing needs through the resources they provide to cities and through the laws guiding local planning that they enact. State law provides a central legal framework for urban planning that can facilitate… read more
