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The Effect Of Community Connectivity On Water And Sanitation Systems In Rural Panama, M.C. Moritz
The Effect Of Community Connectivity On Water And Sanitation Systems In Rural Panama, M.C. Moritz
Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports
The world has yet to realize universal access to water and sanitation. Various academic and professional fields provide frameworks for understanding water and sanitation access, but none directly consider the impact of community connectivity. Community connectivity refers to the infrastructures linking rural communities with urban centers. These infrastructures fall under the broad categories of transportation, energy, and telecommunication. This paper examines 23 rural Panamanian communities and compares connectivity measures with the functionality of the communities’ rural water and sanitation systems (RWSS). Community connectivity was evaluated with the Community Connectivity Analysis Tool (CCAT), while the water and sanitation systems were evaluated …
The Cuyuna Iron Range: Legacy Of A 20th Century Industrial Community, Frederick Sutherland
The Cuyuna Iron Range: Legacy Of A 20th Century Industrial Community, Frederick Sutherland
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The Cuyuna Range is a former North American iron mining district about 90 miles(145 kilometers) west of Duluth in central Minnesota. The district was the furthest south and west of the three Minnesota iron ranges (Vermilion, Mesabi, and Cuyuna). In 2011, Students and staff from Michigan Technological University's Department of Social Sciences were asked to identify and promote features of the Cuyuna Range's mining heritage. Methods and approaches of mulitsited archaeology were used to unify the diverse places and themes into a more cohesive narrative. Their investigations focused on sites of technological innovation, social conflict, and important people. One collaborative …