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"These Are The Ghettos Of Washington": Neoliberal Public Housing Redevelopment In Tacoma, Wa, Leah Rachel Montange

TAC Talks

From 2000-2011, the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) redeveloped Salishan, a worn down, family public housing neighborhood into a mixed income neighborhood of subsidized, senior, and market rate housing. With this redevelopment process as a case study, I sought to understand how the neoliberal turn in public housing interweaves with local specificities, including regulatory frameworks, political cultures, and housing economies. I used archival research, interviews, and discourse analysis to examine the remaking of Salishan. THA’s promotional literature, and the redevelopment itself, depict an amalgam of inclusive, redistributive, and neoliberal imaginations. For instance, the Tacoma Housing Authority made substantial effort to maximize …

How Does The Exploitation And Degradation Of Finite Natural Resources By Industrial Oil Producers Effect Our Future Planetary Environment?, Zachary J. King Mr.

Symposium of Student Scholars

Zachary King

Dr. Tu

26 March 2015

GEOG 3700

Abstract

The purpose of this presentation is to communicate content of the reports given by credible institution on the degradation and exploitation of finite natural resources by corporate institutions, for short term financial gain, and how it will effect the future planetary environment. Methods used in obtaining this research range from point source observation directly from oil spills in the Gulf or pipe leaks in the Mid-West, to analytical and numerical data quantifications gathered over a period of two decades. This presentation encompasses a wide scope of information concerning the way …

Sustainability Perceptions In The Brewing Industry: Regional/Regional Craft, Microbreweries And Brewpubs, William B. Pierson

Symposium of Student Scholars

The purpose of this study is to identify sustainability perceptions within the US brewing industry. In 2014, we disseminated an online survey to all regional/regional craft breweries, microbreweries and brewpubs as identified by the Brewer's Association, 2012 (http://www.brewersassociation.org/). We employed statistical analysis to determine if there was a significant difference among the three categories of breweries found in urban and urban clusters regarding their self-assessment of sustainability. Findings indicate that regional/regional craft breweries and microbreweries tend to score higher in their self-assessment when compared to brewpubs.