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Underground Infrastructure: Planning, Development And Revitalization, Guoliang Meng
Underground Infrastructure: Planning, Development And Revitalization, Guoliang Meng
Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)
The challenges facing Liuzhou’s underground infrastructure system today are unlike any it has ever faced before. Frequent underground gas pipeline leaks and explosions are impacting the safety and quality of citizens’ lives. To develop a safe, efficient and economical underground infrastructure system, Liuzhou City will have to do three things: (1) create a unified administrative department for underground pipeline administration, (2) conduct a citywide underground pipeline survey by stages and create an information platform to share the underground pipeline data, and (3) develop a public-private partnership to construct a utility tunnel. The poster outlines these critical steps in Liuzhou’s underground …
Socioeconomic Segregation And The Location Of Assisted Living Facilities In Wa State, Miranda M. Anderson
Socioeconomic Segregation And The Location Of Assisted Living Facilities In Wa State, Miranda M. Anderson
Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)
This research project looks at the relationships between segregation by socio-economic status, race & ethnicity, and the location of assisted living facilities in the state of Washington. We know that segregation affects a variety of living conditions and life chances and outcomes, such as employment, housing, and school success rates. We lack research, however, on the effects of segregation on the location of assisted living facilities. Are assisted living homes being located in heavily segregated neighborhoods? Assisted living homes are not subject to the standard regulations that a nursing home is, and often the residents of these homes are not …