Infrastructure
Efforts and Gaps | Neighborhood Development Plans
Vickii Howell charts the history of land use, development, and planning in Africatown.
Reconfiguring Infrastructure in Youngstown, Ohio
Terry Schwarz profiles an initiative that decommissions streets in a shrinking Youngstown.
Planning the Infrastructure of the Digital Economy
Jordana Barton writes about the need to improve Brownsville’s digital infrastructure.
Organizing for Infrastructure
Martha Sanchez offers insight into community organizing around infrastructure needs.
Water Has a Spirit, Just Like Everything Else That the Creator Has Made | Cheyenne River
Tribal Councilperson Bob Walters speaks about the historical significance of water and its role in Lakota culture and spirituality.
A Strong Strategy of Housing Development | Cheyenne River
Sharon Vogel of the Cheyenne River Housing Authority considers development in the context of geographic isolation and its associated infrastructural challenges.
Without Water, There Is No Growth | Cheyenne River
Lacy Maher from the Mni Wašté Water Company explains how a decade-long water shortage hindered economic growth and stopped housing development.
Stories from the Inside: Four Eras of North Carolina Prison History
Kimber Heinz reveals the links between incarceration, infrastructure, slavery, and racism in Scotland County.
Infrastructures of a Dynamic Landscape
Cory Mattheis and Robert Hutchison analyze the systems used to monitor, adapt to, and shelter from South Beach’s environment.
Water Scarcity: Elephant Butte Water Reservoir | Sierra County
Kathleen Kambic charts the complicated regime controlling and managing water in the Rio Grande valley and considers the region’s future as it faces climate change and water scarcity.
Two Rumfords
Media artists Steve Norton & N.B.Aldrich capture the relationship of the River Valley’s infrastructure and environment.
Difficult Terrain: The History of West Virginia’s Infrastructure
Caroline Filice Smith argues that the state should begin to view its land as a critical infrastructure.