Critics portend the Bear River Water Development Project will result in the Wasatch Front becoming an uninhabitable toxic dustbowl. Utah has been planning the ambitious project since 1991, estimating it could deliver 220,000 acre-feet water to customers on the Wasatch Front. Utah legislators insist this water development project is needed […]
Context Pittsburgh is located in western Pennsylvania and sits at the confluence of three rivers: Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio river. It’s geographic location made Pittsburgh boom as an economic, transportation hub and became known as the “steel city” during America’s Industrial Revolution. The same water that was needed for industry […]
INTRODUCTION | CONTEXT The city of Phoenix is the capital of the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona. It is located between the state of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California and borders with Mexico. In a regional context, the city is surrounded by beautiful and important national forests such as: […]
When many people think of Honolulu, Hawai’i, the first things to come to mind are world-class beaches, sunshine, and surfing, but the city of Honolulu is much more than that. Besides being the capital of a state with 1.4 million residents, Honolulu is an economic and cultural center in the […]
By Justin Ritchey A Vulnerable Community Burlington New Jersey is a small and vulnerable coastal community. With the threat of rising sea level and increased flooding events, Burlington will have to seek for innovated solutions to protect its future and current residents. The city’s small tax base, lack of resources, […]
The City of Sacramento is the state capital of California in the United States of America. Situated in the Central Valley in Northern California, Sacramento is blessed with direct access to surface water from the Sacramento River that flows south from Lake Shasta and the American River that flows west […]
Introduction Chula Vista is in Southern California, centrally located between downtown San Diego to the north and the US-Mexico border to the south. Established as a city in 1911, Chula Vista is now the second-largest city in San Diego County, with a population of 250,000 and an area of about […]
1. Background The Atlanta Metropolitan Area is located in Northwest Georgia. Covering a total area of 10,494 square miles with a population of about 5.88 million in 2017, it is one of the largest and most populous metro regions in the United States (US Census Bureau). Its urban core, Atlanta, […]