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Impacts of Climate Change on Disadvantaged Communities: The Case of Lincoln Creek and Northern Portions of the 30th Street Corridor in Milwaukee

Low-income and minority communities are the most socially vulnerable to climate change. This study uses a systems thinking lens to focus on the impacts of recurring urban inland flooding in Milwaukee – specifically the disproportionate impacts on individuals with lesser adaptive capacity than other communities.

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Wa[te]r and Peace

The summer of 2014 took me back to my ancestral village in central Punjab, Pakistan where my team of student volunteers and I installed a solar powered water pump in response to a severe water shortage, which had been exacerbated due to nationwide electricity shortfalls. The pump provides clean drinking water daily to roughly 1000 of the town’s 1,500 residents, and it has had a dramatic impact on the village’s economic and societal well-being.