C-Urge project is a doctoral network set up to research and better understand the complexity of climate and enviromental change, that is happening on global, as well as on a local scale.
Through various research approaches set in various countries, we aim to highlight the notion of urgency and need to enrich the debate around the topic of environemtal change, that is both fast, and subtle and poses a serious challenge for the future.
I am currently in the process of transitioning my M.A. level course on Science, Technology, and Development with 11 students to virtual instruction. One of my interests in engaging with COVID-19 is to examine how it (should) informs development ideologies and practices. How should students of development studies retool -- conceptually, methodologically, practically -- in wake of the pandemic?
children were tested for lead poisoning and their was a correlation between those who had lead poisoning and those who were homeless or a victim to poverty.
charts like this only show how any are in poverty. whats not shown is how these people and families got to this point and what the common theme is between them
this diagram represents poverty rates from 15 years ago. this is the history of newarks poverty rates towards families children and more.
this diagram shows how different age groups suffer from povert. as the years in age grow larger, the higher the numbers in poverty.
this graph is a perfect representation of the affects any thing can have on communities. this graph can be correlated with things like natural disasters and their would be an increase in numbers.
Based on data from 2016 there are approximately 189,492 children living in Essex County. Statistics show that poverty in Essex has slowly decreased over the past few years, but children