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Citizen science and stakeholders involvement

Metztli hernandez

Annotation of

C-URGE

In response to

What initiatives (research, activism, education, etc.) are illustrative of this organization’s work?

CITIZEN SCIENCE

Epistemic negotiation

Stakeholders (indigenous groups, activist, scientist, scholars, etc)

Setting: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Setting description.

Project: Environmental Injustice in Kaohsiung

EiJ Photo Essay: Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Photo essay for Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

Image: Soil Liquefaction Potential Maps, Yunlin County

The surface soil layer with loose soil and water-saturated soil not only has an amplifying effect on ground motions, but also may cause soil liquefaction.

Timeline: Formosa Plastics' Development & Investments

Image: Mk2010, via Wikicommons.

Image: Collage of Yunlin County

This is a collage of photos representing Yunlin County, including photos of the Xingang Fengtian Temple (Beigang), farmland (Dongshih), and

Disrupting air pollution in El Vado - Cuenca, Ecuador

This essay depicts the air pollution study case of El Vado neighborhood located in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador.

Establishing a initiative: a summary of results in El Vado.

A few weeks after the tactic urbanism intervention, the results began to be notorious. Population felt safer with the implementation of secure paths and colors, which increased pedestrian space.