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California Desert Communities: Community Science in the Salton Sea

This is a collection of community science in the Salton Sea in California Desert Communities.

This is a collection of Lithium Valley in california Desert Communities.

This is a collection of infrastructure in California Desert Communities.

This is a collection of mural country in California Desert Communities.

This is a collection of organizations and agencies in California Desert Communities.

This is a collection of concepts in play in California Desert Communities.

This is a collection of EcoGovLab in the field in California Desert Communities.

This is a collection on roles and careers in Comite Civico de Valle in California Desert Communities.

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“The legacy of Chernobyl has been used as a means of signaling Ukraine's domestic and international legitimacy and staking territorial claims; and as a venue of governance and state building, social welfare, and corruption.” (253)
“In a place of tremendous economic desperation, people competed for work in the Zone of Exclusion, where salaries were relatively high and steadily paid. Prospective workers engaged in a troubling cost-benefit assessment that went some- thing like this: if I work in the Zone, I lose my health. But I can send my son to law school.” (253)
“The issue at stake is the state's capacity to produce and use scientific knowledge and nonknowledge to maintain political order.” (258)