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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

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Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)

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What kind of data and research does this organization produce and share? How does the organization evaluate and monitor the credibility of the information it uses and circulates?

They seem to support their approach by their own success.

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When You Dial 911 and Wall Street Answers

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How does the article address public health inequities or emergency response?

The article directly address EMS and fire and the financial struggles that the industry is currently facing due to the manipulation of resources that are needed. The inability to afford proper equipment is directly affecting patient care, which is a huge issue in EMS. The article points to wall street as the cause of this issue.

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Lessons in the Rubble: The World Trade Center and the History of Disaster Investigations in the United States

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What stakeholders are described or portrayed in the film, what were their experiences, and what kinds of decisions did they have to grapple with before, during, and in the aftermath of disaster?

As discussed before, the first respodners and doctors had to deal with hundreds of life or death decisions, and the emotional trauma that is involved, through treating the victims of the disaster. Afterward many of these people not only had to see patients pass, but also had friends or family that perished in the disaster.