Browsing W&L University Student Scholarship by Subject "Infrastructure (Economics)"
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The Economic Necessity of Social Capital: A Case Study in Phillips County, Arkansas
While much of the debate surrounding poverty issues in the United States focuses on individual initiative and responsibility, the community in which individuals reside also plays an important role in the empowerment of ... -
Flood Control and Poverty: Phillips County, AR and Guyana
Each year global estimates of homelessness, deaths, economic loss and other effects can be analyzed. Throughout these analyses, it is clear that the most vulnerable populations are the world's poorest communities. Structurally ... -
Hydraulic Fracturing: State Regulation and Sustainable Economic Development
This paper explores the natural gas plays currently under way in New York and Pennsylvania. Communities in both states have protested vociferously to the unrestrained exploitation of the Marcellus Shale, yet New Yorkers ...