Graduate students in the School of Urban & Regional Planning, in conjunction with the City of Iowa City and National Advance Driving Simulator, completed a plan to help Iowa City prepare for the anticipated impacts of automated vehicles on the built environment and community. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. […]
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Engineering students created a Master Redevelopment Plan that presented findings on the condition of Iowa City’s airport facilities and made recommendations on how to most efficiently develop the farmland around the decommissioned southern runway to increase the airport’s future revenue generation capacity. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Iowa Initiative […]
Beautification projects emerged as a priority in the community meetings that identified the focus areas for M Partner. M Partner Community Day is a large-scale day of service across all three communities, designed to contribute to priority projects around beautification in downtown areas and around community landmarks. Read the final student report delivered to the […]
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students provided a structural evaluation, feasibility study, and restoration alternative plans with cost estimates for a historic fire station in Mason City. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities Contact Info University Faculty Contact […]
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As part of their capstone project, second-year graduate students from the University of Iowa’s School of Urban & Regional Planning developed a process to inventory and prioritize brownfield sites on behalf of the East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA), and conducted a feasibility study for a regional land bank. Read the final student report delivered to […]
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Access to reliable transportation is critical for workplace commutes, accessing child care, and obtaining medical care. Public transportation options are limited in rural areas such as New Albany and Union County, and community meetings connected to the comprehensive planning process revealed an interest in exploring strategies to develop public transportation alternatives. Read the final student […]
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A “Complete Streets” Plan for Reducing Lanes on Inman Street in the CBD. A Planning Study of Low-clearance Rail Underpass on Inman Street and possibilities for improvements. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Smart Communities Initiative Contact Info University Faculty Contact Jenny Retherford Civil and Environmental Engineering Local Government / […]
A civil engineering class at SIUE completed three infrastructure projects in Alton that needed to be addressed. The first focused on the ramps on State Street. To be in accordance with the ADA, sidewalks and ramps must be accessible for all people. A team of students worked with a survey group to identify the ramps […]
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Though hypermarkets and supermarkets have become the primary source of goods for most Malaysians, many prefer to get their fresh agricultural products from farmers’ and wet markets, like the Alor Gajah Wet Market in the State of Melaka. Each month, the market sends two tons of waste–a third of its total monthly food supply–to a […]
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Vietnam is prone to the negative impacts of climate change due to its topography and the tropical monsoon climate. Unfortunately, infrastructure in the Mekong Delta Region is poor and unable to keep up with the impacts. An Giang is the upstream province of the Delta, thus the water depth and duration of the flooding are […]