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Virginia Special Places in Peril
This profile details and documents the particular threats that a changed climate poses to three special places in Virginia:
Jamestown, a part of Colonial National Historical Park (NHP); Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (NWR); and Shenandoah National Park. How these special places could be harmed illustrates why human-caused climate disruption is considered the greatest threat ever to our national parks and wildlife refuges.
 
Infants of Depressed Mothers Living in Poverty: Opportunities to Identify and Serve
This brief offers a first-time national look at the characteristics, access to services, and parenting approaches for infants living in poverty whose mothers are depressed. Results reveal that eleven percent of infants living in poverty have a mother suffering from severe depression. At the same time, many of these families are connected to services, such as WIC, health care services, food stamps, and TANF, presenting opportunities for policymakers and service providers to help these families. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation funded this research as part of an Urban Institute project identifying service strategies to help connect depressed mothers with treatment.
 
Proposed Substation Site Analysis
This is a VCU student project for those enrolled in the Masters program in Urban Planning. This report is from 2008

There is a need for a new substation in the City of Richmond due to heavy load on the existing Dominion VA Power electric distribution network and future growth projections.
 
Jefferson Davis Highway Corridor Revitalization Plan
The Jefferson Davis Highway Reviatlization Plan sets the framework to direct future development in a manner that is more conducive to improving conditions for economic growth, transportation services, and the local community environment. The team began by examining the current conditions of the
 
VCU Life Sciences Survey 2010
Opinion about increasing offshore oil drilling among the general population is currently divided with 45% in support of increasing offshore drilling and 44% opposed. When asked explicitly about the risk and benefit tradeoffs of offshore drilling, a 51% majority says the environmental risks outweigh the benefits; 35% think the benefits outweigh the environmental risks. Views about offshore drilling are likely influenced by the major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, ongoing since an April 20 explosion; the spill raises the specter of environmental risks from offshore drilling when the process goes awry. These findings are part of a new nationwide survey conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University.

 

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