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Post-Earthquake Home Reconstruction in the Surrounding Hills of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, PRP 200
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2018)
In April of 2015, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Kathmandu Valley at the center of Nepal. Within the following year, Kathmandu was struck by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks. The initial earthquake ...
An Assessment of Mental Health Services for Veterans in the State of Texas, PRP 180
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2015)
This report describes the complex challenges faced by veterans and their families in seeking, navigating, and attaining adequate mental health care in Texas. There are 1.7 million veterans in Texas, comprising 8.6 percent ...
Forestry and Economic Development on the Oki Islands, Japan, PRP 196
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2018)
The Oki Islands are composed of four inhabited islands (Dogo, Nishinoshima, Nakanoshima, and Chiburijima) and 38 uninhabited islands located 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of Japan’s Honshu Coast. In recent years, the ...
Technology Entrepreneurship in Indonesia and Kenya, PRP 183
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2015)
The Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development project was designed as an opportunity for graduate students to develop skills as “consultants” to assist a variety of institutions, including non-profit ...
Title Insurance Regulation in Texas: Challenges and Opportunities, PRP 171
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2011)
Renewable Energy for Remote Area Development, PRP 187
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2016)
The Oki Islands include four inhabited islands surrounded by a ring archipelago lagoon approximately 24 miles north of the Honshu Coast, part of Shimane Prefecture in Japan’s Chugoku Region. During the week of August 17-21, ...
International Water Quality Management in the Lower Rio Grande/Rio Bravo, PRP 177
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2013)
During the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academic years, 42 students participated in the Lower Rio Grande Water Quality Initiative, a Policy Research Project working with Mexican, Texas, U.S., and bilateral institutions to ...
Rural Revitalization in Mitarai, Osaki Shimojima Island, Japan, PRP 215
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2020)
Throughout the Japanese Edo period (1603-1868) Mitarai, a coastal town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, flourished as a fishing and mercantile port, with a secondary economy producing mandarins. The characteristic architecture ...