Travel Grant Series: Urban Development Research in Okinawa

EWC Alumni Summer Travel Grant Report
by
Naomi Leipold
EWC Student Fellow

Research Objectives:

This summer, I traveled to Okinawa to research their urban development with regards to its relationship with the existing U.S. Military facilities on the island. My goal was to concentrate on collecting economic models of factors of production, such as land, labor, and capital markets.

Naomi Leipold In front of Okinawa State Hall

(EWC Student Fellow Naomi Leipold in front of Okinawa State Hall.)

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