Search
Now showing items 1-9 of 9
Climate change planning in Dallas-Fort Worth: Discourse and public participation in a politically conservative region
(2016-05-09)
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges currently facing our world, and in the
field of planning there has been much attention paid to climate action planning by environmental
leader cities. However, political ...
IT’S NOT ALL PARTISAN POLITICS: THE INTERACTION BETWEEN RELIGION AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN SHAPING ATTITUDES TOWARD ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA
(2019-12-02)
This study investigates the effect that Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical Laudato Si had on Catholic beliefs about climate change using a Houston area case study, and presents a model for how religious affiliation and religious ...
The Impact of Projected Climate Change on Bioswales in North Texas
(2016-12-07)
This research addresses how bioswales are affected by the projections for climate change in the North Texas region. Bioswales are a type of green infrastructure that conveys stormwater before directing it to a storm sewer ...
CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSESSMENT AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
(2021-12-21)
In the past decade, many universities have started to ascertain their emissions and benchmark their progress towards sustainability and climate control. The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is no exception in working ...
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL FLOODING FROM STORM SURGE AND SEA-LEVEL CHANGE ON THE TEXAS COAST BY 2100
(2020-05-14)
Tropical cyclones pose a major hazard to the State of Texas. Anthropogenic climate change and global warming have the potential to increase extreme weather events and lead to enhanced flood hazard zones. This study aims ...
EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN MILITARY MASTER PLANNING: EXAMINING PLANNERS' PERCEPTIONS
(2020-11-24)
An increasingly globalized world and mounting threats to our economy, environment, and social structures have brought the concepts of sustainability and resilience into sharp focus. These threats include climate change, ...
POSTHUMAN NURTURING IN AMERICAN LITERARY FUTURITIES
(2021-08-16)
This dissertation applies posthuman theories to the concept of nurture in American literatures of 1880-1920 and 1980-2020 to explore how writers construct and imagine futurities that increasingly critique the liberal ...
Numerical Simulation of Hydrodynamic Forces on Riverine and Coastal Bridges Subjected to Extreme Weather Events
(2023-01-02)
Recent bridge failures due to hurricane-generated storm surges and riverine flood events have highlighted the vulnerability of bridge infrastructure to extreme hydrodynamic loading. In addition to posing an immediate risk ...
Compound Flood Modeling of Tropical Cyclone Events in Coastal Bays and Estuaries
(2024-01-05)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2025** Flooding due to tropical cyclones can cause severe impacts on coastal communities, particularly when multiple types of flooding (e.g., coastal and riverine) ...