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Ecological Design In Resort Hotel Properties: Management Perceptions Of Ecologically Performative Landscape Practices
(Landscape Architecture, 2009-09-16)It has been argued that in order to bring about society's acceptance of sustainable landscape practices, landscape architects must make them transparent; that is, visible, and ultimately understandable, to the observer. ... -
Ecologically Performative Landscapes and Water Management
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2007)Performative theory has been applied to many facets of social theory including economic theory, sexual orientation, and regionalism in architecture. Simply stated, it is the notion that a thing becomes what it purports to ... -
Economic Redevelopment Options Study for the Oakcrest Area, City of Kennedale
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2010-05-05)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The City of Kennedale has entered into a binding agreement with four sexually oriented businesses located in the Oakcrest Area. In 2012 this agreement will require ... -
Effective Truancy Reduction Programs: How Is Success Defined?
This research examines how stakeholders involved with the Dallas County Truancy Court measure and define the success of truancy reduction programs. Previous studies have failed to include the perceptions of all of these ... -
EFFECTS OF ASSESSMENT AND ASSIGNMENT REGIMES ON CHARACTERISTICS OF PARTICIPANTS IN HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE EMERGING FROM HOMELESSNESS
(2021-04-06)Homelessness response systems evolved over the last 20 years into institutional regimes that assess and assign homeless people to a limited set of housing programs based on individual characteristics and experiences of ... -
EFFECTS OF ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC-PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND INDIVIDUAL ATTRIBUTES ON IMMIGRANTS’ TRAVEL MODE CHOICE IN NORTH TEXAS
(2020-09-08)Previous studies of immigrants’ travel behavior have been conducted mostly in California and the United States as a whole. Even though immigrant population and the share of immigrants have rapidly increased in Texas, only ... -
EFFECTS OF LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ON DISTANCE TO WORK IN INDIVIDUAL CAR RIDERS
(2021-06-07)Studying travel behavior has become a means of addressing car dependency, greenhouse gas emission, and environmental protection. Many studies have examined the effects of socioeconomic and built environmental factors on ... -
Elementary Schoolyard Landscapes As Outdoor Learning Environments: North Texas Stakeholders' Perceptions Of The No Child Left Inside Act
(Landscape Architecture, 2011-03-03)So that children can be exposed to a more stimulating outdoor educational experience, the United States public education system developed and implemented strategies to accomplish an integrative approach between indoor ... -
Ellis County / Midlothian to Waxahachie Regional Trail Corridor Research
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2015)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The research project examines the alignment options and feasibility of constructing a regional shared-use path (trail) facility in Ellis County, Texas, linking the ... -
The Emergence Of Women City Managers In Texas In The Late 20th Century And The Early 21st Century
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-03-10)The first generation of women city managers in the late 20th Century and early 21st Century have one thing in common: all were initially mentored and promoted by men. Like survivors of a Texas tornado that huddle in the ... -
The Emergence Project: Artisan Heritage Incubator & Retail Center Feasibility and Design Study for Quitman, Texas
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Emerging Grassroots Energy Communities: An Assemblage Theory Analysis
(2018-07-09)In context of the federal leadership vacuum in the United States on climate action and sustainable energy development and consequent subnational policy and regulatory variations, the rise of citizen-led grassroots energy ... -
An Empirical Test Of The Situational Leadership® Model In Japan
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)Since the collapse of the "bubble economy" in the early 1990s, Japanese companies have been struggling with financial difficulty, and have been forced to change their structure, strategies, and management systems. The trend ... -
Empowering Artists Who Have Experienced Homelessness in the City of Dallas, Texas through Temporary Public Art in Urban Spaces
(2021-10-15)Homelessness is a critical social crisis impacting the United States in the 21st century. According to The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, in 2019 there were eight states that displayed a significant ... -
Engaging Over-age Participants In Urban Learning And Work Environments: An Empirical Demonstration Of Macro-level Efficiency Through Effective At-risk Student And Teacher Recovery
(Public Administration, 2011-10-11)This study reviews data-driven appraisals of No Child Left Behind (2001) as well as the nation's at-risk student- and teacher dropout problems. Little, if any, evidence is found that troubled, over-age teens or struggling, ... -
ENHANCING THE ENTRY EXPERIENCE AT PHAP QUANG TEMPLE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX
(2023-05-19)This design thesis explores the design principles of traditional Chinese Buddhist temple gardens and their significance in creating successful entry sequences. The study focuses on Vietnamese Buddhist temples in a suburban ... -
Environmental Emergency Calls in Dallas, Texas: Applying the BRACE Model to Assess the Effects of Microclimates on Urban Design & Human Heat Stress
(2019-05-13)The objective of the study is to investigate how the practice of landscape architecture can help mitigate the effects of climate change and the urban heat island effect on vulnerable block groups in Dallas, Texas by using ... -
Environmental Factors That Affect Seventh Grade Readers': Motivations, Attitudes, Opinions, Experiences, And Gender
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2010-03-03)The author discusses factors that affect middle school students' motivations to engage in reading. First, reading research is reviewed to determine an outline of factors that are currently known to affect students' reading ... -
Environmental Influence On Underage Drinking: An Assessment Of East Dallas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)With the STOP Underage Drinking Act reintroduced at the national level, policy makers are in the midst of determining how to conquer the issues that arise out of underage drinking. The current project, in conjunction with ... -
Equity Impacts of Toll Roads in North Texas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-05)Toll roads are becoming ubiquitous across the United States as funds for transportation projects have not kept up with traffic demand. In the North Texas region specifically, there are multiple toll road projects currently ...