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Identification of Suitable Locations for Permeable Pavements and Bioretention Ponds / Rain Gardens Using GIS Suitability Analysis for Enhanced Stormwater Management Capacity in the City of Dallas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2015-12)Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies have shown effectiveness in managing stormwater efficiently at its source. LID strategies can be utilized to manage storm water in coordination with conventional stormwater management ... -
Identifying Perceptions Of The Creative Class Regarding Lost Space In Downtown Dallas
(Landscape Architecture, 2013-03-20)This thesis deals with perceptions held by members of the "creative class" (Florida 2004) regarding lost space (Trancik 1986) in downtown Dallas, Texas. Data from this study come from face-to-face interviews with end-users ... -
Identifying The Barriers To Collaboration Between Transportation Planning And Public Health Using The Network Model
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-03-20)Transportation Planning and Public Health worked closely together a century ago but drifted apart over the decades. Today, both groups face enormous challenges. Transportation planning needs to replace aging infrastructures ... -
The Ideology of Critical Regionalism as a Teaching and Design Resource for the Next 100 Years of CELA
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2020)This addresses the future viability of Critical Regionalism as an ongoing ideology and aesthetic construct. Regionalist trends in the early 20th century, around the time that CELA was founded, and the theory of Critical ... -
Immigration And Editorial Page Policy: A Case Study Of The Dallas Morning News
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)Newspaper editorial pages play a crucial role in democratic society, serving as forums for informed debate. On major issues such as immigration, many factors are at play when members of an editorial board sit down together ... -
The Impact Of Green Walls And Roofs To Urban Microclimate In Downtown Dallas, Texas: Learning From Simulated Environments
(Landscape Architecture, 2014-03-12)Microclimate refers to a localized zone where the climate is different than the surrounding area. In dense urban areas, climate is affected by "urban thermo-physical and geometrical characteristics, anthropogenic activities ... -
The Impact Of Institutional Support Networks: A Case Study Of A Small Texas Public School District
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)This thesis project focuses on a small independent school district in Texas that serves a high-poverty population yet excels at graduating economically disadvantaged students. Using the concepts of cultural and social ... -
IMPACT OF INTERACTIVE DIGITAL KIOSKS UPON SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN URBAN PUBLIC SPACES
(2019-05-06)The objective of this thesis is to study the impact of Interactive Digital Kiosks upon human social behavior in urban public spaces. William H. Whyte; an author of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, highlights several ... -
Impact Of Suburbs: Assessing Tree Coverage Using Geo-spatial Tools In The City Of Fort Worth
(Landscape Architecture, 2011-03-03)Throughout the last century, developers kept pace with the growing housing demand, and in doing so, former rural landscape continued to become part of the urban fabric (Corrigan et al, 2004; Secker 2007). This newly ... -
Impact Of The Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program On Closing The Academic Achievement Gap
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2010-07-19)There is disparity in the quality of school experiences encountered by students of different races, languages, social classes, and communities. There are also systemic issues that affect the quality of education received ... -
Impact Of Urban Planning Policies On Carbon-dioxide Emissions: An Indian Perspective
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-09-17)Climate change is a multidimensional observable fact and is regarded as one of the greatest challenge human society is facing in the 21st century. Debates on climate change advocate that, urban areas not only contribute ... -
Impacts Of Transit Oriented Developments (TOD) And Mixed Use Centers (MUC) In Dallas-fort Worth Metroplex On Housing Values And Demographic Composition
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2012-07-25)Suburban sprawl was attributed to be the cause of number of problems such as traffic congestion, depletion of natural resources, and decreasing air quality. Over the past two decades, policy makers and smart growth proponents ... -
Impacts Of Urbanization On Environmental Resources: A Land Use Planning Perspective
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-03-03)The main purpose of this thesis is to (1) study the impacts of urbanization on environmental resources, and (2) propose land use planning strategies to avoid or at least minimize the impacts from future land use planning ... -
Implementing Oral English Language Acquisition Policy In Career And Technical Education Classes: Changing To A Social Pedagogy Paradigm
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2010-11-01)Implementing Oral English Language Acquisition Policy in Career and Technical Classes: Changing to a Social Pedagogy Paradigm Kelley E. Crockett, PhD The University of Texas at Arlington, 2010Supervising Professor: Dr. ... -
Improving public transit services: Does collaborative transit services among public transit providers make them more efficient?
(2017-04-28)The network effect is the postulation that the utility of a product to a consumer increases as its consumption increases (Clement, 2004). If a parallel is drawn in transit service usage, the utility for transit services ... -
IMPROVING THE LIVABILITY AND THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF HOSPITAL CAMPUSES IN NORTH TEXAS BY INTEGRATING ARTFUL RAIN DESIGN AND HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION
(2021-05-07)Despite these efforts and signs of progress, such design and planning efforts have failed to thoroughly integrate restorative design principles and sustainable strategies into the landscape architecture of healthcare ... -
An In-Depth Study of the Landscape Architecture Program at the University of Texas at Arlington
(University of Texas at Arlington, 1990)The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the critical issues related to quality in the program of landscape architecture (LARC) at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). The results of this study are to ... -
Increasing Food Accessibility Among Urban Poor: Providing An Alternative Solution Through A City-wide Community Garden Plan
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-12)Community Gardens have been entitled as an emerging solution to food security and injustice issues especially among socially disempowered communities. US Department of Agriculture has designated more than half of the census ... -
Individual Motivational Factors Impacting United States Air Force Reserve Recruiting
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-12)This research seeks to discern the latent motivational factors that prompt individuals to join the Air Force Reserve. It is hypothesized that the decision to affiliate has a large non-economic component; this study also ... -
Industry Targeting Final Report. City of Benbrook Economic Development Corporation.
(University of Texas at ArlingtonSchool of Urban and Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 27, )