Browsing College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs by Author "Audirac, Ivonne"
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Accessibility and the Implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act in Small and Medium-Sized Municipalities in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolitan Area
Powers, John C. (2021-11-29)People with disabilities face daily physical challenges posed by inaccessible buildings and unsafe sidewalks or public parks. These barriers prevent millions of people from enjoying resources provided by municipalities ... -
Assessing Community Mediated Settlements: Enugu, Nigeria's Neo-Customary Approach to Land Delivery and Development at the Peri-Urban Interface
Chetuya, Emma (2020-09-03)Like most states in Nigeria, the Enugu state government is unable to meet the high demand of land for housing development in Enugu and as a result, the vast majority of land available for purchase is through customary ... -
ASSESSING CUMULATIVE BARRIERS TO TRANSPORTATION: AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK OF EQUITY ANALYSIS FOR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER FAMILIES IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH REGION
Igoufe, Myriam; 0000-0001-7248-5711 (2018-06-20)Transportation is said to be affordable if it does not consume more than fifteen percent of a household’s budget. The widespread normative threshold of transportation affordability, becomes increasingly problematic as ... -
Community Design Centers (CDCs) on the Upsurge: Investigating Perceptions Amongst CDC Leaders and Administrators in Texas
Rodriguez, Robert Kevin (2016-05-10)For several decades, community design centers (CDCs) have specialized in professional design and planning assistance to non-profit groups, agencies, and individuals that lack the funding or resources to otherwise receive ... -
EFFECTS OF ASSESSMENT AND ASSIGNMENT REGIMES ON CHARACTERISTICS OF PARTICIPANTS IN HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE EMERGING FROM HOMELESSNESS
Brewer, Flora Alexandra; 0000-0002-0474-6585 (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 ... -
Emerging Grassroots Energy Communities: An Assemblage Theory Analysis
Adil, Ali Mohammed; 0000-0002-5591-7831 (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 ... -
FACTORS MAKING A STREET A VIBRANT PLACE: COMPARING STREET USERS’ VIBRANCY PERCEPTION BETWEEN MAIN STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, USA AND INONU BOULEVARD, SIVAS, TURKEY
Caliskan, Bilal (2017-08-04)Streets are one of the most vital parts of cities not only because they serve urban transportation, but also because they are critical elements of the public realm that people use to go to meet daily needs and interact ... -
Information Technology's Impact On The Space And Automobile Relationship: A Study Of The Link Between Internet Tech, Automobiles, And Residential Preferences
Duong, Steven (Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)Many city planners, developers, real estate agents, and planning academics have been strong proponents of compact, mixed-use, New Urbanist developments. They point to the research that shows that younger generations will ... -
NEOLIBERAL PARK GOVERNANCE REGIMES AND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL INCLUSION IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS SIGNATURE PARKS
Ghaffari, Nazanin; 0000-0002-1560-3950 (2021-08-03)Privatization has been frequently criticized for diminishing the inclusiveness of public space. This dissertation examines whether private signature parks are more exclusive than their public counterparts utilizing Lefebvre’s ... -
Publicly Supported Rental Housing and Affordability for Very Low-Income Suburbanites: A Study of Metropolitan America
Varela, Eric; 0000-0002-7960-9964 (2020-09-08)This dissertation is about subsidized housing and its provision in the contemporary metropolis, with particular focus on suburbs. Subsidized housing has typically been conceived as fundamentally an urban issue given its ... -
THE CHARISMATIC DOG AND PUBLIC SPACE: ARE DOG PARKS A THIRD PLACE?
Lee, Lori Dynette (2020-09-04)Exiting research supports dog parks as a third place based on the ability of dog-supportive public space to bring people together informally outside home and work (Graham and Glover, 2014), yet offers little clarity in ...