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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 ...
CULTURAL LANDSCAPES, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND CATTLE RANCHES: A NEW PROTOCOL FOR DOCUMENTING AND PRESERVING HISTORIC WORKING CATTLE RANCHES IN TEXAS. FEATURING A CASE STUDY AT THE DUDLEY BROTHERS RANCH IN COMANCHE, TEXAS USING TX-CLEVR (TEXAS CULTURAL LANDSCAPE EVALUATION FOR RANCHES)
(2021-05-07)
The Texas cattle ranch is a vernacular landscape of historic significance, threatened by population-driven land use change and unsustainable exurban development (Kjelland, 2007). A vast majority of Texas cattle ranches ...
ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL OF SELF-INCORPORATION AS A SOLUTION TO ROADWAY MAINTENANCE IN TEXAS COLONIAS
(2021-08-10)
Colonias are communities that lack basic infrastructures such as water, sewer, and paved roads
and that are located within 100 miles of the US-Mexico border. They are generally found in
unincorporated areas, and the ...
AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY: ANALYZING PLANNING APPROACHES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
(2020-11-30)
This exploratory case study examines planning and economic development through the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework in the New Institutional Economic Theory. Two selected case studies highlight economic ...