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Planning Cities For The Other Percent Of The Residents: Impacts On The Elderly And Disabled Community
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)
The urban environment has evolved in the time since the Second World War. Advances in technology have been a catalyst for numerous urban problems; urban sprawl, poverty and a shortage of low to moderate-income housing, ...
The Booster Network: A Framework For Analyzing State Policy Formation In An Era Of Resurgent Private Power
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)
The continuing shift toward privatization has created new opportunities for private participation in transportation policy formation, infrastructure development, and service provision. The resulting high stakes have drawn ...
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 ...
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 ...
For The Greater Good Or Greed? Redistributing Private Space Through Eminent Domain Power: Relocating The Dallas Cowboys Stadium To Arlington, Texas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)
The use of eminent domain power to take private land for private use continues to grow in the United States. Many American people lost their homes or businesses to city and council driven economic development in low-income ...
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 ...
The Moderating Effects Of Vegetation On Human Violent Behavior Caused By Environmental Stressors
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)
Numerous studies explain the relationship between the environment and human behavior using the term "environmental stressor." Some examples of environmental stressors are temperature, air pollution, noise, and density and ...
Analysis Of The Congress Of New Urbanism Landscape Design Principles And Social Interaction
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)
The Congress of New Urbanism (CNU) is a relatively new topic among urban developers, planners, and city leaders. It seeks to change the way cities and towns are built by creating compact neighborhoods that encourage ...
Evolving Telephone Policy: Universal Service
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)
Important public policy decisions are commonly made that depend upon short, medium, and long term time periods to achieve success or widespread adoption. Universal Service and telephone penetration among underserved ...
Perceptions Of Crime, Fear Of Crime, And Defensible Space In Fort Worth Neighborhoods
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)
This research used descriptive, written scenarios to test the perceptions of crime, fear of crime, and defensible space of residents in three Fort Worth, Texas, neighborhood associations. The survey instrument included two ...