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High School Influences On College Enrollment And College Graduation Of Dallas Independent School District 2002 Graduates
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-10-11)
The overarching goal for American education under President Barack Obama has been to increase college enrollment and completion rates. The pressure to achieve this goal has been keenly felt in the postsecondary community, ...
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 ...
An Exploration Of The Attributes Of Sense Of Place In A Culturally-diverse Dallas District: Learning From Cedar Springs Case Study
(Landscape Architecture, 2011-07-14)
Neighborhood centers rich in cultural diversity and history are desirable and special places for communities. Cedar Springs "The Strip" is a dynamic gay commercial neighborhood center serving Cedar Springs district's and ...
A Search For Design Appropriateness Using Qualitative Techniques To Contrast The Mountain Resort Community Cores Of Vail Village And Beaver Creek Village
(Landscape Architecture, 2011-03-03)
This study uses in-depth interviews to compare the mountain resort village cores of Vail Village and Beaver Creek Village to determine levels of design appropriateness in each. Design appropriateness for a village core ...
Protocols For Use Of The CELA Academic Information System
(Landscape Architecture, 2011-07-14)
The Academic Information System (AIS) is a digital database used by academic administrators in landscape architecture programs to store and analyze information about the operations of their academic units. It is an information ...
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 ...
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 ...
Toward An Ontology Of Design Philosophy In Landscape Architecture: Developing A Personal Design Philosophy
(Landscape Architecture, 2011-03-03)
This thesis uses qualitative inquiry to examine the process for developing a personal design philosophy. The larger goal of the study seeks to understand the universal and particulars of design as philosophy with the intent ...
LARC 5664 Design Studio 4: Environmental Planning, 2011 Kennedale, Professor Taner Ozdil.
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2011)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Selected student work from the 2011 landscape architecture course LARC 5664 Design Studio 4: Environmental Planning, Professor Taner Ozdil. Student work includes ...
The City of Kennedale Historic Preservation Plan
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2011-05)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The City of Kennedale's adoption of the strategic plan, Imagine Kennedale 2015, details several unique opportunities to heighten the City's image with regard to ...