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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 ... -
Empowering Artists Who Have Experienced Homelessness in the City of Dallas, Texas through Temporary Public Art in Urban Spaces
(2021-10-15)Homelessness is a critical social crisis impacting the United States in the 21st century. According to The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, in 2019 there were eight states that displayed a significant ... -
Engaging Over-age Participants In Urban Learning And Work Environments: An Empirical Demonstration Of Macro-level Efficiency Through Effective At-risk Student And Teacher Recovery
(Public Administration, 2011-10-11)This study reviews data-driven appraisals of No Child Left Behind (2001) as well as the nation's at-risk student- and teacher dropout problems. Little, if any, evidence is found that troubled, over-age teens or struggling, ... -
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 ... -
Environmental Factors That Affect Seventh Grade Readers': Motivations, Attitudes, Opinions, Experiences, And Gender
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2010-03-03)The author discusses factors that affect middle school students' motivations to engage in reading. First, reading research is reviewed to determine an outline of factors that are currently known to affect students' reading ... -
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 ... -
EVALUATING DALLAS COUNTY LANDFILLS FOR PUBLIC AMENITY: REPURPOSING THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE LANDFILL THROUGH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
(2021-05-07)The state of Texas produced more than 36 million tons of waste in 2019. Currently, there are 198 active landfills of varying size and capacity in the entire state. Overall landfill capacity within the state is decreasing ... -
Evaluating The Design And Planning Services Of The Arlington Urban Design Center: Clients' Perspectives
(Landscape Architecture, 2012-04-11)In North Texas, recognizing the potential benefits of combining community service and outreach, three design centers, the Arlington Urban Design Center (AUDC), the Dallas City Design Studio (DCDS), and the Oak Cliff ... -
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT COMMITMENTS AND OUTCOMES ON RESPIRATORY HEALTH: A LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY OF TWO TEXAS CITIES
(2015-12-09)As population continues to grow the need for creating efficient and effective built environments that balance the three pillars of sustainability, environment, economic and equity, becomes even more pertinent. This ... -
Evaluating The Unintended Impacts Of Socio-economic And Demographic Shifts In Transit Served Neighborhoods On Mode Choice And Equity
The use of transit-oriented development (TOD) as a policy intervention is a popular strategy for metropolitan areas seeking to advance sustainable urban growth. At the same time, urban areas in America are experiencing ... -
EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN MILITARY MASTER PLANNING: EXAMINING PLANNERS' PERCEPTIONS
(2020-11-24)An increasingly globalized world and mounting threats to our economy, environment, and social structures have brought the concepts of sustainability and resilience into sharp focus. These threats include climate change, ... -
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 ... -
An Examination Of The Applicability Of The Citistat Performance Management System To Municipal Fire Departments
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-03-03)Local governments continue to face difficulty transitioning from performance measurement systems to performance management systems. The purpose of this research is to determine if the Citistat performance management system ... -
An Examination Of The Role For Landscape Architects In The No Child Left Inside Movement
(Landscape Architecture, 2009-09-16)The disconnection, or lack of interaction and experience, between children and nature has been coined Nature Deficit Disorder and popularized by Louv (Louv 2005, pp. 139-140). Current research and writing regarding the ... -
Examining Income Polarization Indices In The Context Of `World City Thesis': An Analysis Of Large U.S. Metropolitan Areas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2012-04-11)For more than three decades, the `global city thesis' or the `world city thesis' has attracted scholarly contributions from urban planners, geographers, sociologists and urban political economists interested in socioeconomic ... -
Examining individual student success through the lens of new institutional economics in an urban public school district : the great graduation gamble
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-07-14)In a perfect world, neo-classical economics and rational theory make sense. But in this imperfect world this paper has turned to Oliver Williamson and his understanding of New Institutional Economics to help us make sense. ... -
EXPLORING THE DETERMINANTS BEHIND THE MODE PREFERENCE FOR AND FREQUENCY OF USE OF APP-BASED, ON-DEMAND RIDE SERVICES AND FIXED-ROUTE TRANSIT SERVICES BY TRANSIT-DEPENDENT POPULATIONS
(2020-06-05)In recent decades, the development of diverse types of transportation systems to meet the needs of people in all parts of a country is a trend in urban development that is in line with interest in the sustainable development ... -
EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND BUILT ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE PUBLIC ADOPTION OF SHARED AND PRIVATE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES : A CASE STUDY OF DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPOLITAN AREA
(2018-08-14)Although the self-driving technology promises to solve several urban issues, the deployment of the autonomous vehicles (AV) is an evolutionary process that depends on different factors. One of these factors is the public ... -
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOUND WITH THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT: A STRATEGIC INQUIRY ON THE IMPACTS OF AND DESIGN AND PLANNING RESPONSES TO SOUND IN TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS (TODs)
(2019-12-04)Over the last decades, Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) have stimulated heated debates. Researchers have fully explored the TODs' quality-of-life characteristics; however, sound/noise impacts are under-explored in the ... -
The Extent Of Social Disparities In Black And Hispanic Neighborhoods
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2014-03-10)The argument of race and segregation is an age-old debate. Nevertheless, in 2013 there are still segregated black and Hispanic neighborhoods experiencing high levels of poverty despite the Fair Housing Act, inclusionary ...