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The Relationship Between Designed Urban Environments And Skateboarding In Downtown Fort Worth
(Landscape Architecture, 2008-09-17)Cities are a collection of designed environments. In turn, these environments consist of parts that vary in scale from districts to light fixtures. The design of outdoor urban environments is a dynamic and collaborative ... -
The Relationship Between Management Diversity And Supplier Diversity Program Development: A Supplier Diversity Professional Perspective
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2009-09-16)Companies that supply the Federal government with goods and services are required by law to have a supplier diversity program/initiative. They are also required to appoint a supplier diversity professional to manage the ... -
Representative Bureaucracy And The Indirect Effects Of Substantive Co-worker Representation
The theory of representative bureaucracy has been suggested as an equity oriented tool that could work to alter the negative aspects of majority rule. Ongoing debates over the best way to ensure and enhance equity for ... -
Researching Appointment Robbery: Voices from the Street
(2022-08-15)This dissertation is composed of three papers that will examine three topics related to the main research project of examining whether or not CPTED strategies have an effect on the decision to participate in appointment ... -
Residents’ Perception of Environmental Performance in New Urbanist Landscapes in North Texas: Learning from Addison Circle, Austin Ranch and Hometown
(2017-12-20)New Urbanism movement has been shaping the cities and suburbs in increasing numbers in the US for more than three decades. The Congress for New Urbanism is promoting compact, mixed-use, interconnected, and walkable models ... -
RESILIENT OR VULNERABLE? THE GEOGRAPHY OF CRIME AND ITS IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH IN URBAN COMMUNITIES
(2022-05-06)This dissertation examines the relationship between neighborhood characteristics, crime, and mental health, with an emphasis on the role of social disadvantage. Using 5-year panel data from Dallas- Fort Worth metroplex, ... -
Responding to the Emotional Needs of Resettled Refugees in the Context of Community Gardens
(2019-05-20)Refugee populations suffer from the effects of post traumatic stress disorder (Shannon, et al., 2014), and members struggle with feelings of helplessness, displacement and marginalization. Research indicates that healing ... -
RIDESHARE ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CURB MANAGEMENT
(2019-12-17)As autonomous vehicles continue to prove themselves on our roads today, a look at the considerations of implementation will be necessary. The potential for rethinking our infrastructure requirements, as a result of this ... -
Risk, Resilience And Relocation: A Life Course Exploration Of Resettlement Experiences Of Public Housing Residents
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)Spatial deconcentration of poverty has been the organizing framework of federally subsidized housing policy for well over a decade. During that time low-income families living in traditional public housing across the ... -
Scenarios For Sustainable Conservation Planning And Development In Texas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2009-09-16)This thesis reviews sustainable conservation development patterns of land use for potential adoption by Texas cities and counties. It will include a summary literature and professional reports' review, market analyses, ... -
The Search For Appropriate Form: The Relationship Between Landscape Architecture And Art In Three Time Periods
(Landscape Architecture, 2008-09-17)Art and landscape architecture are both a means through which man can explore the natural world around him; they provide an opportunity for self expression and reflection. This thesis is based on the hypothesis that several ... -
A Search For Creative Class Trail User Experiences Along The Katy Trail
(Landscape Architecture, 2008-08-08)This research focused on preferred urban trail attributes and related these to restorative places and user experiences. Focused interviews were employed in the study. Restoration was shown in aspects of naturalness 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 ... -
Semiotics And New Urbanism In North Texas: Comparing Designer Intention And User Perception
(Landscape Architecture, 2013-03-20)Design is a means of communication and the conduit for transmitting a message between designers and users of their built work (Fiske, 1990). The design work resembles the cultivated construction and carrier of a message ... -
Shared Land Use Impacts Between Military Installations And Contiguous Communities (post-BRAC): Fact And Opinion Differences In Planning And Public Policy
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2008-08-08)How a policy or planning tool (e.g. BRAC) contributes to real and perceived conclusions from policy implementation is the main focus of this research. This research examines differences between real and perceived encroachment ... -
SOCIOECONOMIC AND SPATIAL IMPACTS OF RAIL TRANSIT STATIONS ON THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH REGION: CHANGES IN HOUSING VALUES, RACIAL MAKE-UP, AND POPULATION DENSITY
(2017-04-28)Dependency on the automobile in the United States has been associated with many urban problems, such as urban sprawl, traffic congestion, air pollution, etc. As the use of automobiles increases, negative externalities also ... -
Socioeconomic Background And Parental Values: An Examination Of Approaches To Bureaucratic Discretion At The Street-level
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-10-11)Scholarly literature on policy implementation at the street-level generally focuses on how workers act in response to external pressures. Pressures can include policy rules, organizational culture, and the identities of ... -
SPATIAL AND DWELLING DETERMINANTS OF ADULT ASTHMA EXACERBATIONS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS REGION
(2020-08-24)Asthma is an important public health concern as it is one of the major chronic diseases and is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. The asthma situation is deteriorating in the North Central Texas. In such ... -
Spatial Decision Support Systems Use in Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Analysis: Spatial Analysis for U.S. Army Civil Affairs Civil Information Management
(2019-03-21)Becoming a core U.S. military mission in 2005, Stability Operations deals with the political, economic, social and structural resiliency of a county or region. It is conducted to support and develop a host nation’s government, ... -
Spatial Patterns And Determinants Of Industrial Regional Growth In Mexico, 1993-2003: Implications For Regional Planning And Public Policy
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)This research investigates industrial regional growth and its determinants in Mexico from 1993 to 2003. Strategies of local economic development, usually based on industrial promotion, require knowing main determinants of ...