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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, ...
Public Private Partnerships In International Development: The Challenge Of Engaging Civil Society In Development Ownership
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2009-09-16)
Over the last sixty years, the field of international development has come full circle, returning to priorities that value people over GDP. Principles for successful development, such as institution building, managed ...
Dialectic Aesthetics: The Landscape Aesthetics Of Steven Bourassa And The Architecture Aesthetics Of Roger Scruton
(Landscape Architecture, 2009-09-16)
This paper explores the similarities and differences between Roger Scruton's The Aesthetics of Architecture and Steven Bourassa's The Aesthetics of Landscape. The purpose of Scruton's book, according to Scruton, is to ...
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 ...
Labyrinths In The Landscape: Who Is Recommending, Who Is Using, And Are There Benefits
(Landscape Architecture, 2009-09-16)
The labyrinth is a symbol known to exist for at least for four thousand years. It has been used in many cultures and religions throughout its existence as a symbol for the journey of life, a sacred space to pray, and a ...
More Than Money: Higher Education Decisions Of Low-income And Minority Students
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2009-09-16)
A gap persists in K-12 academic achievement, high school persistence, college attendance, and educational attainment by income level and race/ethnicity. Issues of race and ethnicity in education are often intertwined with ...
Vernacular Assets: Planning For Local Culture And Environment
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2009-09-16)
This paper examines how fast-growing cities in Texas with populations over 100,000 plan for local cultural and environmental resources. In the face of globalization, cities in the United States attempt to craft unique ...
Collaboration Among Federal Managers: Administrative Conjunction In Faith Based And Community Initiatives
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2009-09-16)
The role of government is less clear than ever in an increasingly complex world. As a result, working in government has also become more challenging. In this information driven society, government workers are asked to ...
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 ...
Innovative storm water best management practices : their influence on landscape architecture in North Texas
(Landscape Architecture, 2009-09-16)
The land development process is essentially a three step progression consisting of input from developers who envision and fund a project, designers who translate the developer's vision into a buildable project, and the ...