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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 ...
The Utilization Of Social Spaces Near Soccer Fields By Attendees Of Hispanic Soccer League Matches In Dallas, Texas
(Landscape Architecture, 2013-10-22)
The purpose of this research is to observe and identify the social interactions in pedestrian spaces immediately surrounding soccer fields during Hispanic soccer league matches in Dallas, Texas. The research uses passive ...
Compatibility Of Urban Edible Landscaping To The Sustainable Sites Initiative's Goals And Design Criteria.
(Landscape Architecture, 2011-03-03)
This research addresses edible landscapes through the lens of The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES). The Sustainable Sites Initiative is a collaboration of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), The Ladybird ...
Data Sharing Between Transportation Planning And Public Health: Issues And Opportunities Using A Regional Eco-logical Framework
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-10-11)
Transportation planning has been shown to strongly impact public health yet collaboration and data or information sharing between the two communities is lacking. The Eco-Logical approach is a potential solution designed ...
Understanding Social Networks In Frazier Courts HOPE VI Development
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2011-03-03)
The HOPE VI program enacted in 1992 represented a shift in public housing by addressing resident's needs through physical design improvements, self-sufficiency programs, and the deconcentration of poverty. Funding through ...
Preparing For The HEARTH Act: Preventing And Ending Homelessness At The Local Level
(City & Regional Planning, 2012-04-11)
The HEARTH Act of 2009 expands care to people experiencing homelessness by giving communities more freedom in allocation of their resources based on their ability to produce measurable results. Although regulations have ...
Farmers Markets, Low Income Communities And Government Assistance Programs
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-03-20)
Since the passage in 1976 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act, there has been a sharp rise in number of farmers markets in this country, from approximately 600 in the 1970s to over 7,000 today. With this increase, ...
Modeling The Impact Of Transportation On Public Health Using Fuzzy Logic
(City & Regional Planning, 2014-03-12)
Research has proved that built environment affect public health in various ways ranging from direct impacts like physical activity to indirect impacts such as housing affordability, employment accessibility, social capital ...
Creating A Cohesive Triple Bottom Line: Helping The Urban Planner As A Liaison To The Citizen
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2012-07-25)
This thesis is an attempt to create a viable liaison tool for the urban planner to create a cohesive idea of the Triple Bottom Line of sustainability between the citizen and the government of the city. By using consistent ...
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, ...