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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT
(2023-07)On the University of Texas at Arlington campus, investing in green infrastructure is critical for managing stormwater and heat stress today and addressing the emerging challenges caused by a changing climate: shifting ... -
Assessment and Attitudes: Biodiversity in Urban Landscapes of North Central Texas
North Central Texas is expected to undergo increased population growth and density inside and outside of current municipal boundaries. As development increases to meet the needs of the growing population, the landscape ... -
SUSTAINABLE SITES INITIATIVE CERTIFICATION IN TEXAS: OBSTACLES AND BENEFITS AFFECTING STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTION
The purpose of this research is to examine perceptions of key stakeholders involved in three SITES®-certified pilot projects in Texas to determine the obstacles and benefits they experienced in certifying the projects. ... -
A Cultural Landscape Assessment of Glen Garden Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas
In 2014, having just been sold, Glen Garden Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas closed for the final time having been open for over 100 years also producing two of the top ten golfers in PGA history, Ben Hogan and Byron ... -
IMPROVING THE LIVABILITY AND THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF HOSPITAL CAMPUSES IN NORTH TEXAS BY INTEGRATING ARTFUL RAIN DESIGN AND HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION
(2021-05-07)Despite these efforts and signs of progress, such design and planning efforts have failed to thoroughly integrate restorative design principles and sustainable strategies into the landscape architecture of healthcare ... -
Reexamining The Functions of Urban Bridges with Nature and People in Mind: A Vision for North Main Street Bridge Fort Worth, Texas
(2023-05-30)How can nature be incorporated into infrastructure bridges to promote connections in urban landscapes? The Paddock Viaduct, known today as the North Main Street Bridge in Fort Worth, Texas was formally opened on July 3, ... -
LANDSCAPE INTERVENTIONS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AROUND URBAN PARKS: LEARNING FROM CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS
(2023-06-05)Urban parks and their immediate surroundings provide access to nature in urbanized areas. However, they can also be crime hotspots if not properly kept or monitored or provide a safe environment for positive activities ... -
Designing Transit-Oriented District Station Areas for Pedestrian Activity: Learning from Dallas, TX
(2023-05-22)Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and Transit-Oriented Districts (TODt) are planning and development strategies that look to leverage close access to public transit to create places or districts that are dense, walkable ... -
ENHANCING THE ENTRY EXPERIENCE AT PHAP QUANG TEMPLE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX
(2023-05-19)This design thesis explores the design principles of traditional Chinese Buddhist temple gardens and their significance in creating successful entry sequences. The study focuses on Vietnamese Buddhist temples in a suburban ... -
Cultivating Charismatic Landscapes: Designing for Preservation and Resilience of Texas’s Natural Swimming Holes
(2023-05-23)The swimming hole landscape provides a unique, immersive interface between humans and the natural world within a riparian corridor. Distinct characteristics of local watersheds and regional ecological systems result in an ... -
Addressing Obsolescence in Fort Worth Public pools: Enhancing Forest Park Public City Pool
(2023-05-22)The city of Fort Worth, Texas has strived to ensure high-quality recreational water activities, which resulted in the closure or demolitions of several demolished aquatic parks in 2009. With many parks exceeding their ... -
Demystifying Native Plants Polycultures
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2023)Landscape architects have an important duty to be forward leaning stewards of the environment in the development process. There is also an increasingly important imperative to reverse the ecological decline that has ... -
The Ideology of Critical Regionalism as a Teaching and Design Resource for the Next 100 Years of CELA
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2020)This addresses the future viability of Critical Regionalism as an ongoing ideology and aesthetic construct. Regionalist trends in the early 20th century, around the time that CELA was founded, and the theory of Critical ... -
Green Streets to Serve Urban Sustainability: Benefits and Typology
(MDPI, 2019-11)Urbanization and climate change have impacted the ecosystems of US cities. Impervious surfaces in the urbanized areas are a critical issue for both challenges and green infrastructure and can be an alternative solution ... -
Ellis County / Midlothian to Waxahachie Regional Trail Corridor Research
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2015)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The research project examines the alignment options and feasibility of constructing a regional shared-use path (trail) facility in Ellis County, Texas, linking the ... -
Analysis of Flood Vulnerability and Transit Availability with a Changing Climate in Harris County, Texas.
(Sage, 2019-04)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Hurricanes and other extreme precipitation events can have devastating effects on population and infrastructure that can create problems for emergency responses and ... -
A Sensory Garden for the Dallas Arboretum
(University of Texas at Arlington, 1988-05)Design is most often carried out as an aesthetic exercise in visual affect and spatial treatment. If more stimulation of other human senses (orienting, auditory, smell / taste, visual, and haptic) were to occur in a place, ... -
CfMD Research Journal 2015 Volume 4
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2015)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The Center's research efforts focus on best practices to develop multi component urban projects, such as this Journal's article on Public Private Partnerships, and ... -
CfMD Research Journal 2014 Volume 3
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2014)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The Center's mission is to demonstrate that greater density, including suburban scale density, will produce the most economically productive, operationally effective, ... -
CfMD Research Journal 2013 Volume 2
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2013)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The Center's mission is to demonstrate that greater density, including suburban scale density, will produce the most economically productive, operationally effective, ...