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The Moderating Effects Of Vegetation On Human Violent Behavior Caused By Environmental Stressors
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)Numerous studies explain the relationship between the environment and human behavior using the term "environmental stressor." Some examples of environmental stressors are temperature, air pollution, noise, and density and ... -
Career Influences For Women In Landscape Architecture
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)This research explores the insights of successful women who are pioneering the practice of landscape architecture in today's practice. Their perspectives regarding the impediments and advantages of women in current practice ... -
Prospect-refuge Theory Revisited: A Search For Safety In Dynamic Public Spaces With A Reference To Design
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)Prospect-refuge theory (Appleton 1975) is based on habitat theory (Darwin 1958) which states that the ability to see (prospect) but not be seen (refuge) is basic to many biological needs. According to Appleton, the ability ... -
"Invasion" Of The Poor: Beliefs And Attitudes Of The Receiving Community
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)Housing policy as one of the tools for eradicating poverty remains a critical arena for debate, especially in light of the dire situation of impoverished inner cities and growing inequalities between communities in the ... -
Analysis Of The Congress Of New Urbanism Landscape Design Principles And Social Interaction
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)The Congress of New Urbanism (CNU) is a relatively new topic among urban developers, planners, and city leaders. It seeks to change the way cities and towns are built by creating compact neighborhoods that encourage ... -
The Connection Between Landscape Architecture And Water Quality: A Survey Of Landscape Architects In Texas
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)For local jurisdictions and consumers, water quality has become importantas development pressures and expanding population has increased the strain on existing water supplies. Aging infrastructure, limited financial ... -
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 ... -
A Life In Context: Finding Form In Lewis T. May
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)This thesis examines the life and career of Lewis T. May (1946 -), FASLA. During his three decades of practice, Mr. May has made exceptional contributions in landscape architecture as a practitioner, author, and academic, ... -
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, ... -
Immigration And Editorial Page Policy: A Case Study Of The Dallas Morning News
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)Newspaper editorial pages play a crucial role in democratic society, serving as forums for informed debate. On major issues such as immigration, many factors are at play when members of an editorial board sit down together ... -
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 ... -
The Booster Network: A Framework For Analyzing State Policy Formation In An Era Of Resurgent Private Power
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)The continuing shift toward privatization has created new opportunities for private participation in transportation policy formation, infrastructure development, and service provision. The resulting high stakes have drawn ... -
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 ... -
The Green: Building A Viable Program For Forgotten Public Space In Uptown Dallas
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)The Uptown area of Dallas has seen rapid and drastic change over the last fifteen years. The conversion of the former Missouri-Kansas-Texas (KATY) Railroad line into the KATY Trail has instigated measurable increases ... -
Finding Common Ground: Community Garden As Connector Between Culture, Nature, And The Individual
(Landscape Architecture, 2007-08-23)In the vacant spaces between buildings, in the corners of school yards, in open fields - wherever community gardens are deliberately placed - the space between culture and nature grows smaller. Closing this gap can come ... -
Perceptions Of Crime, Fear Of Crime, And Defensible Space In Fort Worth Neighborhoods
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)This research used descriptive, written scenarios to test the perceptions of crime, fear of crime, and defensible space of residents in three Fort Worth, Texas, neighborhood associations. The survey instrument included two ... -
For The Greater Good Or Greed? Redistributing Private Space Through Eminent Domain Power: Relocating The Dallas Cowboys Stadium To Arlington, Texas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)The use of eminent domain power to take private land for private use continues to grow in the United States. Many American people lost their homes or businesses to city and council driven economic development in low-income ... -
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 ... -
Information Technology Sophistication And Outcomes Of Acute Care Hospitals In Texas
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)This exploratory study tested relationships between information technology sophistication and clinical and financial outcomes of acute care hospitals. The hospital sample was Texas hospitals (N =175) with available data ... -
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 ...