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A City in Crisis: Communication Network, Ethics, and Power in the City of Dallas
(2018-12-10)The conceptual framework for this research builds on Manuel Castells’s work to find the specific network configuration of actors, interests, and values that engage in their power-making strategies to operationalize a ... -
A comparison of magnet schools to traditional schools: Application of critical education theory
(2016-05-10)After considerable research, it was determined that a research gap exists that examines the overall impact of school choice concerning magnet and traditional high schools. The timing is especially critical in Texas with ... -
A STUDY OF DISPROPORTIONALITY IN DISCIPLINE FOR BLACK GIRLS IN TEXAS: DOES DISTRICT TYPE MATTER?
(2021-08-10)The number of African American girls that experience exclusionary discipline in Texas schools is an area of concern that needs to be addressed. In the Southern States, African American female students are five times more ... -
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND THE IMPACTS ON HOUSING VALUE
(2018-08-13)Accessibility is the well stablished concept in theories of urban planning and spatial structure. This dissertation measured access to opportunities that incorporate major destinations as well as all jobs for three modes. ... -
Accessibility and the Implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act in Small and Medium-Sized Municipalities in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolitan Area
(2021-11-29)People with disabilities face daily physical challenges posed by inaccessible buildings and unsafe sidewalks or public parks. These barriers prevent millions of people from enjoying resources provided by municipalities ... -
The Aesthetic Experiences Of Public School Teachers: A Study Of The Physical Environment Of Schools Through The Lens Of The Organizational Aesthetics Framework
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-07-22)Related in part to the study of organizational culture, organizational aesthetics is concerned more with that level of culture that is represented through the symbols and artifacts found within an organization. Artifacts, ... -
African Americans, STEM, and Entrepreneurship: A Study of Factors that Influence African Americans to Pursue Entrepreneurship in STEM Fields
(2017-03-20)Minority business entrepreneurship, specifically in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), provides multiple opportunities for innovation, job creation, high earning potential for underrepresented ... -
AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY: ANALYZING PLANNING APPROACHES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
(2020-11-30)This exploratory case study examines planning and economic development through the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework in the New Institutional Economic Theory. Two selected case studies highlight economic ... -
Analysis of Homeownership Outcomes in the Dallas-Fort Worth Region and Growing Disparities An African American Perspective
(2020-09-02)Since the housing bust and Great Recession, in the United States, the homeownership gap between black and white households has widened to its largest levels in 50 years (Choi, McCargo, Neal, Goodman & Young, 2019). With ... -
Application of the Critical Race and Latino Critical Theories to Explore Social Innovation in Nonprofit Services Addressing HIV/AIDS Issues in Texas
(2020-12-09)The nonprofit sector is an essential and valuable resource in the United States for aiding marginalized populations. This study focuses on how nonprofit health organizations provide and innovate HIV services, and how they ... -
Are smarter neighborhoods, more walkable?
(2019-12-06)This dissertation seeks to investigate the association between smart city initiatives and neighborhoods’ walkability. The preference for living in walkable neighborhoods has grown remarkably since 2017, in comparison to ... -
Assessing Community Mediated Settlements: Enugu, Nigeria's Neo-Customary Approach to Land Delivery and Development at the Peri-Urban Interface
(2020-09-03)Like most states in Nigeria, the Enugu state government is unable to meet the high demand of land for housing development in Enugu and as a result, the vast majority of land available for purchase is through customary ... -
ASSESSING CUMULATIVE BARRIERS TO TRANSPORTATION: AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK OF EQUITY ANALYSIS FOR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER FAMILIES IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH REGION
(2018-06-20)Transportation is said to be affordable if it does not consume more than fifteen percent of a household’s budget. The widespread normative threshold of transportation affordability, becomes increasingly problematic as ... -
Assessing the Impacts of Road Capacity Improvements on Project Communities: A Case Study of the National Highway 1 (N1-Highway) Accra, Ghana
(2019-09-06)The evaluation of road transportation projects has always been undertaken based on engineering and economic criteria. Road transportation projects are selected based on their significant impacts on key performance measures ... -
ASSESSMENT OF MASS TRANSIT IN MEDELLIN COLOMBIA - A CASE STUDY
(2020-08-19)In Latin America, the rapid growth of large cities due to a rise of population along with increased urbanization has posed serious challenges in developing adequate infrastructure for mass transit. In these cities the ... -
At the Nexus of Dallas' Neighborhood Arts Districts and Tax Incremental Financing Zones: the Question of Affordable Housing in a Socially Just Economy
(2019-12-06)This dissertation examines the effects of urban economic development policies on affordable housing and the resident working-class populations within neighborhood arts district (NAD) and the Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) ... -
BUDGETING IN TIMES OF FISCAL STRESS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS IN A LARGE URBAN COUNTY FROM 2006-2017
(2019-12-09)Grusky, et al. (2011) refer to the Great Recession as a transformative event that spiraled into as systemic crisis affecting both the public and private sector. Although the origin of the Great Recession was in the ... -
Challenges Of Mixed-use Developments : an Analysis Of Current Mixed-use Developments In U.S.A.
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-10-23)There are numerous urban problems that could not be addressed in single use development. Mixed use development as a new theory claims to have the solutions to the urban issues associated with single use development. However, ... -
The Children Of Mexican Immigrants In U.s.public Schools: Exploring Their Parents' And Teachers' Perception And Knowledge Gaps
(Urban & Public Affairs, 2013-03-20)The influx of Mexican immigrants has posed enormous challenges to the nation's public school systems where migration is rapidly increasing. The high Hispanic dropout rate points to a failure in educating Latinos and has ... -
Climate change planning in Dallas-Fort Worth: Discourse and public participation in a politically conservative region
(2016-05-09)Climate change is one of the greatest challenges currently facing our world, and in the field of planning there has been much attention paid to climate action planning by environmental leader cities. However, political ...