Browsing by Author "Van Zandt, Shannon"
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Claussen, Ty D.A prefabricated assembly that can adapt to the family's changing needs
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Lee, Joo Hyun (2013-12-06)This dissertation investigates the relationships between the scores of the Green Building Certification System for Multifamily Housing (GBCS-MF) and resident perception ratings in South Korea. Sustainability has become ...
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Wilkins, Chandler Ian (2019-04-09)This study examines the neighborhood outcome and quality of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) recipients in Houston, Texas before and after Hurricane Harvey. The purpose of this thesis is to discover if neighborhood quality ...
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Tran, Tho Ngo Duc (2022-02-08)Housing plays a central role in connecting individuals, families, and society during human life. To support the goal of providing decent housing at an affordable price in a suitable living environment for all American ...
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Zhong, Haotian (2020-07-29)The advent of autonomous vehicles presents both opportunities and challenges to planners who might see the potential of new technologies in supporting more compact cities but worry about the potential downsides of ...
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Competencies Needed In the International Agricultural Development Community: A Modified Delphi Study Kollman, Jolene R (2015-08-21)The field of international agricultural development has steadily increased because of the expanding world population and demand for food. Increased awareness of international development worldwide has increased development ...
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Xu, Junping (2013-11-08)To decrease auto use and encourage public transit usage, transit-oriented development has been growing in importance. However, a few existing studies have examined the travel modes to transit stations. This research addresses ...
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Xu, Minjie (2015-08-11)This dissertation consists of three studies to systematically evaluate the economic benefits of activity-friendly environmental features in Dallas Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts, Dallas, Texas, and to examine if ...
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Kim, Bo Ah (2011-02-22)Sustainable development is one of the greatest challenges to urban planning in the 21st century. Current patterns of urban development, called byspecially sprawl, and human activity have led to environmental degradation ...
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Shin, Woo Jin (2010-07-14)To increase real estate values, developers often apply designs on the land. In the case of a single family housing development, the designs are applied to the unit of subdivisions. In this study, the designs are defined ...
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Mhatre, Pratik Chandrashekhar (2010-10-12)Although recent brownfields redevelopment research using theories of real estate valuation and neighborhood change have indicated negative effects on surrounding residential housing, little evidence exists to show price ...
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Khodadadi, Shiva (2017-06-02)An urban heat island is an urban area with significantly warmer temperature than its surrounding. Reinforced energy and pollution problems, changed comfort zones, and threatened endangered-population necessitate the ...
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Van Zandt, Shannon (Texas A&M University, 1997)Colonias are rural, substandard housing developments in South Texas. They suffer from deplorable living conditions, often without running water or sewage systems, unpaved roads and extreme poverty. Yet service providers ...
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Ritter, Lisa M (2014-07-24)The under representation of women in construction pervades the industry and academia. With growing demand for a skilled workforce in the industry, professionals, and researchers attempt to understand what influences a ...
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Miller, Kali J.The question being asked is how can vulnerable, underserved communities feel safe economically, physically, mentally, and culturally through architecture. This question provokes the thought of rethinking the term "architect"� ...
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Estevez Jimenez, Luis (2012-07-16)Affordability continues to be a major challenge for housing in America. According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS), in 2006, 57 million households were moderately and severely cost ...
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LaRussa, AbigailGrowing Potential is a resource and residential complex for youth/young adults aging out of the foster care system. The complex is located at 1801 E 51st St in Austin Texas on 7.5 acres. There are a total of 74 units on ...
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Park, Han (2017-07-26)Affordable housing programs are critical in increasing low-income citizens’ quality of life. The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, one of the major affordable housing programs since 1974, purportedly helps low-income ...
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Zavala, Sugey"The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he/she can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of privileged people." - Oscar Niemeyer. Architecture should be inclusive, for all ...
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OstadaliMakhmalbaf, Mohammadreza (2014-08-12)The shortage of skilled workers that the construction industry is currently experiencing can be attributed to the fact that the public perception of construction careers is not positive. This study describes the perceptions ...