Browsing by Subject "Houston"
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(2023-05-01)Every flood event reveals hidden disparities within cities in capacities to anticipate and recover from disasters. Studies have found that high socially vulnerable neighborhoods sustain more damage, have access to fewer ...
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(2013-04-29)A flux measurement setup was established at a communications tower north of downtown Houston, Texas, to measure energy and trace gas fluxes from a variety of emission sources in the urban surface layer. The first part of ...
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(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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(2012-02-14)The introduction of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) to aquatic systems has impacted development and reproductive health of fish in many regions of the world. This study investigated western mosquitofish ...
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(2009-05-15)Although Buddhism was introduced in the United States over a century ago, only recently has it become part of the mainstream. In addition to the exponential increase in Buddhist practitioners in the United States, scholar ...
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(2018-05-01)This study examines the manner in which fictional works illuminate the complex identity of place by investigating authors associated with a single American city, Houston, Texas, focusing chapter length studies on four: ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Harris County Mosquito Control Division (HCMCD) is responsible for surveillance of mosquito species that are vectors of St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) virus and West Nile Virus (WNV) within Harris County, Texas, including ...
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(2018-11-29)Background: Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 storm on the Texas Gulf Coast on August 26, 2017. In this study, we assessed the feasibility of evacuating the Houston-Galveston region of the U.S. Gulf Coast. ...
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(1978)Creel census data were taken at the warmwater discharge site of Houston Power and Lighting Company's P.H. Robinson Generating Station during June 1977 through February 1978. Fifty five surveys were conducted during which ...
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(2016-04-08)This dissertation evaluated how spatial patterns of pervious land cover moderate flood impacts in urban areas during an extreme rainfall event. First, it presented criteria to characterize hydrologic functions of natural ...
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(2014-05-08)Energy and trace gas fluxes were measured from anthropogenic and biogenic emission sources in the Houston urban surface layer. Air sampling from a tall tower platform began in 2008 and continued through April 2013. A relaxed ...
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(2018-07-03)Changes to climate and land use/land cover (LULC) are expected to be a source of uncertainty to streamflows in the Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas. Additionally, the city of Houston, Texas, is expected to experience spreading ...
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(2017-03-29)Why do people choose to live where they do? Answers to this simple yet intricate question can provide insight into how important transportation issues are to the housing location choice among other factors and how ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)An increase in the amount of lightning and rainfall over the Houston area, compared to the surrounding rural areas, has been well documented in previous studies. The placement of a Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)The Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (Houston CMSA) has experienced rapid population growth during the past decades and is the only major US metropolitan area with no zoning regulations. ...
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(2016-11-28)Enhancing resilience in physically vulnerable areas and amongst socially vulnerable populations is most effective with participation from the local community. Engaging population groups who are often left out of the ...
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(2009-05-15)Modifying a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane into a high occupancy/toll (HOT) lane generally involves allowing single occupant vehicles (SOVs) to travel on the free-flow HOV lane for a toll. This may entice some former ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)The purpose of his study was to develop a construction labor supply model for the Houston SMSA. This task was undertaken because of the need of business and government for an efficient forecasting mechanism that would lead ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)This study aims to examine the quality of working life of Chinese American professionals in American work organizations. It applies the grounded theory approach to collect and analyze the data. Data were collected through ...
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(2017-05-30)While studies that examine religion in movements for social justice have increased in recent years, the intersections of race and religion remain understudied. Therefore, this dissertation is a relational and comparative ...