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    • Conti, Serena Nicole (2013-04-25)
      While the Bay Area’s history has shaped today’s culture, there is little written about how corporations affect their immediate communities. This thesis focuses on the largest corporations in the Bay Area to determine if ...
    • Roy, Malini (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 ...
    • Kim, You Jung (2019-03-08)
      The people and assets endangered by flood risks due to sea level rise and coastal population increase are increasing. Complex and unpredictable future circumstances necessitates a better scenario-based planning; helping ...
    • Abou Shakra, Vera; Tedford, Emily; Cooper, John T. Jr.; Masterson, Jaimie Hicks (2016-05-12)
      The focus of the assessment is affordable housing within the County, as well as tools to encourage more affordable housing options. Similar comprehensive housing studies have been conducted in the County, but were limited ...
    • Gao, Shan (2010-07-14)
      Wetlands provide recreation and cultural values including scenic views, aesthetics, open-spaces, and leisure opportunities to surrounding residents. This study applies a hedonic approach to estimate the impact of wetland ...
    • Ismayilova, Rubaba Mammad (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)
      The increasing U.S. dependence on imported oil; the contribution of fossil fuels to the greenhouse gas emissions and the climate change issue; the current level of energy prices and other environmental concerns have increased ...
    • Abuabara, Alexander (2022-04-11)
      This research seeks to improve the current state of knowledge about risks related to natural hazards, particularly those hazards affecting coastal communities. The inquiry focuses on a broad question: how can I help ...
    • 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 ...
    • Tao, Zhihan (2023-07-24)
      This study examines the impact of green infrastructure (GI) on the recovery and resilience of local businesses in flood-prone areas. As flood events become increasingly frequent in coastal regions of the United States, the ...
    • Ozdil, Taner Recep (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)
      The relationship between urban design and economic activity is seldom studied through empirical studies with a large number of cases due, in part, to the implicit and intangible nature of design. This study was intended ...
    • 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 ...
    • Zhu, Rui (2023-06-26)
      Recently researchers in the field of public health have realized that a person's living environment can sometimes be more predictive for public health circumstances than their genetic code. As one of the often undesirable ...
    • Hurst, Kenneth Rolf (2016-10-21)
      Accessible play environments have received considerable attention in recent practice; opinions vary from seeing them as critical links for serving a disadvantaged population, to a more negative viewpoint of their reducing ...
    • 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 ...
    • Thapa, Jeewasmi; Tedford, Emily; Cooper, John T. Jr.; Masterson, Jaimie Hicks (2016-05-12)
      A guidebook that describes the process for using ESRI online mapping platform to map social service assets in the community. The purpose of this map is to be use by social service providers and non-profit workers to point ...
    • Niles, Marvin Lee (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)
      The purpose of this study is to explore the role of social entrepreneurs or core visionaries in generating conceptual, financial, and community support and acceptance for a Healthy City/Community initiative in the Bryan/College ...
    • Yu, Chia-Yuan (2014-07-01)
      Traffic safety has become an important concern in recent years. Built environmental characteristics have been identified as a critical factor in affecting traffic safety. However, several research gaps remain in the ...
    • Cooper, John; Masterson, Jaimie H.; Thapa, Jeewasmi; Goddard, Tara; Eisele, Bill; Mickleson, Kim; Hoque, Amanda; Huntsman, Brett; Lee, Jeongseup; Patel, Karan; Forghanparast, Kaveh; Thiagarajan, Manasvini; Hasting, Scott; Jain, Shuchita; Potluri, Tarun Kumar; Khandaker, Taslima; Zhu, Zhixin; Muhammaddi, Raquibbi (2019-02-20)
      The City of Buffalo Comprehensive Plan 2038 provides a guide for the future growth of the city. This document was developed by Texas Target Communities in partnership with the City of Buffalo. The document was developed ...
    • Cooper, John T.; Masterson, Jaimie Hicks; Thapa, Jeewasmi; Reid, Russell; Teal, Mike; Perkins, Blaine; Davis, Michelle; Peraza, Raul; Bui, Thu; Specht, Kendall; Hernandez, Charly; Schafer, Clifford; Valkovich, Shannon; Ellegood, Emory; Lagunes, Mayda; Kao, Lilian; Torres, Sergio; Sanders, Bailey; Huffman, Logan; Gonzalez, Ismael; Marsh, Wyatt; Luo, Eldon; Luna, Veronica; Bush, Megan; Kwiatkowski, Antoni; Martinez, Damaris; Copeland, Cayce; Yoon, Euntaek; Diaz, Catalino; Cruz, Johan; Santana, Jorge; Larkam, Matthew; Olivares, Mauricio; Birdsong, Louis; Nash, Mandy; Somerville, Natalie; Jasti, Sanjana; Easton, Emily; Muhammaddi, Raquibbi; Garcia, Brandi; Powell, Wayne; Burke, Karina; Kelly, Philip (2018-03-02)
      This planning document presents the revitalization plan for downtown El Campo, Texas. This document was developed by Texas Target Communities (TTC) in partnership with the City of El Campo. The City of El Campo collaborated ...
    • Cooper, John; Masterson, Jaimie; Thapa, Jeewasmi; Peacock, Walter; Washington, Steven; Chang, Huang; Eisele, Bill; Fortenberry, Brent; Goddard, Tara; Koustov, Dmitri; Lasley, Phil; Reid, Russel; Retchless, David; Ross, Ashley; Chen, Yuefeng; Galarza, Madison; Hu, Xiaoyu; Katare, Anjali; Owens, Felicity; Paras, Rudolfo; Wang, Xuejiao; Wertin, Jani; Wilkins, Chandler; Cazares, Jose; Paras, Rudolfo; Peng, Yongxin; Wang, Xuejiao; Albosta, Sarah; Anton, Cavan; Bradicich, Kurtis; Brice, Hope; Chambliss, Coby; Deleon, Arexy; Garza, Alicia; Girault, Kendall; Golladay, Ryley; Herndon, Michael; Houser, Houser; Huynh, Nhan; Kippes, Leslie; Garcia, Agustin; McCoy, Austin; Morris, Stephanie; Nystrom, Riley; Pittman, Alex; Ramirez, Denisse; Reid, Kyla; Urdiales, Katarina; Wendt, Corben; Whitbeck, Callie; Ahrens, Carl; Alegria, Cynthia; Alvarado, Olivia; Balachandran, Anoop; Barbosa, Miguel; Bauer, Patrick; Beadle, Katherine; Beynon, Preston; Bogran, Jose; Brief, Katherine; Ki Chan, Wing; Chunga Pizarro, Carlo; Clark, Ryan; Colston, Jeffrey; Frede, Parker; Glazener, Andrew; Hernandez, Alexis; Holt, Hannah; Jones, Dylan; Kainer, Christina; Lipetska, Paige; Liu, Yichen; McBryde, Justin; Morris, Ilvea; Andres Munoz, Jose; Mushinski, Amanda; Nguyen, Hoang; Ochoa, Rene; Oliphant, Ethan; Poche, Christian; Sarafova, Bara; She, Xinglong; Skrut, Maria; Smith, Logan; Sosebee, Jonathan; Trasher, Madison; Vilas, Martha; Vo, Kara; Williams, Taylor; Wologo, Douglas; Yeager, Caleb; Hotard, Abbey; Bradley, Samantha; Cirit, Dilara; Jones, Jaric; Osborn, L. Catherine; Poole, Kelsey; Stratton, James; Biazar, Mohammad J.; Chen, Yuefeng; Katare, Anjali; Limkhedawala, Samina; Isabel Martinez, Maria; Owens, Felicity; Paras, Rodolfo; Villalobos-Torres, Julio; Wilkins, Chandler; Williams, Forrest; Aguilar, Aguilar; Escalera-Ibarra, Veronica; Hinojosa, Marco; Ibtesam, Sheereen; Malone, Justin; Pepe, Michael; Silva, Dominic; Alvarez, Stephania; Moreno, Jason; Rayford, Andret; Bhuriwala, Miqdaad; Maharjan, Sanju; Muhammaddi, Raquibbi; Patton, Madeline; Parab, Smruti; Chunga Pizarro, Carlo; Sameti, Soheil; Tedford, Emily (Texas A&M University, 2020)
      The guiding principles for this planning process were Hitchcock’s vision statement and its corresponding goals, which were crafted by the task force. The goals focus on factors of growth and development including public ...