Browsing by Department "Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning"
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(2021-06-04)This State of Community report was created by the Fall 2018- Plan 662 students in collaboration with Texas Target Communities and is for the internal educational purposes of the Texas A&M University students (the students ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2018)The Ivanhoe Comprehensive Plan 2017-2037 provides guidance for the future development of the city. In the summer of 2016, Tyler County and the City of Ivanhoe collaborated with Texas Target Communities to assess current ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2018)Rockport, Texas, is a small coastal community located along the mid-gulf coastal bend of Texas. The community consists of very dedicated and involved residents who want to better their community. According to Rockport ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)During the past two decades, community-based hazard mitigation (CBHM) has been newly proposed and implemented as an alternative conceptual model for emergency management to deal with disasters comprehensively in order to ...
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(2016-09-01)The Colonel James Morgan New Washington Prairie Master Plan provides a vision for the development of a new community recreation area to serve the residents of Morgan’s Point and visitors to the area. The focus of the ...
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(2013-05-30)Encouraging the participation of the local population in the preservation of World Heritage Sites is one of the mission’s of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre. Community involvement is also critical in the planning process. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Though the idea of pre-impact recovery preparedness planning has recently been promoted by federal and state governments, very little research has been done to evaluate how it affects the process of disaster recovery. This ...
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(2009-05-15)Anecdotal evidence in disaster studies suggests that multifamily housing takes longer to recover than single family homes, but almost no studies have provided quantitative evidence to clarify this “multifamily home lag” ...
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(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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(2011-02-22)How do land use characteristics affect individual and household travel behavior in a regional context? Can the investigation justify the land use policies to reduce automobile dependence and achieve the goals of sustainable ...
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(2015-07-30)Persistent food insecurity and hunger increase the risk of illness, psychological dysfunction and lower educational achievement. Even though these burdens affect society at large, they are most acutely felt by the individuals ...
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(2016-08-04)Vacant land in inner cities and outside of urban areas have become a critical issue in every country across the globe. In the United States, the ratio of vacant land in inner city areas has increased, and it brings many ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)The role of land-use and related policies in reducing automobile dependence has been the subject of heated policy debate for over two decades. Previous research has shed light on the correlations between land-use and travel. ...
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(Count the Outside Children! Kinkeeping as Preservation Practice Among Descendants of Texas’ Freedom Colonies (Roberts, 2020). Forum Journal, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2020-03-21)"To validate that a place exists or is worthy of listing as a significant cultural resource, it is the fundamental practice of planning and preservation professionals to establish measurable, documented facts: determining ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)The purpose of this study is to design, develop, and evaluate a prototype scenarioassisted decision support system (DSS) for use in venture and alternative assessment during the predevelopment stage of income-producing ...
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(2021-10-01)This booklet presents "Levee Green Space Design in the City of Wharton, Texas," as a ripple effect from design concepts developed by Master of Landscape Architecture students. The project proposes a levee green space along ...
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(2020-07-29)Designing a thermal comfortable and ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-safety outdoor environment is essential to children to spend more time outdoor avoiding childhood obesity and the prospect of a range of other diseases in ...
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(MDPI, 2013-10-28)Since the early 1970s, Ian McHarg’s design-with-nature concept has been inspiring landscape architects, community and regional planners, and liked-minded professionals to create designs that take advantage of ecosystem ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)This study posits that there may be a systematic bias in measuring the transits endogenous impact on land values in a built up area due to discrimination by location in the city. Studies of transit value-added effect ...
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(2010-10-12)This study uses an empirical approach to develop algorithms to estimate population dislocation following a natural disaster. It starts with an empirical reexamination of the South Dade Population Impact Survey data, ...