Browsing by Author "Van Zandt, Shannon"
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A Comprehensive Analysis of Multi-level Factors Affecting Individuals Walking to Transit Stations in the City of Los Angeles, California
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 ... -
A Process Using Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Improving Self-Help Housing in Texas Colonias
Yenerim, Duygu (2014-12-08)Colonias, as an example of informal settlement development along north of U.S. – Mexico Border, are comprised of low-cost, self-built and -managed houses with lack of access to basic services. These settlements often have ... -
An Analysis of Relationships between the Green Building Certification System for Multi-family Housing (GBCS-MF) Scores and Resident Perception Ratings in Korea
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 ... -
An Overview of Rural Broadband Policy Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities
Beaty, Taylre (2019-04-05)The digital divide between rural and urban communities continues to be a challenge for broadband stakeholder groups across the nation. Broadband accessibility relates to economic theory through challenges of both supply ... -
An Overview of Rural Broadband Policy Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities
Beaty, Taylre (2019-04-05)The digital divide between rural and urban communities continues to be a challenge for broadband stakeholder groups across the nation. Broadband accessibility relates to economic theory through challenges of both supply ... -
Are We Improving?: The Neighborhood Quality of Housing Choice Voucher Recipients in Houston, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey
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 ... -
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 ... -
An Empirical Test of the Relationship between Sustainability and Urban Form Based on Indicator Comparisons using Sustainlane Sustainable City Rankings
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 ... -
EVALUATION OF VALUE CREATION CONCEPTS IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS
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 ... -
Examination of Housing Price Impacts on Residential Properties Before and After Superfund Remediation Using Spatial Hedonic Modeling
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 ... -
Exploring the Characteristics of the Urban Heat Island Effect in Austin, Texas, Using Urban Climatic Data and Analysis
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 ... -
Exploring the relationship between sense of community and territoriality in the colonias
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 ... -
Factors Influencing a Female’s Selection of a Construction Management Degree: A Study of Junior- and Senior-Level Undergraduate Students
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 ... -
Government Regulations and Housing Markets: An Index to Characterize Local Land Use Regulatory Environments for Residential Markets in the Houston - Galveston Area
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 ... -
Housing Choice Voucher Households and Neighborhood Quality: A Case Study of Harris County, Texas
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 ... -
Identifying and Prioritizing the Fundamental Factors that Lead to Inaccurate Perceptions of the Construction Industry
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 ... -
A Mixed-Methods Analysis of State Highway Public-Private Partnership Enabling Legislation
Norboge, Nicolas Dane (2018-12-05)This dissertation features a mixed-methods research design that tests whether outcomes seen so far show a clear public benefit after enacting highway public-private partnership (P3) enabling legislation into law. For this ... -
Municipal Fragmetation and Racial Residential Segregation: Moving Beyond Aggregate Analyses by Exploring Impacts of Municipal Boundaries within Metropolitan Areas
Amaro, Gabriel Hernandez (2016-12-06)This dissertation study tested the hypothesis that greater political fragmentation in a metropolitan area increases the degree of residential segregation between non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks. The questions ... -
Public Housing after Hurricane, Urban Renewal or Removal? The Case Studies of Beaumont and Galveston, Texas.
Tran, Tho Ngo Duc (2013-05-01)Decent housing is a goal for many people not only in the United States but elsewhere in the world. A house becomes the symbol of family spirit whether it is a single-family or multiple-family home. Public housing in the ... -
Shaping urban form without zoning: a case study of houston
Qian, Zhu (2009-05-15)Houston is the only major city in North America without zoning. The growth of Houston illustrates a traditional free market philosophy in which land use zoning is seen as a violation to private property and personal liberty. ...