Browsing Colleges and Schools by Department "Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning"
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(2010-10-12)The Woodlands, Texas, is a 27,000-acre new town created with Ian McHarg's ecohydrological planning approach. The Woodlands is the best example of ecologically based new town planning in the United States during the 1970s. ...
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(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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(2016-12-13)The research contained in this paper assists in the resolution of the debate whether the Residential-Neighborhood Conservation zoning district within the City of Bryan, which restricts the number of occupants in a single-family ...
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(2015-05-07)Sustainable building performance has become one of the most critical concerns recently, in architecture and urban planning disciplines. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification studies have proven ...
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(2014-08-05)The decentralization of residents and jobs from central cities has greatly impacted low income residents as they have remained in the central city while employment opportunities are locating further away. This trend has ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Bangkok is widely known for its severe traffic congestion. The Thai government advocates the concept of jobs and housing balance (JHB) as a strategy for reducing traffic congestion in Metropolitan Bangkok. The basic idea ...
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(2014-06-04)Since the most recent recession, many local governments, which excessively paid attention to economic growth, have undergone tremendous difficulties caused by severe fluctuations. It shows that economic stability also has ...
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(2021-07-19)The association between urban greenspace and health is well known, but less is known about how the spatial arrangement of greenspace affects population health. The relationships between urban greenspace distribution, ...
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(2009-05-15)The older African American women living Texas fall into one of the most inactive population segments. Recently, the importance of socio-ecological models on human health behavior and more complex associations between ...
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(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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(2015-12-12)Research shows that greenhouse gases warm the planet by trapping infrared radiation with fossil fuel production being a major source of greenhouse gas production. If the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) ...
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(2019-12-03)Flooding is among the most deadly and destructive of all-natural hazards, both in the United States and around the world. As human and economic costs from flooding continue to rise – driven by a changing climate and ...
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(2014-11-26)Landscape performance is a newly initiated effort to evaluate the outcomes of landscape solutions in constructed projects. Built upon the sustainability triad, the outcomes landscape performance attempts to measure consists ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This research investigated the effects of Scientifically Estimated Environmental Risks (SEERs) and perceived risks of floods, hurricanes, and hazardous material releases, and hazard mitigation measures with other locational ...
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(2021-06-04)The Caldwell engagement process, a collaborative, semester-long project between the PLAN 661 course, Texas Target Communities, and several dedicated residents, delineates the purpose, process, and findings of the public ...
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(2020-04-24)Freedom colonies are historic African American communities founded after the Civil War, in the post Reconstruction Era. These communities are in hazard prone areas, without spatially delineating boundaries and vanishing ...
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(2011-02-22)This research presents the first coastal and marine protected areas specific quantitative management plan evaluation protocol. This critical research gap in the coastal and marine protected area (CMPA) research literature ...
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(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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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)This dissertation provides a comprehensive analysis of shareholder rights plans and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for a unique class of securities, i.e., the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) between 1988 and 2000. ...
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(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 ...