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Assessing community resilience at the neighborhood level in new construction starter-homes in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Title
Assessing community resilience at the neighborhood level in new construction starter-homes in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Author
Currie, Melissa
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Geography, City planning, Social sciences--Research
Description
This research explores the resiliency of new construction, "starter-home" neighborhoods using the Charlotte, North Carolina area as a study location. Such developments are characterized by nearly identical homes priced at $150,000 or less (a local...
DISCOVERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MATERIAL CONSUMPTION AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Title
DISCOVERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MATERIAL CONSUMPTION AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
Author
Venkitasubramanian, Kailas
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Sociology, Geography, Government policy
Description
This dissertation theoretically and empirically investigates how material consumption affects human happiness and life satisfaction in the urbanized societies around the world. In recent literature, happiness and life satisfaction is encapsulated ...
Environmental impacts of rapid urbanization: Non-point source pollution in Lingang New City, Shanghai, China
Title
Environmental impacts of rapid urbanization: Non-point source pollution in Lingang New City, Shanghai, China
Author
Meng, Xuchu
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Geography, City planning
Description
Lingang New City is a new urbanization project in Shanghai, China. It is planned and designed artistically with emphasis on water protection given lake view is the highlight of the landscape. However, water quality degrades soon after the urban de...
Learning and understanding empowerment planning: An emergent model that builds community capacity to affect neighborhood planning outcomes
Title
Learning and understanding empowerment planning: An emergent model that builds community capacity to affect neighborhood planning outcomes
Author
Bengle, Tara
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Geography, City planning
Description
This research explores empowerment planning (Reardon, 1996) for the purpose of adding to its body of theory, in order to build better, more inclusive planning processes. Through this research I develop a more nuanced understanding of empowerment p...
MULTISCALAR MODELING OF POLYCENTRIC URBAN-REGIONAL SYSTEMS: ECONOMIC AGGLOMERATION, SCALE DEPENDENCY AND AGENT INTERACTIONS
Title
MULTISCALAR MODELING OF POLYCENTRIC URBAN-REGIONAL SYSTEMS: ECONOMIC AGGLOMERATION, SCALE DEPENDENCY AND AGENT INTERACTIONS
Author
Gong, Zhaoya
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Geography, Geodesy, Area studies
Description
This dissertation aims to study the causal relationship between the underlying processes of agglomeration economies and the formation of certain spatial structures at both intra- and inter-urban scales within the extent of megaregions. First, on t...
Spatial Patterns of Landside Trade Impedance in Containerized South American Exports
Title
Spatial Patterns of Landside Trade Impedance in Containerized South American Exports
Author
Tiller, Kara
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Geography, Geodesy, Transportation--Planning
Description
Scholars of Latin America's economic trajectory claim that higher domestic transportation costs stand as a significant barrier to trade and economic integration, and are primarily related to the region's inadequate transportation infrastructure. H...