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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...

Title: COMPETING RATIONALITIES: CAPITAL, POWER, GENTRIFICATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Author: Howarth, Thomas
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Geography
Description: This dissertation sought to understand uses of power embedded in gentrification processes that threaten affordable housing. Rather than an abstract force acting on its own volition, gentrification is driven by dominant powerholders who employ stra...

Title: Demystifying the Charlotte Way: Towards an Understanding of Collective Action for Education in the Queen City.
Author: Owens, Cache
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Education and state
Description: This qualitative grounded theory study sought to understand how different stakeholders collaborate to improve schools in Charlotte, North Carolina. 52 diverse individuals participated in this study. A new hybrid approach of collective action, refe...

Title: The Butterfly Highway: Connecting People and Nature
Author: Hjarding, Angelique
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Geography, City planning, Conservation biology
Description: Many residents in African American neighborhoods in Charlotte, NC, struggle to meet basic needs and lack the capacity to address other quality of life issues such as beautification, social capital, and environmental justice. Urban wildlife, includ...