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Starting From Ecotone Reconnecting Fragmented Mission Hill, Xinyi Cai
Starting From Ecotone Reconnecting Fragmented Mission Hill, Xinyi Cai
Masters Theses
This thesis aims to address the spatial fragmentation of Mission Hill. As an old, crowded and chaotic neighborhood in Boston, Mission Hill is a microcosm of Boston's history. Four hundred years ago, Mission Hill was an ecological ecotone which consisted of a series of transitional landscapes, located on the border of a peninsula surrounded by salt marshes. Today, the history of ecotone has been hidden. Landfill, segregation, gentrification, and climate change have caused fragmented spaces, weak connections, and poor accessibility. Meanwhile, the fragmentation of public open areas has also disrupted people's interaction with one another, and the spatial spirit of …
Creolization In New Orleans: Jazz And Cultural Hybridity 1900-1940, Franklin Dennis Dow
Creolization In New Orleans: Jazz And Cultural Hybridity 1900-1940, Franklin Dennis Dow
Masters Theses
ABSTRACT
My project builds on existing histories of jazz, theories of creolization, and studies on cultural hybridity. Creolization and hybridity were equal partners in the creation of a societal and musical revolution. As a student and a performer of jazz, I have found that this aspect of jazz history has been neglected and under researched. This thesis attempts to fill in this gap and is guided by four major questions: (1) How did creolization and cultural hybridity influence the development and reception of jazz in the early half of the twentieth century? (2) How did the Creole and Black communities …
Across The Boundary: Addressing Segregation Along Transportation Infrastructure, Ruochen Wang
Across The Boundary: Addressing Segregation Along Transportation Infrastructure, Ruochen Wang
Masters Theses
Across the United States, we can see examples of cities where highways and railways pass between two ethnic communities or through communities of color and are used to further divide and segregate cities. Increasingly we are seeing a new typology of landscape architecture projects to transform, redesign, or remove transportation infrastructure to help ameliorate the negative impact of transportation infrastructure on neighboring communities and support public uses. However, these projects often lead to gentrification, whereby surrounding housing prices rise, and the original residents are displaced or lose their sense of belonging. The goal of my research is to understand how …
Modeling Radiation-Induced Segregation In Ferritic-Martensitic Steels, Aaron Patrick Selby
Modeling Radiation-Induced Segregation In Ferritic-Martensitic Steels, Aaron Patrick Selby
Masters Theses
As ferritic-martensitic (FM) steels receive increasing interest, due to the development of Generation IV fission reactors and fusion reactors, it is imperative to understand how the metals will behave under irradiation. Of the radiation effects, radiation-induced segregation (RIS) is of particular concern as it can lead to the formation of intermetallic phases, stress corrosion cracking, and other detrimental effects. However, predicting RIS in FM steels is more complex due to the lack of consistent trends in experimental results. Therefore, we developed a program to simulate RIS in FM alloys. By performing a sensitivity analysis of the input parameters, we found …
The Effect Of Social Classes On The Community And Schools Of Clinton, Tennessee, Robert N. Shumate
The Effect Of Social Classes On The Community And Schools Of Clinton, Tennessee, Robert N. Shumate
Masters Theses
This problem was selected as a subject for research in connection with an effort to determine the extent and nature of the effect of social classes on the town and community of Clinton, Tennessee. It was assumed that social classes do have an effect on the community, and that the influences exerted upon the town and community because of pressure of social classes were significant and noticeable to one who puts forth the effort to make a study and an analysis of the situation. It was also assumed that these influences have a direct bearing on the life of the …