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Ideal Apartments For International Students In University Of Washington, Tacoma, Sing Wong

GIS Certificate Projects

Introduction:

Beginning a new journey as an international student in a foreign country is no easy task, the same story applies to the international students in University of Washington, Tacoma. Yet, due to current inadequate supply of student housing units and the lack of a domestic host family housing program, international students in UW, Tacoma face even harsher challenges when looking for a place to live. Without many options, most international students would, therefore, choose to rent apartment units that are within reasonable proximity to the campus and other amenities as their homes. However, many international students might be unfamiliar …

Changing Vacant Parcels To Pocket Parks In Tacoma, Wa, Gabriel Rhee

GIS Certificate Projects

No abstract provided.

Method For Placement Of Rain Gardens, Firstname? Ledbetter

GIS Certificate Projects

No abstract provided.

Alternative Transportation For Uw Tacoma, Ka Wai Wong

GIS Certificate Projects

No abstract provided.

Predicting Gentrification: Seattle-Tacoma Metro Region, Lana Alisdari

GIS Certificate Projects

No abstract provided.

Go Farm, Goleta: Urban Agriculture Protection For Eastern Goleta Valley, Eli M. Krispi

Master's Theses

This paper explores two potential land use planning strategies that can be used to preserve and enhance the economic viability of agricultural operations surrounded by suburban development in Santa Barbara County’s Eastern Goleta Valley: buffers between agriculture and other land uses, and agritourism. In the case of buffers, academic literature is examined to determine how effective buffers are at various tasks (filtering runoff, mitigating dust and wind, providing habitat, etc.) and how to construct buffers to maximize their effectiveness. Land use plans and codes from several California jurisdictions are studied to see how buffers are put to use. Academic literature …

Expanding Planning Public Participation Outreach Through Social Networking, Wesley Brian David Harris

Master's Theses

Public participation is not a form of civic responsibility that it once was. With not only fewer people taking part in the public participation process, there is a trend towards an older (45 years and older) group of residents that come to such meetings or workshops. Plans, such as Specific Plans or General Plans often take years to implement and require all generations to give feedback on what is needed for the future. Additionally, within the last decade, there has been a rise in social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter. These websites emerged as informal virtual places for …

Book Review: How To House The Homeless. Edited By Ingrid Gould Ellen And Brendan O'Flaherty. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2010, Dennis P. Culhane

Dennis P. Culhane

No abstract provided.

La Escultura Urbana, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

No hay ciudades sin esculturas, aunque no siempre las esculturas fueron urbanas; para que ello ocurra transcurrió mucho tiempo. Los tradicionales monumentos de las urbes, propios de una época de la historia, fueron principalmente de los héroes militares subidos en briosos corceles o de bustos de autoridades políticas ubicados en avenidas y plazas solo para la contemplación. Después llegaron los monumentos con otros motivos y con otros protagonistas de exaltación, pero en los mismos lugares y sobre los mismos pedestales inaccesibles. Ahora aparece un nuevo momento: paso del monumento a la escultura, que ya no es en la ciudad sino …

Sprawl In Canada And The United States (Powerpoint), Michael E. Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

PowerPoints for a speech explaining that sprawl in Canada is (1) less extensive than in the USA and (2) caused partially by government regulation.

15 M: La Rebelión De Los Indignados, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Lo que está ocurriendo en el mundo árabe (Siria, Libia), el derrocamiento de Mubarak en Egipto, las movilizaciones contra Sarkozy o las estudiantiles en Inglaterra e Italia parecen haber llegado a España; pero no para quedarse allí, sino para regarse inconteniblemente por el mundo: Berlín, Paris, Londres, Lisboa en Europa; Nueva York y México, Bogotá y Buenos Aires en América, entre muchas ciudades. El escenario de la protesta son las ciudades y dentro de ellas, es el espacio público con mayor carga simbólica: la plaza o la calle frente a las Embajadas de España. En Madrid el epicentro de la …

La (In) Consulta, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

En el fútbol es ampliamente conocido el aforismo popular que dice: el buen arbitro es aquel que no se lo siente. Trasladado este dicho al ámbito de la política actual en el país, podríamos decir que el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) se lo ha sentido en demasía en la Consulta Popular del 7 de mayo. La confianza sobre este árbitro se ha resquebrajado fuertemente, al extremo que se siente su desinstitucionalización y deslegitimidad. Pero también tenemos que el resultado de las empresas encuestadoras, nuevamente, no han funcionado. Es más, el exit poll de Santiago Pérez ha sido un verdadero desastre, …

¿Prevenir O Gobernar La Violencia?, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Un fantasma se cierne sobre América Latina: el fantasma de la violencia. Contra este fantasma se han conjurado en santa unión todos los organismos de cooperación internacional, los gobiernos de nuestros países, los partidos políticos de todos los signos, los medios de comunicación y las sociedades victimizadas.

Es un fantasma porque es la imagen de las personas muertas que, según dicen, se les aparecen permanentemente a los vivos; y se les aparece como percepción porque existe un crecimiento significativo de las tasas de homicidio, que en veinticinco años se han duplicado: se pasó de los 12 homicidios por cien mil …

La Consulta Popular En Su Tramo Final, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Hemos llegado al final del referéndum y la consulta popular, convocadas por el Consejo Nacional Electoral, ante solicitud de la Presidencia de la República. Son 10 preguntas divididas en dos: las primeras como enmiendas Constitucionales y las otras, destinadas a captar la opinión de la población. Son cuatro temas centrales: justicia penal, libertad de expresión, enriquecimiento ilícito y muerte de animales en espectáculos públicos.

En el Ecuador las Consultas o Plebiscitos han sido presentados bajo la óptica jurídica, cuando en realidad el origen y los efectos han sido fundamentalmente políticos. Esta ocasión no ha sido diferente. Desde el principio, el …

Alternative Learning Formats In A Land Use Seminar, Michael E. Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

A discussion of my use of field trips and guest speakers in my seminar on sprawl and the law.

Reclamation - An Eco-Industrial Park In Greenfield, Massachusetts, Sage W. Sluter

Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Honors Projects

Sustainable Industrial Design
Reclaiming a Brownfield in Greenfield, Massachusetts
Abstract:
For the senior capstone project at the University of Massachusetts, this student completed a conceptual site design project for the City of Greenfield. The City of Greenfield wishes to redevelop the Brownfield site, currently known as the Bendix Property, into an eco- industrial park. Working closely with the City’s officials, the student created a realistic vision for the site. After twenty years of soil and groundwater treatment, the site is ready to come back to life. The student investigated what an eco -industrial park is, and how the businesses cooperate …

Town Of Braintree - Monatiquot River Watershed Study, Benjamin D'Agostino, Elizabeth A. Englebretson, Carli Foster, Jeffrey Scott Fulford, Edward P. Haynes, Tracy Murphy, Sparky Vonplinsky, Eric Wojtowicz

Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Studio and Student Research and Creative Activity

Monatiquot River has played an important role in the Town of Braintree’s great industrial history. Over time, people’s relationship with the river has evolved from daily necessity and industrial utilitarian usage to scenery and recreational amenity. Currently, there is limited public physical access to the water and a lack of connection to regional greenway system. In addition, the extreme flood in March 2010 signified the prolonged urbanization impacts on floodplains and massive impervious surfaces in the watershed. Under the climate change effects, Braintree is likely to face more frequent and severe storms that affect safety and welfare of the increasing …

Flipping The Model: Making Noise In The Library, Lynell De Wind

Lynell J. De Wind

Dean Lee VanOrsdel and Lynell De Wind presented Flipping the Model: Making Noise in the Library at the NBS Healthcare & Higher Education Vendor Fair on May 19, 2011. The file is Lynell's half of the presentation.

The Life, Death And Rebirth Of University Avenue: Exploring The Relationship Among Transportation, Urban Form And Neighborhood Characteristics, Jillian G. Goforth

Geography Honors Projects

The impending light rail transit development along University Avenue in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota has led to local curiosity about both the past activities and the future possibilities for this urban street. Part I of this paper explores the social, economic and physical evolution of University Avenue and its relationship to transportation eras. Part II argues that there is a connection between the urban form of each transportation epoch and the rate of crime along University Avenue. The study concludes with the prediction that safety will improve following construction of the Central Corridor Light Rail line.

Planning For Building-Integrated Agriculture In Las Vegas, Robert Vralsted

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

High food prices, concern about food nutrition and safety, and an awareness of commercial farming's environmental impact have generated a renewed interest in sustainable urban agriculture. Advances in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) have made it possible to grow food virtually anywhere in a much more sustainable manner than traditional field-based agriculture. Locating and planning urban farms using retrofitted existing building stock to maximize food production and ease of distribution in Las Vegas requires consideration of multiple barriers related to geography, economics, and the built environment. Consideration of these factors in the planning process informs the design of a successful BIA …

An Empirical Comparison Of Life Cycle Cost Of Green School Buildings And Non-Green School Buildings, Nitisha Pushpala

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

One of the major economic concerns today of the world is reduction of energy consumption because of depleting energy sources in the world. The construction sector in the United States is also contributing in reducing the energy consumption and construction cost of the buildings by constructing cost and energy efficient buildings with energy efficient materials and techniques. The U.S Department of Energy introduced the Building Technologies Program that develops techniques, tools and technologies for making buildings more energy efficient. Other private bodies like the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), which is developed by the U.S. Green Building Council …

Discussões Sobre A Aplicabilidade Restrita Da Lei De Improbidade Administrativa, Prof. Dr. Eloi Martins Senhoras

Elói Martins Senhoras

No abstract provided.

A Prevention-Centered Approach To Homelessness Assistance: A Paradigm Shift?, Dennis P. Culhane, Stephen Metraux, Thomas Byrne

Dennis P. Culhane

Prevention has long been cited as an important part of any strategy to end homelessness. Nonetheless, effective prevention initiatives have proven difficult to implement in practice. The lack of a prevention-oriented policy framework has resulted in responses to homelessness that focus primarily on assisting those who have already lost their housing and, consequently, to the institutionalization of homelessness. Recent Federal legislation, however, signals an emergent paradigm shift towards prevention-based approaches to homelessness. This paper explores the conceptual underpinnings of successful prevention initiatives and reviews practice-based evidence from several successful prevention-oriented approaches to homelessness in the United States and Europe. We …

La Prisión De Un Delincuente, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

La prisión de John Jairo Vasco López, alias ‘Nico’, por parte de la policía nacional es la evidencia de las mutaciones que el narcotráfico viene adoptando en el país. No se trata de la penetración del delito sino de la presencia global en nuestro territorio, donde el Ecuador juega un rol estratégico en la división internacional del delito. Llama la atención que “Nico” haya sido miembro de la institución policial colombiana y, aparentemente, por las actividades que desarrollaba eran nada más y nada menos que de formación. Él era experto en cursos de contraguerrilla, lo cual le permitía ser un …

Ua3/9/2 Gary A. Ransdell Hall Dedication Program, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Dedication program for Ransdell Hall.

2011 - The Sixteenth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars

Symposium of Student Scholars Program Books

The full program book from the Sixteenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 26, 2011. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.

Mapping Residential Segregation In Baltimore City, Alexandra S. Stein

Senior Theses and Projects

In 1910 Baltimore became the first city in the United States to enact residential segregation ordinances. Though the ordinances were ruled unconstitutional seven years after their implementation, their effects have shaped the lived experiences and built environment of Baltimore City up to the present. The subsequent slum clearance agenda, the introduction of racially biased real estate practices through redlining, racially restrictive covenants and blockbusting, and finally the race based site selection of federal housing project locations around the city have made Baltimore a tale of two cities, one black and one white.

Assessment Of Public Perception Of User-Based Fees And Tolls To Finance Transportation Infrastructure Improvements

Cornelius Nuworsoo

No abstract provided.

Scholar Week, Gregg Chenoweth

Scholar Week Archives (2011-2015)

During Scholar Week we take inspiration from 18th century preacher-scholar |ohn Wesley. As “a denominational university in the Wesleyan tradition,” scholarship and piety are thoroughly compatible here. So, in Scholar Week we tune our ear to the gong and echo of Wesley. It is not just history, but his story, even to this day. In our own scholarship projects we join a great cloud of Christians not educated out of their faith, but fashioning an educated faith, where the love of the Lord by heart, soul, strength, and mind is our great and worthy cause.

Ua3/9/2 Facility Analysis / Expansion Alternatives Wku Glasgow, Wku President's Office, Hafer Associates

WKU Archives Records

Pages 2, 3, 17, 18 and 23 of a report by Hafer Associates regarding potential expansion of the WKU Glasgow campus.