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Sustainability And Contemporary Urbanism In Brazil, Vicente Del Rio Oct 2008

Sustainability And Contemporary Urbanism In Brazil, Vicente Del Rio

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


Laguna Entrada Conceptual Specific Plan: Kdst Design Group, Crp 341 Urban Design Studio Oct 2008

Laguna Entrada Conceptual Specific Plan: Kdst Design Group, Crp 341 Urban Design Studio

CRP 341 Urban Design Studio III

No abstract provided.


Laguna Entrada Conceptual Specific Plan, Crp 341 Urban Design Studio Oct 2008

Laguna Entrada Conceptual Specific Plan, Crp 341 Urban Design Studio

CRP 341 Urban Design Studio III

No abstract provided.


Implications Of Adolescents' Perceptions And Values For Planning And Design, Camille Passon, Daniel Levi, Vicente Del Rio Sep 2008

Implications Of Adolescents' Perceptions And Values For Planning And Design, Camille Passon, Daniel Levi, Vicente Del Rio

City and Regional Planning

Adults are responsible for selecting and creating the environments where their children and youth live, but it is not clear if these places contain the qualities that young people value. In this study, high school students from three communities were surveyed regarding their perceptions of where they live to determine whether indicators identified by previous research as qualities that youth value are present in those communities and perceived to be important. Although the results suggest the indicators are important to the adolescents, their communities lack a majority of them and this has contributed to low satisfaction ratings. Recommendations for better …


Playing Out Democracy In Macarthur Park: Spatial Struggles In The Everyday Use Of Public Space, Kelly D. Main Jul 2008

Playing Out Democracy In Macarthur Park: Spatial Struggles In The Everyday Use Of Public Space, Kelly D. Main

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


Green Neighborhood Standards From A Planning Perspective: A Leed For Neighborhood Deelopment (Leed-Nd) Case Study, Elissa R. Black Jul 2008

Green Neighborhood Standards From A Planning Perspective: A Leed For Neighborhood Deelopment (Leed-Nd) Case Study, Elissa R. Black

Master's Theses

This study examines the LEED-ND pilot rating program created by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), the Congress for New Urbanism, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in 2007. The rating system is evaluated based on its application as a broad set of national standards meant to encourage green neighborhood development. The main case study is a master planned community in semi-rural Paso Robles, California. Among other things, the study discovers problems related to the application of the rating system in semi-rural and rural regions of the Western United States. Both the standards used by the rating system …


India Basin Shoreline Development Proposal, Spring 2008, Crp 553 Project Planning Lab Apr 2008

India Basin Shoreline Development Proposal, Spring 2008, Crp 553 Project Planning Lab

City and Regional Planning Studios and Projects

No abstract provided.