Three Essays On Innovation And Regional Economic Development, 2011 Cleveland State University
Three Essays On Innovation And Regional Economic Development, Jon R. Shelton
ETD Archive
The first essay develops a typology that identifies the multiple pathways, functions and operations where innovation can occur in a firm's internal business cycle based upon the extant literature that includes both technological and non-technological activities. This is an important step toward developing a comprehensive strategy for a regional economy and provides a common platform for the discussion of innovation among academics and practitioners.The typology adds to the existing knowledge of how innovation works in organizations by describing the pathways, business functions and operations in a firm's internal-business-process the business strategies used to advance innovation to the market and the …
Public Participation Gis Implementation And The Transformation Of Us Planning Practice, 2011 CUNY Hunter College
Public Participation Gis Implementation And The Transformation Of Us Planning Practice, Laxmi Ramasubramanian
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Design Efficiency: An Analysis Of Sewer Differences Between Form-Based And Conventional Neighborhood Development Designs In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 2011 West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Design Efficiency: An Analysis Of Sewer Differences Between Form-Based And Conventional Neighborhood Development Designs In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Carolyn M. Keene, Dorothy Ives-Dewey, James P. Lewandowski
Geography & Planning Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Amplify Pdx, 2011 Portland State University
Amplify Pdx, Becky Bodonyi, Julia Crain, Rowan Steele, David West
Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects
A two-pronged process, AmplifyPDX required managing two parallel and concurrent but mutually informative processes: creation of the Community Assessment Workbook as well as implementation of the Workbook in a particular community. To develop the Workbook, Mosaic Planning Group conducted a literature review, assembled an Advisory Committee and interviewed key informants with expertise on neighborhood planning, community organizing, and the Portland metropolitan region. Finally, in order to develop a user-friendly and effective community assessment workbook, Mosaic Planning Group tested certain elements of the Workbook in the Southeast Portland neighborhoods of Brentwood-Darlington and Woodstock. This project was conducted under the supervision of …
Reimagining Weston, 2011 Portland State University
Reimagining Weston, Nathan Emerson, Zach Gustafson, Holly Howell, Carrie Pipinich, Matthew Rohrbach
Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects
Weston was once a prosperous city, home to pioneers, farmers, and an active downtown. Today however, Weston faces many challenges common to communities throughout rural Oregon. The key question for this small city is: How can Weston capitalize on homegrown and regional assets in order to revitalize downtown and maximize the well-being of the community as a whole? Reimagining Weston provides a blueprint for the community to answer this question. This plan is a proactive effort by Weston residents to shape the livability and prosperity of their community over the next 20 years. Reimagining Weston consists of three primary parts: …
David Hill Urban Reserve Concept Plan, 2011 Portland State University
David Hill Urban Reserve Concept Plan, Joey Shearer, Misty Schymtzik, Lisa Peffer, Ryan Michie, Lindsey Kuipers, Krissy Hostetler
Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects
As the City of Forest Grove continues to grow, the David Hill Urban Reserve presents opportunities to accommodate development needs for the next 20 to 50 years. While this type of growth is not expected to occur for many years, a concept plan for the area is required by Metro to guide how the area should develop.The Concept Plan for the DHUR begins to create a framework for accommodating future development in an efficient manner, sensitive to natural features, topography, and views. This plan is not intended to be a complete “concept plan” under Metro’s definition and does not meet …
Vision Zero Oregon, 2011 Portland State University
Vision Zero Oregon, Marielle Brown, Nick Falbo, Brandy Steffen, Michelle Van Tijen, Ben Weber
Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects
Vision Zero Oregon (VZO) is a street safety philosophy that aims to create streets where no one will be killed or seriously injured. Vision Zero Oregon prioritizes road safety above all else. Every life is worth more than an increase in speeds or road capacity for vehicles. Achieving Vision Zero Oregon goals will require a shift in the focus of policy, laws and enforcement, and the formation of a new relationship between residents and their streets, and revolution in the way transportation departments operate their streets. This project takes on one part of this complex topic, focusing on community interest, …
Mothers And Infants In The Prehistoric Santa Clara Valley: What Stable Isotopes Tell Us About Ancestral Ohlone Weaning Practices, 2011 San Jose State University
Mothers And Infants In The Prehistoric Santa Clara Valley: What Stable Isotopes Tell Us About Ancestral Ohlone Weaning Practices, Alan M. Leventhal, Karen S. Gardner, Rosemary Cambra, Eric J. Bartelink, Antoinette Martinez
Faculty Publications, Anthropology
Breast-feeding and weaning are a part of childhood in all human populations, but the exact timing of these milestones varies between groups. As infants incorporate the nutrients from breast milk into their growing bones, chemical evidence is captured in the form of higher stable nitrogen (δ15N) isotope values. This study interprets δ15N values in the bone collagen of children (n = 24) buried at the Yukisma Mound (CA-SCL-38), in Santa Clara County, California. Radiocarbon dates for this site span 2200-250 B.P., but primarily fall during the Late period (740-230 B.P.). In the one probable mother-infant pair available for study, a …
Metropolitan Growth Policies And New Housing Supply: Evidence From Australia's Capital Cities, 2011 San Jose State University
Metropolitan Growth Policies And New Housing Supply: Evidence From Australia's Capital Cities, Ralph B. Mclaughlin
Faculty Publications, Urban and Regional Planning
This paper empirically examines the relationship between house price change, metropolitan growth policies, and new housing supply in Australia's five major capital cities. Our hypothesis suggests capital cities with tighter regulations on new development will have fewer housing starts and price elasticities than those in less- regulated markets. The empirical procedure used in this paper utilises the Urban Growth Model of Housing Supply developed in Mayer and Somerville (2000a and 2000b) and employed in Zabel and Patterson (2006) by using quarterly data on housing approvals and house prices from 1996-2010. Data on metropolitan growth policies in Australia is borrowed from …
Understanding Household Preferences For Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Technologies, 2011 San Jose State University
Understanding Household Preferences For Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Technologies, Hilary Nixon, J. D. Saphores
Faculty Publications, Urban and Regional Planning
This report explores consumer preferences among four different alternative-fuel vehicles (AFVs): hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) vehicles, and electric vehicles (EVs). Although researchers have been interested in understanding consumer preferences for AFVs for more than three decades, it is important to update our estimates of the trade-offs people are willing to make between cost, environmental performance, vehicle range, and refueling convenience. We conducted a nationwide, Internet-based survey to assess consumer preferences for AFVs. Respondents participated in a stated-preference ranking exercise in which they ranked a series of five vehicles (four AFVs and …
Do Fast Food Restaurants Cluster Around High Schools? A Geospatial Analysis Of Proximity Of Fast Food Restaurants To High Schools And The Connection To Childhood Obesity Rates, 2011 San Jose State University
Do Fast Food Restaurants Cluster Around High Schools? A Geospatial Analysis Of Proximity Of Fast Food Restaurants To High Schools And The Connection To Childhood Obesity Rates, Hilary Nixon, Lauren Doud
Faculty Publications, Urban and Regional Planning
Nationwide, approximately 30% of children consume fast food on a typical day, and caloric intake from fast food has increased fivefold over the past three decades. Our analysis adds to a growing body of public health and planning research through a geospatial analysis of fast food restaurants in Santa Clara County, California. We selected 41 high schools, representing 97% of enrollment in the county, and examined proximity to fast food restaurants within 400 meters (437 yards) and 800 meters (875 yards) of the schools. Our results indicate that fast food restaurants are clustered near high schools with higher obesity rates. …
Census Data Show Regional Disparities In Educational Attainment, 2011 Portland State University
Census Data Show Regional Disparities In Educational Attainment, Michael Burnham, Jason R. Jurjevich, Neba Noyan, Charles Rynerson
Publications, Reports and Presentations
We live in the Silicon Forest, but the landscape of educational attainment in the Portland region varies greatly from east to west and north to south.
Ecolopolis 5.0: High Speed Rail In Cascadia, 2011 Portland State University
Ecolopolis 5.0: High Speed Rail In Cascadia, Portland State University
Regional Planning and Metropolitan Growth Management Research Projects
This is a working document and is the fifth report in this series. This report is the product of term-long projects conducted by graduate students from the two universities, and taught by Professor Daniel Carlson and Professor Ethan Seltzer. The courses engaged the questions of identifying the impacts, maximizing the benefits, and exploring implementation options for high speed rail development in the Cascadia corridor. Though passenger rail has long been a shared interest in the corridor, the recent U.S. initiative proposed by the Obama administration have accelerated high speed rail activity and discussions in Cascadia. The seven papers developed by …
State Of Flux : An Interview With Former Secretary Of State, Phil Keisling, 2011 Portland State University
State Of Flux : An Interview With Former Secretary Of State, Phil Keisling, Michael Burnham
Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Publications
An edited interview with former Oregon Secretary of State, Phil Keisling, who served from 1991 to 1999. Keisling offers opinions on a variety of subjects, including politics, poverty and public service.
Periodic Atlas Of The Metroscape: Deciphering Who We Are - Trials And Tribulations Of The American Community Survey, 2011 Portland State University
Periodic Atlas Of The Metroscape: Deciphering Who We Are - Trials And Tribulations Of The American Community Survey, Meg Merrick
Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Publications
This edition of the periodic atlas uses recent American Community Survey (ACS) data to examine the percent of persons living in poverty in the metroscape. This variable, along with the percent foreign born, those with a bachelor's degree or higher, and average commuting time are available for viewing in Google Earth at our website. Perhaps more important than the snapshot we can attempt to capture of poverty in our community, is the caution we can offer to policymakers who may depend on ACS data to address perceived problems. This atlas therefore serves twin purposes: giving our readers the best analysis …
Environmental Migrants And The Future Of The Willamette Valley: A Preliminary Exploration, 2011 Portland State University
Environmental Migrants And The Future Of The Willamette Valley: A Preliminary Exploration, Alison Wicks
Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Publications
This report reviews existing data and research on predicted impacts of climate change in the Northwestern United States, and specifically focuses on the level of preparedness to accommodate new population growth due to climate migration in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Climate change impacts in Oregon are predicted to be less severe than in other areas of the country. Generally, models project warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers in the Willamette Valley and other areas west of the Cascade Range. This will likely make the Willamette Valley a more desirable place for environmentally displaced people to locate. This report considers how …
Five Years Later: Emergency Preparedness Improvements In New Orleans, Louisiana Since Hurricane Katrina, 2011 University of New Orleans
Five Years Later: Emergency Preparedness Improvements In New Orleans, Louisiana Since Hurricane Katrina, Evacuteer.Org, Uno/Lsu Gulf Coast Center For Evacuation Transportation And Resiliency
UNOTI Publications
No abstract provided.
A Financial Impact Assessment Of Ld 1725: Stream Crossings (Presentation), 2011 University of Southern Maine
A Financial Impact Assessment Of Ld 1725: Stream Crossings (Presentation), New England Environmental Finance Center, Muskie School Of Public Service
Water
This report looks at the potential financial impact of LD 1725 on the estimated 30,000 stream crossings in the State of Maine that would be affected by the law. Our research for this report included the analysis of nearly 2000 stream crossings and the data collection necessary for the development of extensive stream crossing replacement cost models. We found that the 1.2 bankfull requirements in LD 1725 would result in a 75% ‐ 250% increase in structure widths for stream crossing projects across the state. An upsize of this magnitude would increase the cost of replacing stream crossings statewide by …
Wallace-Mcharg’S Plans For Greater Baltimore, 2011 University of Maryland School of Law
Wallace-Mcharg’S Plans For Greater Baltimore, Garrett Power
Legal History Publications
This essay considers the growth of the partnership between David Wallace and Ian McHarg into one of the nation’s dominant urban design and environmental planning firms. It focuses on the firm’s undertaking in the Greater Baltimore region in the 1950’s, 1960’s, and 1970’s. With the benefit of fifty years of hindsight it looks at the successes and failures of their plans for Charles Center, the Green Spring and Worthington Valleys, and the Inner Harbor. Surprisingly, prize-winning innovations praised in one generation came to be judged as the design flaws of the next. Less surprisingly, their plans to “design with nature” …
Beyond The Storefronts, 2011 Fordham University
Beyond The Storefronts, Justin Wright
American Studies Senior Theses
In recent years, gentrification has had the ability to radically change the landscape of Spanish Harlem due to an increase in both public and private sector attempts to revitalize the aging and long ignored area. It is the purpose of this paper to evaluate the positive and negative effects of gentrification as they apply to El Barrio. To do this several key questions must be asked. Who are the gentrifiers? Who are the winners and the losers? What promises were made to East Harlem residents? Were these promises fulfilled? What do the ‘native’ residents fear most? What do residents enjoy …