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An Assessement Of The Link Between Greenhouse Gass Emissions Inventories And Climate Action Plans, Michael R. Boswell, Adrienne Greve, Tammy L. Seale 2010 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

An Assessement Of The Link Between Greenhouse Gass Emissions Inventories And Climate Action Plans, Michael R. Boswell, Adrienne Greve, Tammy L. Seale

City and Regional Planning

In this article, we review local climate action plans and their associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories from 30 U.S cities in order to assess the degree to which climate action plans are informed by such inventories and to identify choices and assumptions the inventories require that may influence climate action plan policies and proposed actions. We hope this will help planners preparing climate action plans make informed, clear, and defensible choices, as well as optimize policy development and implementation in their communities. In addition, we hope that this research will contribute to refining future GHG emissions inventory protocols and …


'The Edge Of The Island': Neighborhood Identity And Evolving Community In 'Liminal Places', Gordon Douglas 2010 University of Chicago

'The Edge Of The Island': Neighborhood Identity And Evolving Community In 'Liminal Places', Gordon Douglas

Faculty Publications, Urban and Regional Planning

This paper examines the contemporary processes at work in urban areas without clear spatial identities that are simultaneously facing the challenges of cultural change and gentrification. I do so through the close analysis of one such ‘liminal place’ on Chicago’s West Side. I use the phrase ‘a community on the edge of the island’ to describe the area, inspired by an interview subject who referred to the tenuous search for a sort of ideal bohemian hipness as the need to stay as “close to the edge of the island” as possible without actually leaving it. Making use of ethnographic and …


Impact Of Leadership Program On Personality Characteristics Of At-Risk Youth, Aashia M. Bade 2010 Indiana State University

Impact Of Leadership Program On Personality Characteristics Of At-Risk Youth, Aashia M. Bade

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The use of leadership programs as interventions for at-risk youths has recently gained attention in popular media and psychology literature. This type of intervention presupposes that changes in personality style as well as developmental assets can be cultivated through leadership programming. Although current literature supports the benefits of mentoring and increased community involvement for at risk youths, there is limited research available about personality changes that may occur as a result of participation in leadership programs. The present study focuses on the C5 program, a five-year leadership program for at-risk youths from inner-city areas. A cross-sectional design sampling from participants …


Border Pedagogy And The Acculturation Of Korean Students In U.S. Institutions Of Higher Education, Randy Green 2010 Indiana State University

Border Pedagogy And The Acculturation Of Korean Students In U.S. Institutions Of Higher Education, Randy Green

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study aimed at identifying learning and teaching strategies that can promote the process of acculturation for Korean students in institutions of higher education in the United States. In particular, the study attempted to pinpoint ways in which these students and their instructors can become aware of and resist educational tendencies and approaches that promote hegemony and devalue cultural perspectives and experiences as well as construct meaning within the context of a worldview that is influenced by both Korean and U.S. cultures. It was hoped that the identification of these skills and strategies would aid both students and instructors in …


The Impact Of Maternal Factors On Female Juvenile Delinquency Trends, Anne Marie Price 2010 Indiana State University

The Impact Of Maternal Factors On Female Juvenile Delinquency Trends, Anne Marie Price

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the difference between female juvenile delinquents and nondelinquents in relationship to a combination of maternal factors (negative maternal behaviors, occupational stress, perceived social support, and maternal parenting stress). Participants were 128 biological mothers of daughters between the ages of 12 and 18 who were either mothers of clients or were clients themselves of a Midwest community health center in one of several clinics in Martinsville, Mooresville, Bedford, Bloomington, and Spencer, Indiana. Participants completed six questionnaires, including: the Demographics Questionnaire, the Maternal Behavior Index, the Adolescent Behavior Survey, the Occupational Crisis Survey, the Duke Social Support Inventory, and …


Cloning And Characterization Of Sas1738, A Hypothetical Exported Protein From Community-Associated Strain Of Staphylococcus Aureus, Deepak Kumar Vijaya Kumar 2010 Indiana State University

Cloning And Characterization Of Sas1738, A Hypothetical Exported Protein From Community-Associated Strain Of Staphylococcus Aureus, Deepak Kumar Vijaya Kumar

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a group of S. aureus strains that has acquired resistance to a class of beta lactam antibiotics and is the major cause of hospital associated infections. Their discovery goes back to 1960 when the first cases were identified. Recently community associated MRSA infections have emerged and are caused by strains that are independent of those from the hospital environment, related only because they carry some of the same antibiotic resistance genes. Community associated infections (CA) are more severe, producing pus filled lesions that are painful and capable of invasion of deep tissues. Virulence factors …


Application Of Strategic Institutional-Information Technology Alignment Model In Four-Year Institutions Of Higher Education, Barbara Lach-Smith 2010 Indiana State University

Application Of Strategic Institutional-Information Technology Alignment Model In Four-Year Institutions Of Higher Education, Barbara Lach-Smith

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined an existing corporate model of business-information technology alignment for application in higher education and tested the findings by surveying executive and technology leaders in higher education. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the factors that impact alignment between institutional strategic planning and information technology strategy in higher education. The existing alignment model was examined in the context of mid-size four-year colleges and universities. This study used a combination of Delphi technique and a survey process. The sequence followed was to examine an existing theoretical model for its applicability to higher education …


Assessing Public Health Through Community Design In Low-Income Communities, Rochelle M. Invina 2010 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Assessing Public Health Through Community Design In Low-Income Communities, Rochelle M. Invina

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


Attitudes Toward Transsexual People: Effects Of Gender And Appearance, Kelly R. Gerhardstein 2010 Indiana State University

Attitudes Toward Transsexual People: Effects Of Gender And Appearance, Kelly R. Gerhardstein

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The transgendered community, like other gender non-conforming communities, is the subject of stigmatization, discrimination, and violence. However, there is a notable lack of research investigating the specific attitudes toward various manifestations of transgenderism, and the factors that may be contributing to these attitudes. The goal of this study was to investigate factors that contribute to negative attitudes toward, and discrimination against, this consistently marginalized group of people. The present study explored the relationship between attitudes toward transsexuals and several gender-related variables, including gender of the rater, sex and apparent gender of the transsexual, as well as gender role beliefs, personal …


Regulating Green Buildings, Jeffrey S. Webert 2010 University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Regulating Green Buildings, Jeffrey S. Webert

Community and Regional Planning Program: Theses

Green buildings are becoming the new fixation for the building industry because of the impact they have on the carbon footprint and the cost savings they offer for utility costs. Governments have begun to produce policies and regulations that implement and mandate green buildings due to these successes. However, the policies are having troubles increasing the popularity and quantities of green buildings. There is a need for a way to produce better policies and regulations that will increase both the amount of green buildings their popularity. A decision-making tool, such as a decision tree, should be created to help policymakers …


Preservation Ethics In The Case Of Nebraska's Nationally Registered Historic Properties, Darren Michael Adams 2010 University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Preservation Ethics In The Case Of Nebraska's Nationally Registered Historic Properties, Darren Michael Adams

Department of Geography: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This dissertation focuses on the National Register of Historic Places and considers the geographical implications of valuing particular historic sites over others. Certain historical sites will either gain or lose desirability from one era to the next, this dissertation identifies and explains three unique preservation ethical eras, and it maps the sites which were selected during those eras. These eras are the Settlement Era (1966–1975), the Commercial Architecture Era (1976–1991), and the Progressive Planning Era (1992–2010). The findings show that transformations in the program included an early phase when state authorities listed historical resources pertaining to the settlement of the …


Architecture Of Population Flows | Localizing Tourism In The Inside Passage, Jennifer Tamblin 2010 Syracuse University

Architecture Of Population Flows | Localizing Tourism In The Inside Passage, Jennifer Tamblin

Architecture Thesis Prep

"This thesis focuses on a problem that arises due to the specific flows of tourists and migrant workers into the south east Alaskan Inside Passage. Because of these population flows, situations have emerged in the small town communities that create a need for an intervention designed to cater to the specific circumstances surrounding each individual group of people, and how they coexist with one another."


A Comparative Study Of Three Growing Media And Four Plant Groups Under Extensive Green Roof Conditions In San Luis Obispo, Ca, Todd Alan Nelson 2010 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

A Comparative Study Of Three Growing Media And Four Plant Groups Under Extensive Green Roof Conditions In San Luis Obispo, Ca, Todd Alan Nelson

Master's Theses

ABSTRACT A Comparative Study of Three Growing Media and Four Plant Groups Under Extensive Green Roof Conditions in San Luis Obispo, California Todd A. Nelson Green roof growing media and plant species are critical factors when deciding on the best materials for a project. Growing media must be chosen in accordance with load bearing capacities of structures and water requirements of the plant material. Plant species must be able to thrive in the climate of the green roof and withstand a green roof’s harsh environment. The objectives of this research were: (1) to determine which of three extensive green roof …


Orcutt Area Site Alternative Design Proposal, Julie Epshteyn, Maria Lusherovich 2010 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Orcutt Area Site Alternative Design Proposal, Julie Epshteyn, Maria Lusherovich

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


Foothill Corridor Plan, Jordan Smith, Alex Padilla 2010 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Foothill Corridor Plan, Jordan Smith, Alex Padilla

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


Central Coast Multimedia Center, Steve Degar, William Twitchell, Jenna Borges 2010 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Central Coast Multimedia Center, Steve Degar, William Twitchell, Jenna Borges

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


West Coast Olympic Village, Kelly McGrane, Andrew Myers, Drew Poulter 2010 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

West Coast Olympic Village, Kelly Mcgrane, Andrew Myers, Drew Poulter

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


Orcutt Area Artists Village, Claire Fliesler, Monica Kittinger 2010 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Orcutt Area Artists Village, Claire Fliesler, Monica Kittinger

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


Orcutt Area Specific Plan Mixed Use Alternative, Tim Beuchat, Kelsey Farwell 2010 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Orcutt Area Specific Plan Mixed Use Alternative, Tim Beuchat, Kelsey Farwell

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


Economic Potential Of High-Speed Rail In California, Justin Au 2010 California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Economic Potential Of High-Speed Rail In California, Justin Au

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


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