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Determining Priorities And Potential Locations For Recreation Facilities In Cache County, Utah, Parry C. Thomas

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This thesis establishes priorities for recreation expenditures in Cache County, Utah. This is achieved by comparing the supply and demand of facilities for the most popular activities in order to determine where there are deficiencies. Once these priorities have been determined, the problem of where the facilities to meet these priorities should be located is discussed. Recommendations are made as to what needs to be done to specifically locate these facilities.

A Parks And Recreation Plan For Wheatland Wyoming, Wade Weston Ward Sr.

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

For Wheatland, Wyoming the necessity of a parks and recreation study is more important now than ever before because of the rapid population growth. This increase in both the population of Wheatland and Platte County is due primarily to the construction of the 1500 megawatt coal-fired Missouri Basin Power Project located 4-1/2 miles northeast of Wheatland.

Huntington Lake Recreation Management Composite Plan, Kermit L. Johansson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The existing uses at Huntington Lake have evolved from development of the basin area for timber and hydroelectric generation. As a result of the resource attraction in the 1920's, roads were constructed, allowing an influx of recreation visitors. The scenic beauty of the lake made it a popular area which promoted the formation of resorts and Forest Service recreational facilities. Special use permits for recreation summer homes were later granted by the Forest Service to allow utilization of the lake when relatively few people could make the arduous drive up the narrow mountain road.

Huning's Highland Addition To The City Of Albuquerque: A Description And Analysis Of Architectural And Neighborhood Development With Recommendations For Preservation, Susanna Eden

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This thesis is an historical survey of the Huning's Highland neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1881 to 1924 and an architectural analysis of the houses built there during that time. Newspapers, booster literature, city directories, insurance maps, the minutes of town council meetings, and other official town records, along with reminiscences of long-time city residents, were used to piece together a picture of neighborhood life in Huning's Highland. The picture that appears is of a prosperous middleclass, “Anglo” suburb, sharing the amenities of civilized life with New Town Albuquerque. Selected houses are discussed as they illustrate the developments in …

Methods Of Studying Lifestyles And Residential Energy Consumption, Suzanne Elizabeth Kenealy Miller

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An analysis of lifestyles and energy consumption methods is presented. Three approaches to energy conservative housing are discussed: structural, design, and lifestyle. Of the three approaches, this thesis addresses lifestyle only. Among the major lifestyle factors having impact upon residential energy utilization are family factors, household management, attitudes, knowledge, and socioeconomic status. Change and coincident factors also affect energy use. The gross energy consumption method is described and examples of actual studies are given. The method is evaluated and the type of data derived is discussed. Methods which normalize energy consumption (i.e., divide by square footage) are analysis of relationships …

A Planning Process For The Design Of Urban Growth Management System, Marwan Hanna Khoury

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The management and control of urban growth issue has emerged as a major public concern in many communities. Planners for these communities must seek new ways by which management systems are designed, such that the controls, are rationally derived, explicit and legally defensible. One such way is outlined in this thesis. Based on normative planning theory, a functional design method for the growth management system is offered. Steps at each of the three levels of planning values formulation, means identification and effectuation; are suggested. The steps are matched against one "real-world" example, Albuquerque that recently took measures towards a growth …

Archimedes Russell, John Bradley Benson

School of Architecture - Theses

This thesis is intended a s a general survey of the life and works of Archimedes Russell with an exhibition projection.

Tools For Decision Making In Churches, Richard Rees Pugh

Architecture and Planning ETDs

This is a handbook about communication. The book explains how to acquire, organize and display information about the ''physical and spiritual" existence of the church in order to help church groups understand themselves and to share that understanding with others in making decisions about the built environment. The book comes out of my experience first as a church layman and later from my experience as an Architectural Programmer, helping groups through pre-architectural and architectural decisions. In both the layman's and the professional's role, I shared in the struggles which people experience in making decisions about the built environment which will …

The BahṛĪ Mamluk Monumental Entrances Of Cairo, Hilary L Roe

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Commercial Architecture In Fifteenth-Century Cairo: The Wikālat QāʼIt Bāy At The Side Of The Mosque Of Al-Azhar, Elizabeth Lee Higashi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Bureau Of Land Management And Cultural Resource Management In Oregon, William James Cannon

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis is an examination and description of the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's program for the management of cultural resources in the State of Oregon. The author has worked for the Bureau from March, 1975 to the present as a District cultural resource specialist.

The major emphasis of the thesis is a description and explanation of the Bureau's cultural resource management program and its major problems in relation to the taxpayer and archaeologists.

The Architectural Legacy Of Archimedes Russell, Evamaria Hardin

School of Architecture - Theses

The geographical location of Syracuse, its industry and especially its location on the Erie Canal, were factors propitious for its growth and development as an industrial center within New York State.

After the Civil War, Syracuse experienced a building boom which offered unusual possibilities for the builder-architect. Although there was an increase of formal education for architects during the second half of the nineteenth century, many regional architects learned their trade in the office of an architect or of a builder-architect; the distinctions were not always finely drawn.

One of these architects was Archmedes Russell, who came to Syracuse from …

Solar And Conventional Buildings: The Interface With The Electric Utility, J. Mark Hannifan

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Solar energy has emerged as a viable power source that in the near future may provide a significant portion of the energy needs for the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. However, several financial and institutional hurdles must be cleared before the solar industry can establish a competitive edge with conventional energy sources. Second only to cost, the major concern of the industry at present is the interface between the solar consumer and the electric utility. Solar energy, because of its erratic nature, is not an ideal technological match with the electric utility, particularly when solar customers use electricity as their …

Post Occupancy Evaluation: An Overview And A Case Study Of Married Student Housing At The University Of New Mexico, Thomas William Parks

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An investigation is made of user-oriented evaluation research in architectural design. The need today for evaluation of many architectural projects is demonstrated. The role which evaluation can play in the design cycle and the need for effective communication of evaluation research findings to architects are examined. A post occupancy evaluation case study of the University of New Mexico's Married Student Housing is presented which focuses primarily on residents' satisfaction with physical design related issues. Research findings are organized in terms of the hierarchy of housing needs suggested by Clare Cooper. It is shown that this project is highly successful in …

A Program For Housing For Low Income Elderly In North Barelas, Robert E. Strell

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The North Barelas Community is a traditional Spanish-speaking area, characterized by small individually owned homes and by a population which is economically and educationally disadvantaged in comparison with Albuquerque at large. For several years the City has indicated interest in upgrading the area and, largely through Federal funding, has been able to rehabilitate numerous homes in the neighborhood and make other physical improvements. Housing for the elderly on a 4 acre site strategically located next to the North Barelas Multi-Service Center and the North Barelas Community Center has been discussed with community representatives for a number of years. The designated …

A Case Study In The Design Of Emergency Rooms, Ethel Z. Kolodner

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An analysis of visits to emergency rooms reveals that the patient load responds to unpredictable variables which exert a profound influence on growth and role and may preclude reliable projections of future space needs. In addition, emergent, urgent and non-urgent patient loads exhibit differential growth rates. An analysis of current design models reveals that they are not designed to react easily through expansion or remodeling to changes in patient census and/or types of patients treated and role in health care delivery. A tripartite conceptual design model is developed that is responsive to these conditions. Important differences in patient and staff …

The Kimo Theatre: A Program For Re-Use, William G. Osofsky

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The issue of adaptive reuse for older structures is one that is the forefront of the architectural profession today. In many cases public and private developers are realizing that the rehabilitation of disused and abandoned buildings is more economically viable than the construction of similar new facilities. Nowhere has this been more prominently demonstrated than in the field of the performing arts facility. Historically, this type of building has one of the highest per square foot costs of any building type. The growing awareness of the arts and their subse­quent sponsorship by the government had created a demand for facilities …

Multifamily Highrise Buildings In Kuwait, Waleed Jelal Babaa

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Kuwait, a small Arab country with arid land, went through a considerable amount of development in the last four decades. The discovery of oil and its commercial exploitation attracted immigrants to the country and created paramount changes in both social life and the urbanization of the country.

The high rate of increase in population continued in spite of harsh geographical, topographical, ecological, and climatic factors. These factors with their distinctive characteristics are the determinants of the urban architectural design of the country. Such determinants are harsh and very difficult to deal with. Planners, architects, engineers, and builders had little experience …

The Architect As A Professional And His Relation To Construction, John Arthur Coons

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An examination of the nature of professionalism serves as a model against which the emergence of architecture as a profession can be compared. In what manner and for what reasons the architect eventually distinguished himself from the construction process is examined historically. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of the profession in England as an antecedent for similar developments in the United States. The professionalization of architecture prompted a continuous interaction of ethics and law with recent years witnessing a serious questioning of professional ethics by society through the tool of law. It is shown that ethical codes must …

Design Of Faculty Development Program For Schools Of Architecture: University Of New Mexico As A Case Study, Johnny Chung-Ning Li

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An investigation was made of the planning process of a faculty development program. It is briefly shown by the following schematic representation.

The Fate Of Architectural Theory In Albuquerque, New Mexico: Buildings Of Four Decades, 1920-1960, Edna Heatherington Bergman

Architecture and Planning ETDs

A survey is made of public and commercial buildings in Albuquerque, New Mexico, built between 1920 and 1960. Each of the eighty-five buildings selected is illustrated, described, and discussed in relation to its physical and temporal context and to the architect and his academic and professional background. An introductory section defines and discusses the architectural styles represented. A list of all architects known to have practiced in Albuquerque during the defined period is included in the Appendices, as well as biographical material on twenty-seven architects including summaries of interviews with thirteen architects.

In her conclusion to the author reviews the …

Luna County Courthouse: A Renovation And Addition Project, William Quinn Sabatini

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Originally a renovation and addition plan to solve space problems in the Luna County Courthouse and Jail buildings the current project acquired further creative architectural requirements when the Courthouse achieved National Register of Historic Places status in 1977. Employed by Architect Jess Holmes of Albuquerque and given major responsibility for solution of the Luna County government’s expansion problems I analyzed needs and desires-spatial, environmental and economic-of the various departments affected by the future renovations and additions and within projected budget constraints, building code restrictions and departmental demands proposed the changes herein explored. To define and clarify my own feelings for …

The Mosque Of Aṣlam Al-Silāḥdār, Chahinda Fahmi Karim

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Humanistic Planning For Pediatric Orthopedic Hospitals, Robert Whitson Biggers

Architecture and Planning ETDs

In the past, hospital planners have often neglected to consider the needs of those who use the facility. This neglect of humanistic concerns is painfully compounded in.an orthopedic hospital where the patients typically have prolonged and repeated hospitalizations. This thesis addresses these fundamental humanistic problems to provide a new awareness for individuals concerned with planning hospitals for people.

Information for the text was gathered through research, interviews, hospital visitations, and actual planning experience with Carrie Tingley Hospital for Crippled Children located in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. In addition, questionnaire responses from 15 pediatric orthopedic hospitals throughout the United States …

Guide To Residential Landscape Development For Logan, Utah, Michael Douglas Fotheringham

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The ''Guide to Residential Landscape Development" has been written for the Logan City Planning Department as a supplement to the "City of Logan Guidelines for Development", a comprehensive planning tool adopted in 1976. The Guide is primarily intended to motivate Logan homeowners in designing, constructing and maintaining their residential properties by pointing out methods of design and construction that:

• reduce costs of electricity, oil and natural gas by reducing energy needs
• increase property values
• maximize effective use of the property
• improve the aesthetic qualities of the homesite

The Guide also serves as a prototype of the kind of consumer advocacy …

Historic Preservation In Inner-City Neighborhoods: Two Workshops, Harriet Hibbs Hall

Architecture and Planning ETDs

An analysis is made of the coordination, implementation, and evaluation of two Inner-city Neighborhood Preservation workshops held in June of 1977. The intent is to assist in effectively producing and evaluating public information workshops. A review is presented of topic develop­ment, speaker selection, publication coordination, and impact evaluation. Such information provides basic criteria for organizing educational workshops.

Stucco Ornament In Cairene Architecture, 970-1250, Diana Curtiss

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Planning For Regional Environmental Quality : The Case Of Japan's National Capital Region, Duane E. Roberts

Dissertations and Theses

This study is concerned with Japan’s National Capital Region Development Plan. How to modify the capital plan and some of the correlative land policies of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to more fully protect regional air and water quality is the problem dealt with in the study.

The Effects Of Encouragement, Praise, And Discouragement On Internally And Externally Oriented Children, Judith A. Anderson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The primary aim of this study was to investigate three types of parent communication--encouragement, praise, and discouragement--with regard to feelings elicited and perceived helpfulness, as reported by fifth- and sixth-grade subjects grouped according to high, medium, or low locus of control. Subjects for the study were 37 male and 47 female volunteers. Bialer•s Children•s Locus of Control Scale was used to classify males and females into a high (internal), medium (middle range), or low (external) group. Encouragement, praise, and discouragement were operationally defined as those responses receiving total agreement from a panel of experts as representing the Adlerian concepts under …

A Demonstration Architectural Design Process (Design Of A Solar Manzanita Center For The University Of New Mexico), Richard Charles Willard

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the architectural design process. An architectural design problem was selected to be the means of demonstrating a problem seeking and solving process. An architectural program model was established, starting with detailed research and ending with conceptual design drawings. The architectural problem was to design a new building that would house the educational activities of Manzanita Center, an existing educational laboratory of the College of Education. The five main educational activities of Manzanita are: (1) a preschool day care program, (2) a kindergarten program, (3) a counseling program, (4) …