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Single And Not Ready To Mingle: The Potential Gentrification Of Student Housing, Anna L. Peters, Lou L. Sabina, Maureen M. McClure, Kiara L. Sabina, Claudine McLaren-Turner, Marcus Silver 2023 University of Florida

Single And Not Ready To Mingle: The Potential Gentrification Of Student Housing, Anna L. Peters, Lou L. Sabina, Maureen M. Mcclure, Kiara L. Sabina, Claudine Mclaren-Turner, Marcus Silver

Journal of Global Education and Research

As higher education tuition continues to rise in the United States and globally, other costs impacting students, such as fees, parking, and housing, are rising at a similar pace. Concurrently, more higher education institutions are focusing on creating boutique experiences for students, including the option for single-unit housing. This paper analyzed the costs associated with single-unit housing at the ten largest college campuses in the United States compared to the costs associated with multi-unit housing and off-campus living. The changes in preferences for students associated with their college experiences, when partnered with higher costs of living and off-campus housing, create …


City As Cemetery, Siqiao Zhao 2023 Rhode Island School of Design

City As Cemetery, Siqiao Zhao

Masters Theses

The traditional funeral service industry has enormous environmental and financial costs. In contrast, green burial, and Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), accelerate the human body’s degradation and reduce toxic substances in the land, assuming responsibility for our burden on the earth. They provide a gateway between us and the processes of nature and ask us to set aside self-consciousness to accept our oneness with the universe. By gifting our bodies back to the earth, where decomposition enriches soils and nurtures the growth of other life forms, we honor those who have transitioned to another state by continuing the cycle of renewal. …


Liquid Border, YINGFAN JIA 2023 Rhode Island School of Design

Liquid Border, Yingfan Jia

Masters Theses

A River is a mighty and constantly-evolving force, leaving behind an intricately designed and constantly changing system. Not just a river, the Rio Grande stretches all the way from Colorado before intersecting with the US-Mexico Border in southern Texas - a point where the powerful forces of nature now merge with a clearly-defined political boundary. The outcome of this is a unique ecological niche, which may often go unnoticed despite its distinctiveness.

Texas is famous for its farms and ranches, and the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas was once an agricultural hub. However, urbanization and the depletion of water …


Public-Ish, Aliah Werth 2023 Rhode Island School of Design

Public-Ish, Aliah Werth

Masters Theses

Climate change affects public space, and architecture must establish tenets that prioritize pedestrians in this difficult era. Greywater re-use can be a mechanism for creating shade, and in turn, public space.

As heat waves grow more intense, the vast swaths of asphalt that connect commercial zones pose greater risks to public health and to urban vitality. This thesis records the typical material, spatial, and lived conditions of strip malls in urban heat islands, and demands more from infrastructure in public-ish space.

Heat violence weaves through Los Angeles’ built form. Parking space minimums, required setbacks, and height restrictions pull buildings away …


Cohabitation X Adaptation, 2100: A Climate Change Epoch, Kyle Andrews 2023 Rhode Island School of Design

Cohabitation X Adaptation, 2100: A Climate Change Epoch, Kyle Andrews

Masters Theses

Some seventy-seven odd years in the future, the world as we know it will only be recognizable by those who are willing to accept it. The bustling metropolis of Boston Massachusetts has been transformed to appease the tides of Mother Nature as a consequence of human intervention. In the decades prior, humanity viciously fought to contain the effects of climate change, until many realized the colossal undertaking of such a battle. Municipalities across the globe had begun to accept that fighting the earth was no longer an option. Instead, the only hope forward was to adapt to a reality in …


Towards Urban Biodiversity: Simulating Design Parameters For Wildlife-Inclusive Green Infrastrcuture, Alisa Abdulghany, Baher Farahat 2023 PhD Candidate, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment Beirut Arab University, Lebanon

Towards Urban Biodiversity: Simulating Design Parameters For Wildlife-Inclusive Green Infrastrcuture, Alisa Abdulghany, Baher Farahat

BAU Journal - Creative Sustainable Development

As of 2021, more than half of the global population resides in urban areas. This resulted in an overwhelming footprint affecting species habitat areas leading to biodiversity loss. By definition, urban biodiversity is the diversity of living things within the urban realm. By providing chances for habitat as part of new developments, preserving on-site habitats, and attempting to connect with the local ecosystems, we can help promote biodiversity. Green infrastructure (GI), which includes all semi-natural areas in the urban context, can serve as a vessel for biodiversity. Therefore, the problem can be defined by the urban footprint that expands on …


Revitalizing The Borderlines Through Architecture Of Green Networking - Case Study: Beirut, Lebanon, Karim Al-Khatib, Maged Youssef, Mona M. Salem 2023 Master Student, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon

Revitalizing The Borderlines Through Architecture Of Green Networking - Case Study: Beirut, Lebanon, Karim Al-Khatib, Maged Youssef, Mona M. Salem

BAU Journal - Creative Sustainable Development

Borders are an essential part of cities and countries, and they can create both physical and cultural divides. Inner-city borders can lead to social isolation and inequality, which can contribute to tensions and conflicts. Borders around the world have become a symbol of conflict, racism, fear, inequity, and division. One single line could divide between opportunity and hope and poverty and oblivion. Accordingly, some borders create social isolation between various cultures in cities that increase socio-political problems and remove urban connectivity. Green networking involves using urban green spaces, such as parks and gardens, to connect different areas of a city …


Electric Vehicle Charging Stations And Oregon Federal Lands: A Prospective Policy Analysis, Cole P. Grisham 2023 Portland State University

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations And Oregon Federal Lands: A Prospective Policy Analysis, Cole P. Grisham

Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs

In 2022, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) committed $100M towards expanding electric vehicle (EV) charging stations statewide. The policy goal is to provide EV fast-charging capacity[1] for four vehicles per station over the Interstate 5 and 84 corridors, along with the US 101, 97, 26, and 20 corridors. ODOT’s investment establishes clear statewide EV charging corridors for the traveling public, not only in the most populated corridors but also across the more rural parts of Oregon and connecting to neighboring states. In order for the travelling public to access public lands for recreation, economic, and other purposes by …


Women’S Suffrage Movement, Monica Dalton 2023 Tennessee State University

Women’S Suffrage Movement, Monica Dalton

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

No abstract provided.


Body Positivity, Aurora Rainbolt 2023 Tennessee State University

Body Positivity, Aurora Rainbolt

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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Prevent Child Abuse, Kristen Jenkins 2023 Tennessee State University

Prevent Child Abuse, Kristen Jenkins

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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Free Love, Bonita Southard 2023 Tennessee State University

Free Love, Bonita Southard

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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Act Up, Victor Sorrell 2023 Tennessee State University

Act Up, Victor Sorrell

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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Know Your Rights, Black Guns Matter, Paul Bryant, Tichina Garner, Jasmine Jones 2023 Tennessee State University

Know Your Rights, Black Guns Matter, Paul Bryant, Tichina Garner, Jasmine Jones

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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Black Lives Matter, Chaylia Salandy 2023 Tennessee State University

Black Lives Matter, Chaylia Salandy

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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Black Lives Matter, Christopher Rippy 2023 Tennessee State University

Black Lives Matter, Christopher Rippy

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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Labor Union Movement, Kyle Washington 2023 Tennessee State University

Labor Union Movement, Kyle Washington

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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Fat Is Not An Insult, Jessica Paiva de Oliveira 2023 Tennessee State University

Fat Is Not An Insult, Jessica Paiva De Oliveira

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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I Have A Dream, LaDaja Martin 2023 Tennessee State University

I Have A Dream, Ladaja Martin

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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Women’S Rights In Sports, Demetrius Lewis 2023 Tennessee State University

Women’S Rights In Sports, Demetrius Lewis

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements

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