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Senior Shedding: Mortality And Migration Of Seniors Create Vacancies For Gentrifying Neighborhoods, Robert Lycan, Charles Rynerson 2013 Portland State University

Senior Shedding: Mortality And Migration Of Seniors Create Vacancies For Gentrifying Neighborhoods, Robert Lycan, Charles Rynerson

Publications, Reports and Presentations

Looks at how vacancies created by deaths and out-migration of seniors and baby boomers facilitates housing turnover or gentrification, referred to as Senior Shedding.


Designing Affordable Housing For Adaptability: Principles, Practices, & Application, Micaela R. Danko 2013 Pitzer College

Designing Affordable Housing For Adaptability: Principles, Practices, & Application, Micaela R. Danko

Pitzer Senior Theses

While environmental and economic sustainability have been driving factors in the movement towards a more resilient built environment, social sustainability is a factor that has received significantly less attention over the years. Federal support for low-income housing has fallen drastically, and the deficit of available, adequate, affordable homes continues to grow. In this thesis, I explore one way that architects can design affordable housing that is intrinsically sustainable. In the past, subsidized low-income housing has been built as if to provide a short-term solution—as if poverty and lack of affordable housing is a short-term problem. However, I argue that adaptable …


Fruitful Communities: Evaluating The History And Impacts Of Treepeople’S Fruit Tree Program, Kayla B. Imhoff 2013 Pitzer College

Fruitful Communities: Evaluating The History And Impacts Of Treepeople’S Fruit Tree Program, Kayla B. Imhoff

Pitzer Senior Theses

TreePeople is a Los Angeles based non-profit organization that uses environmental education, initiatives, and programs to engage with the greater community to work towards the goal of a sustainable future for Los Angeles. The Fruit Tree Program is one of TreePeople’s longest running programs of 29 years, which distributes free bare-root fruit trees to economically disadvantaged communities as a source of fresh fruit and the other environmental benefits that trees offer. This paper is a comprehensive report detailing the history of the program and the impacts it has had on communities across Los Angeles County. Looking at three communities in …


Forest Grove School District: Enrollment Forecast 2013-14 To 2022-23, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson, Vivian Siu, Bimal RajBhandary, Ryan Dann 2013 Portland State University

Forest Grove School District: Enrollment Forecast 2013-14 To 2022-23, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson, Vivian Siu, Bimal Rajbhandary, Ryan Dann

School District Enrollment Forecast Reports

This report presents the results of a demographic study conducted by the Portland State University Population Research Center (PRC) for the Forest Grove School District (FGSD). The study includes analysis of population, housing and enrollment trends affecting the District in recent years, estimates of the impacts of housing development on FGSD enrollment, and forecasts of district‐wide and individual school enrollments for the 2013‐14 to 2022‐23 school years.


Adding Up The "Butcher's Bill" - The Public Health Consequences Of America's System Of Gun Regulation, Edward W. Hill 2013 Cleveland State University

Adding Up The "Butcher's Bill" - The Public Health Consequences Of America's System Of Gun Regulation, Edward W. Hill

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

Adding up the “Butcher’s Bill”: The Public Health Consequences of the System of Gun Regulation in the United States examines trends in firearm’s related deaths, murders and injuries over time.


The Cost Of Arming Schools: The Price Of Stopping A Bad Guy With A Gun, Edward W. Hill 2013 Cleveland State University

The Cost Of Arming Schools: The Price Of Stopping A Bad Guy With A Gun, Edward W. Hill

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The price of implementing the NRA’s proposal to place an armed security guard in every school building in the nation is nearly $13 billion a year. The opportunity cost to taxpayers for fully protected schools can reach $23 billion. The cost per student approaches $500 and would take up half of federal spending on elementary and secondary education if paid for by the federal government. Is this the cost of protecting schools? Or, is it just one cost for permitting unlimited access to semi-automatic weapons and large capacity ammunition clips and preventing the potential for mass murder in our schools?


How Many Guns Are In The United States: Americans Own Between 262 Million And 310 Million Firearms, Edward W. Hill 2013 Cleveland State University

How Many Guns Are In The United States: Americans Own Between 262 Million And 310 Million Firearms, Edward W. Hill

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

How Many Guns are in the United States? estimates the number of firearms available to the civilian population in the United States and the characteristics of the market for semiautomatic firearms.


Helping Connecticut Towns Plan For Climate Change, Juliana Barrett, Jennifer Pagach 2013 Univ. of Connecticut

Helping Connecticut Towns Plan For Climate Change, Juliana Barrett, Jennifer Pagach

Wrack Lines

A NOAA Climate Change Adaptation Training Workshop helps Connecticut towns plan ahead.


Smart Phone App Puts Rain Gardens Into Mobile Tech Mode, Margaret (Peg) A. Van_Patten Ms. 2013 University of Connecticut

Smart Phone App Puts Rain Gardens Into Mobile Tech Mode, Margaret (Peg) A. Van_Patten Ms.

Wrack Lines

A fun smart phone app can help you design the rain garden of your dreams.


The Grand Paris Express: An Analysis Of Social And Political Trends Towards Mass Transit Planning In The Île-De-France Region, Charlotte M. Leasia 2013 Scripps College

The Grand Paris Express: An Analysis Of Social And Political Trends Towards Mass Transit Planning In The Île-De-France Region, Charlotte M. Leasia

Scripps Senior Theses

This thesis examines the Grand Paris Express project currently underway in the Île-de-France. The basis of this project is a series of new and renovated railway lines to connect and span across the entirety of the region. They are being planned with the hopes to improve urbanization for the outlying suburbs. The Île-de-France is the wealthiest region in France, but it has high economic inequality between its departments. One hard hit area is Seine-St-Denis. This is the area I will be focusing primarily on. Department number 93, its urban landscape holds histories of rioting, unemployment, and large immigrant populations. In …


Facebook Headquarters: Thumbs Up Or Thumbs Down For Housing Prices In East Palo Alto?, Veronica A. Flores 2013 San Jose State University

Facebook Headquarters: Thumbs Up Or Thumbs Down For Housing Prices In East Palo Alto?, Veronica A. Flores

Master's Projects

No abstract provided.


Built For Dementia: Urban Design Analysis For Dementia-Friendly Communities, Jason Su 2013 San Jose State University

Built For Dementia: Urban Design Analysis For Dementia-Friendly Communities, Jason Su

Master's Projects

No abstract provided.


Historic Waterfront Restoration, Sustainability, And Urban Form: A "Greener" Master Plan For Pier 70 At The San Francisco Waterfront, Sonia Melani Miller 2013 San Jose State University

Historic Waterfront Restoration, Sustainability, And Urban Form: A "Greener" Master Plan For Pier 70 At The San Francisco Waterfront, Sonia Melani Miller

Master's Projects

This study explores the use of green areas as a method for integrating urban space and its applicability to waterfront reclamation, a specialized discipline focusing on the rehabilitation of industrial areas of ports. It also explores the philosophy of resource conservation and the integrative design solutions increasingly employed worldwide in projects of waterfront reclamation.


There’S No Place Like Home? Telecommuting As A Viable Commuting Alternative For San Jose Government And Companies To Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled And Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Jennifer Marie Piozet 2013 San Jose State University

There’S No Place Like Home? Telecommuting As A Viable Commuting Alternative For San Jose Government And Companies To Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled And Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Jennifer Marie Piozet

Master's Projects

No abstract provided.


Brownfield Cleanup In A Post-Redevelopment Era: Using A Collaborative, Community-Based Approach To Green The Spartan-Keyes Neighborhood, Sara Lynn Sichley 2013 San Jose State University

Brownfield Cleanup In A Post-Redevelopment Era: Using A Collaborative, Community-Based Approach To Green The Spartan-Keyes Neighborhood, Sara Lynn Sichley

Master's Projects

No abstract provided.


Using Zoning Tools To Adapt To Sea Level Rise, Barb Marmet 2013 William & Mary Law School

Using Zoning Tools To Adapt To Sea Level Rise, Barb Marmet

Virginia Coastal Policy Center

No abstract provided.


The Virginia Supreme Court’S 2012 Livingston Case: Localities And The Risk Of “Takings” Claims For Failure To Properly Maintain Flood Control Structures, Daniel Doty, Chris Olcott 2013 William & Mary Law School

The Virginia Supreme Court’S 2012 Livingston Case: Localities And The Risk Of “Takings” Claims For Failure To Properly Maintain Flood Control Structures, Daniel Doty, Chris Olcott

Virginia Coastal Policy Center

No abstract provided.


News - Georgia State University - Gsu Library Receives $210,000 Neh Grant, Christian J. Steinmetz 2013 Georgia State University

News - Georgia State University - Gsu Library Receives $210,000 Neh Grant, Christian J. Steinmetz

Georgia Library Quarterly

Georgia State University Library recently received a $210,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for “Planning Atlanta: A New City in the Making, 1930s – 1990s”, submitted by librarian Joe Hurley (Principal Investigator) and history professor Kate Wilson (co-PI).


La Apertura De Un Barrio: Las Transformaciones Del Espacio Urbano En Palermo, Buenos Aires = The Opening Of A Neighborhood: The Transformations Of Urban Space En Palermo, Buenos Aires, Daniel Rosenblum 2013 SIT Study Abroad

La Apertura De Un Barrio: Las Transformaciones Del Espacio Urbano En Palermo, Buenos Aires = The Opening Of A Neighborhood: The Transformations Of Urban Space En Palermo, Buenos Aires, Daniel Rosenblum

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The transformations of neoliberalism in Latin America produced profound structural shifts throughout the urban environment. In Buenos Aires, Argentina certain neighborhoods became hotbeds for change. One neighborhood, Palermo, formerly a working class neighborhood, transformed into a neighborhood of distinct locales, each with its own name connected to another large world city, such as New York and London. These areas became deeply tied to international brands and markets, sourcing goods and businesses from all over the world. In addition, the area grew tremendously in the sectors of leisure, entertainment, and gastronomy. New shops, bars, discotheques, restaurants, and boutiques sprouted up in …


The Role Of Proximity In Reducing Auto Travel: Using Vmt To Identify Key Locations For Development, From Downtown To The Exurbs, Robert B. Case 2013 Old Dominion University

The Role Of Proximity In Reducing Auto Travel: Using Vmt To Identify Key Locations For Development, From Downtown To The Exurbs, Robert B. Case

Civil & Environmental Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to discover the VMT impact of each level of proximity in order to help government identify key locations for housing development, and thereby lower VMT and reduce dependence on foreign oil. By discovering the VMT impact of each level of proximity, this dissertation provides a) the first known means of calculating the proximity-based VMT benefit of subject locations by individual proximity level, and b) the new finding that it is likely that high VMT benefit can be achieved at moderate proximity levels acceptable to many households, enabling representative governments to be politically successful while …


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