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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"Austin, Texas"”.
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Music and Homelessness in Austin, Texas
… is a critical problem in America today. In Austin, some homeless people attempt to earn income by busking, playing music for monetary donations. In this thesis I will present findings based on field research among homeless buskers in Austin taking care to include many of my own experiences …
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A Union Railroad Station for Austin, Texas
Thesis (M.Arch.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1949.
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An Image Analysis of Area Hospitals: Austin, Texas
This paper assesses the Austin area hospitals' images as held by the individual consumer and the relationships demographic factors have with the images. Four hundred households within the Austin telephone exchange were contacted, using random digit dialing, for telephone interviews based on a …
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Crime, Vegetation, and Ethnicity, Austin, Texas 2006-2010
No abstract prepared.
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Describing Diversity of New Urban Developments in Austin, Texas
… the diversity of new urban developments in Austin, Texas. The project begins with an overview of the history, causes and negative effects of suburban sprawl. The idea of new urbanism is then presented as the antithesis of suburban sprawl. Additionally, the literature surrounding issues in …
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Fields, restaurants, grocers, abattoir : food spaces in Austin, Texas
… dissertation examines five different sites in Austin, Texas, from the past and the present, related in some way to food production or consumption. They are: spinach fields from the first decades of the twentieth century when the Austin-area was one of the leading spinach-producing regions in …
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Keep Austin Queer: Performativity of Queer Space in Austin, Texas
… depending on the people who are occupying them. Austin, Texas is a city known for its progressive nature, even while being a city in the middle of Texas. That being said, Austin does not have an overabundance of physical queer spaces as other cities do. The existing literature on queer spaces …
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Exploring Bioregional Urban Design: A Case Study in Austin, Texas
… is to analyze current environmental problems of Austin, Texas from a bioregional perspective, and discuss solutions to these problems according to bioregional principles. I intend to assess how the city could be reorganized according to the bioregional paradigm, given the built environment of …
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Analysis of Gentrification and Green Spaces in East Austin, Texas
… This study, focused on the eastern part of Austin, Texas, USA, analyzed demographic census data and green space locations within a 5-year period before and after the ‘Imagine Austin’ plan was initiated to assess the relationship between gentrification and green spaces. This study intends to …
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Spatial Accessibility to Public Outdoor Recreation Destinations from Austin, Texas, 2010
… ''the outdoors" from different neighborhoods in Austin, in terms of their relative levels of income, education and ethnicity? In this research study, we explore the distribution and composition of public lands in Central Texas. We develop an index of spatial accessibility to public outdoor …
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Doing the work : the Black Lives Matter Movement in Austin, Texas
… ethnography of Black Lives Matter organizing in Austin, Texas during the final year of the Obama presidency and the first year of the Trump administration. Through participant observation of vigils, city council meetings, cop watches, and sanctuary movement rallies I found a pattern wherein …
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Measuring the Impact of Community Gardens on Property Values in Austin, Texas
… single family residential property values in Austin, Texas. The data used in this study were gathered from 200 homes from middle- to upper- class neighborhoods near 10 community gardens in Austin, Texas. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the influence of community gardens on …
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Fear of Gang Crime and the Physical Environment in East Austin, Texas
No abstract prepared.
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Link park access with obesity risk reduction : case study of Austin, Texas
… the overlay of mean childhood obesity scores and Austin city parks data, including distance from bus stops to park centers using GIS, correlation and regression methods. The park amenity data was multiplied by a standard MET (metabolic equivalent) value. Maps were created to spatially show the …
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Climate control : smart thermostats, demand response, and energy efficiency in Austin, Texas
… climate change and energy goals. Since 2000, Austin Energy has managed a residential demand response program that enables it to reduce air conditioning usage by remotely adjusting thermostat settings at tens of thousands of homes. The utility distributed free thermostats to households that …
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An Evaluative Study of the Kozmetsky Center for Child Protection in Austin, Texas
Research Purpose: As more organizations establish child advocacy centers, there needs to be an effective tool to measure their administrative adherence to national goals and objectives. The purpose of this research is threefold. The first purpose is to describe the ideal characteristics of a child …
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An Analysis of Electric Utility Fund Transfer in the City of Austin, Texas
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Developing a Practical Ideal Type Gentrification Effects Mitigation Program: A Study of Austin, Texas
… program and gauge its effectiveness in Austin, Texas. Austin is experiencing tremendous growth levels and a resurgence of residents making the choice to move to inner city neighborhoods that have experienced decades of neglect. Gentrification encourages redevelopment and revitalization …
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Land value taxation as a mechanism to relieve housing supply constraints in Austin, Texas
… the author looks at the Highland neighborhood of Austin, TX - a marginal neighborhood with recently completed light-rail stops, a regional mall being redeveloped into a mixed-use project anchored by a community college, and building typologies which do not comply with current zoning - and proposes …
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Development of a Composite Model of Quality of Life: A Case Study in Austin, Texas
… examines how QOL may be studied empirically for Austin, Texas by using social, economic, and environmental variables at the census tract level. In addition to factors examined by previous researchers, crime rate and commute time are included to better understand their effect on QOL. Economic and …
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