Demographics and Their Relationship to the Characteristics of New Urbanism: A Preliminary Study

Purpose: The purpose of this preliminary research is to explore if demographics affect participants’ attitude towards the characteristics of New Urbanism. Methodology: To achieve this purpose, the literature will be reviewed to establish the central characteristics of New Urban communities. Based on the findings of the literature, a survey will be administered to gauge the attitudes of the author’s “friends”and their “friends” on Facebook to determine their attitudes towards the characteristics of New Urbanism and to record their demographics. Finally, those attitudes and demographics will be complied to establish if demographics affect the subjects’ attitude towards the characteristics of New Urbanism. Results: Overall, the exploratory research indicates that demographics play a trivial role in the participants’ attitude towards the characteristics of New Urbanism. Conclusion. The initial results indicate that demographics for this non-random sampling do not affect how a participant values the characteristics of a New Urban community. A scientific study should be conducted to see if these preliminary results represent the population or if different conclusions can be made.

Name thesis:degree_name

Masters in Public Administration

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Public Administration

Grantor

Texas State University

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Gallini, Jared

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Tajalli, Hassan

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Rahm, Dianne
• Waugh, Dave

• demographics
• new urbanism
• new urban
• neotraditional planning
• new urbanist

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/3594

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/3594