This paper examines how individual expressions determine if sustainable outcomes are possible within neighborhood redevelopment projects. Focusing on Bristol Place neighborhood, it explores various perspectives related ...

Job Accessibility measures how easily an individual can overcome travel barriers and physically reach job opportunities. However, previous JA measures have used inaccurate auto travel time. Also they have not considered ...

Working class heritage, defined as the use of the material remains of working class life as a cultural, political, and economic resource in the present, has heretofore been obscured in the Province of Groningen, The ...

This project focuses on the application of civic technology to urban planning practice in racial justice. It explores the capability of computer technology to improve the accessibility of civic data and to bring greater ...

This paper is concerned with issues of inequality, work and organizing for political and economic justice in the contemporary American metropolitan area. It addresses the problem that fragmentation impedes collaboration ...

This project examines how local urban planning practice has been influenced by the concept of sustainability -- currently defined as a balance among economic, environmental and social equity concerns in planning and ...

This dissertation examines volunteered geographic information (VGI), a Web 2.0 phenomenon in which users contribute geographic information online and collaboratively create maps. By examining the case of www.openstreetmap.org, ...

The City of Mobile, Alabama struggles with a history of auto-oriented development, limiting pedestrian accessibility outside of the downtown core. The city’s current comprehensive plan, the Map for Mobile, identifies a ...

The City of Des Moines is struggling to address the impact of foreclosure and resulting property deterioration, vacancy, and blight. The City seeks an analysis of foreclosure and discussion of strategies to best target ...

This dissertation examines the intersections between difference, participation, and planning processes. Rooted in scholarly conversations about deliberative democracy, collaborative planning, and nonprofit organizations ...