Browsing by Subject "San Antonio, Texas"

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The Austin/San Antonio Corridor: The Dynamics of a Developing Technopolis
(IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 1987-03) Smilor, Raymond W.; Kozmetsky, George; Gibson, David V.
Examination of the factors contributing to the development of the Austin/San Antonio corridor as a high-technology center in the years 1945-1986. The paper uses a conceptual framework called the Technopolis Wheel, which identifies seven segments as fundamental in regional high-tech growth: university, large and small technology companies, state-local-and federal government, and support groups (e.g. chambers of commerce). The major contribution of the paper is its emphasis on using multiple data sources to measure the relative importance of these segments. It concludes with case studies of Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) in Austin and the biotechnology sector in San Antonio.
Catching the Next Wave in the Corridor: The Convergence of Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Information Technology
(IC² Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003-03-20) Smithson, Robert; Adams, Lance; Stacey, Steven; Evans, Eliza
Report on strategies for economic development in the Austin-San Antonio corridor based on an anticipated convergence of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and information technology.
An examination of urban public transportation equity in San Antonio, Texas
(2009-08) Barrow, Tricia Ann; McCray, Talia; Oden, Michael
The aim of this report is to demonstrate the ways in which inadequate transportation systems and policies create constrains and inequalities in San Antonio. It discusses the important role that equity plays in transportation planning. In addition, it explores various policies and planning reforms that might help achieve equity objectives. The concern for transportation equity is rooted in the desire for just distribution of resources and growing awareness of environmental justice concerns. This report will explore some of the ways that San Antonio's transportation systems and policies can be improved to enhance the quality of life and create opportunities for all residents, specifically for the disadvantaged.
Holding loss at its center : age value at Missions Concepción & San José
(2019-05) King, Meghan Elizabeth; Holleran , Michael; Ibarra Sevilla, Benjamín
Mission Concepción and Mission San José in San Antonio, Texas belong to a collection of five eighteenth century Spanish Colonial Missions founded along the San Antonio River. The churches of Concepción and San José are of analogous construction, built of local tufa limestone with corresponding layers of lime stucco. The history of these buildings has seen several eras of preservation approaches, or lack thereof, up to and including abandonment. This thesis considers the state of the exterior stucco of both buildings as a means by which to contemplate the value preservation places on loss and look of age. In honoring all periods to the building of a monument, the preservation of the churches' picturesque and semi-ruinous appearances emerges at odds with the material needs of the buildings and presents a limited framework of interpretation. This analysis investigates the "why" of this preservation scenario why does loss prefigure so centrally in preservation? And from where does this value emerge? In investigating the ideological framework of the Venice Charter and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards, an inherently broken notion of time reveals itself at their roots. In practice this produces a binaristic notion of loss and wholeness that are an inherent expression of age value's priority above all else. In applying this analysis against the Missions, this thesis seeks to redress the limits of this framework and locates a space for an alternative preservation discourse of capacious interpretations.
Lives in the Shadows: Some of the Costs and Consequences of a "Non-System" of Care
(Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, 1991) Diamond, Pamela M.; Schnee, Steven B.