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Towards a climate resilient Austin, the health implications of climate change on vulnerable communities in Austin
(2014-08)
According to the recently released National Climate Assessment (NCA),
climate change will disproportionally impact the health of the most vulnerable communities in Central Texas (Melillo, 2014). Exactly how climate change ...
Insurgent historiographies of planning in marginalized communities : competing Holly Street Power Plant narratives and implications for participatory planning in Austin, Texas
(2011-05)
I am interested in investigating community perceptions of planning processes in marginalized communities. More specifically, through this project I will draw on the concept of insurgent historiography (Sandercock, 1998) ...
Neighborhood displacement and economic diversity : gentrification policy in Austin, Texas
(2018-05-03)
In 1964, English sociologist Ruth Glass coined the word “gentrification.” Within a few decades, the phenomenon this term described had become an issue in the United States. After the passing of the “urban crisis” of the ...
Inter-organizational networks : challenges, best practices, and relevance in Austin, TX
(2011-05)
In the recent years, the number of nonprofit organizations in the Austin area has proliferated. At the same time, the state economic budget crisis has reduced public and private resources available to social service ...
The urban heat island effect in Austin : current trends and opportunities for further mitigation
(2020-05-07)
This report explores issues surrounding the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect and its mitigation, while focusing on UHI in Austin, Texas. It presents current trends in American cityscapes, namely the increases in impervious ...
The development of a geotechnical GIS-based database in Austin, TX
(2011-05)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are useful in analyzing and visualizing database information. Specifically, the field of geotechnical engineering stands to benefit from a database encompassing GIS; as, geotechnical ...
River City Youth Foundation's TechComunidad : Latino parent education and technology training
(2015-05)
This report is about my own experiences with the digital divide in Austin and River City Youth Foundation’s TechComunidad, a Latino parent education and technology training program, which takes place in Dove Springs. The ...
Reaching Austin's maximum agricultural production
(2013-12)
Austin has residents that have health and nutrition issues that are linked to a lack of access to healthy foods. Some urban agriculture experts believe that one way to help mitigate the issue of access is to increase the ...
Measuring accessibility to urban facilities for East Austin neighborhoods
(2007-12)
Despite the close proximity to downtown, East Austin is one of the more underprivileged
and under-developed communities in the city of Austin, Texas. A lack of access
exacerbates the lack of resources of the poor. It is ...
The relationship between school and city planning in the Austin-Round Rock MSA
(2006-08)
This professional report examined the relationship between school and city planning in the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Six municipalities were selected for the study based on their type of locale: ...