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School of City and Regional Planning Theses and Dissertations [261]
Original work in partial fulfillment of a graduate degree in the School of City and Regional Planning.
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Evaluation of Implementation Strategies of On-site Water Conserving Technologies in Three Urban Neighborhoods
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-06-27)This paper addresses a knowledge gap that exists for city- or neighborhood-wide applications of on-site water-conserving technologies, such as rainwater and gray-water systems. We develop a framework for evaluating policies ... -
Houston Townhomes & Affordability: Relative townhome prices 2005-2018
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)Houston is often held up as the example of the un-‐zoned American city, with the implication being that Houston’s land use is altogether unregulated and the city’s form is the purest reflection of market forces in any ... -
Puerto Rico Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Studio
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)This student-driven studio was a response to the widespread devastation left by two powerful hurricanes, Hurricane María and Hurricane Irma, that impacted Puerto Rico in 2017. Driven by their concern for Puerto Rico’s ... -
Church-Based Transportation: A New Shared Mobility Service That Converts Church Parking Lots into Transportation Hubs
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)The Atlanta metro region leads national polls and statistics that reveal the inadequacy of available transportation services. For example, Atlanta has the 2nd lowest rate of economic mobility, 4th highest rate of suburbanization ... -
Toward a Complete Park
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)The creation of the Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry represents an enormous opportunity for the city of Atlanta. At close to 300 acres, and just over 3 miles from the city center of Five Points, the park’s site is remarkable, ... -
Envisioning a Complete Streets Prioritization Scheme for Georgia’s Small and Medium-Sized Cities
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)This paper explores the policy implications of implementing a prioritization methodology exclusively for Complete Streets projects in Georgia urbanized areas (UZAs) with a population range of 50,000 to 200,000 people, or ... -
A Flood Resilience Policy Analysis: New York City
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)The urgency of flood resilience in coastal regions has amplified over the past decade as several high cost storms have hit significant metropolitan regions. New data has indicated that major hydrological events have doubled ... -
Rural Mobility for Older Adults: Matching Georgia’s Future Needs with Potential Capacity for Volunteer Driver Programs
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)The population of Americans over the age of 65 (“older adults”) is steadily increasing. 2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates show that 14.9 percent of the population is 65 and over, and the current 45-65 cohort ... -
Parking at Megachurches - Managing accessibility, hospitality and stewardship: A Case Study of Peachtree Presbyterian Church
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)This paper examines the transportation management policies, parking capacity, parking usage trends and multi-modal options at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, a mainline, evangelical megachurch, the largest congregation in ... -
How Has U+2 Enforcement Affected Housing Affordability in Fort Collins? Using the Synthetic Control Method to Analyze the Affordability Implications of Residential Occupancy Regulation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)In 2007, the City of Fort Collins began enforcing “U+2”, a residential occupancy restriction created in the 1960s which limited the number of unrelated persons who may cohabit legally. In a 2005 study, Corona Research ... -
A Review on The Concept of Transit-dependency And The Research on The Multidimensional Transit-dependency Index
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)This paper aims to answer two major questions: “How should we properly define Transit-dependency?” and “How should we measure Transit-dependency?” In the paper, the concept of Transit - Dependency is inspected through the ... -
Using K-12 Schools to Promote Sustainable Communities
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)Schools are a heavily talked about topic. The history, quality, and future of schools is something of much interest to many people regardless of whether or not they have children. The majority of our taxes go to support ... -
Expanding Equity in Sustainability Projects Through Community Engagement: Can Organizations Adapt?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)Across the United States, inequitable distribution of urban resources is of increasing concern to city planners, government officials, and residents in the country’s major cities. Scholars have found that the wealth gap ... -
The Impact of Urbanization on Biodiversity in the Asheville-Brevard Combined Statistical Area
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)Humans are part of an exclusive grouping of animals known as ecosystem engineers because they change and create livable environments to suit their needs. In addition to building shelters and cultivating the land, humans ... -
Middle Ground: Market Demand and the Housing Supply Mismatch for Middle Housing in the United States
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)The purpose of this report is to analyze the market case in other words, the abundance of demand and lack of supply for middle scale, middle density housing. This category of housing used to be common in our cities but ... -
Closing Peachtree and Pine: Evaluating Homeless Strategies in Atlanta, Georgia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)Homelessness is a significant issue facing the United States as a whole, but urban areas tend to face the brunt of the challenge. As one of the largest metro areas in the U.S., and the largest city in the State of Georgia, ... -
Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge: Incorporating Uncertainty and Equity into Transportation Planning for the San Juan Metropolitan
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)Hurricane Maria made landfall over Puerto Rico in 2017 as a category 4 hurricane with wind speeds of up to 155 miles per hour. The storm resulted in a humanitarian crisis that brought into full view many of the islands ... -
Bike Infrastructure Evaluation of Midtown Atlanta, A GIS and Statistics Based Study
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)Metro Atlanta has experienced a surge in population growth in the past few decades. Midtown is one of the most attractive neighborhoods to companies, businesses, and residents, new and old. From daily observations to ... -
Promoting Economic Mobility of Clients Through Identifying Leverage Points in the Atlanta Community Food Bank Partner Network
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)Residents in the City of Atlanta, Georgia have experienced some of the lowest economic mobility in the country in recent years (Brookings, 2015), meaning that a residents’ zip code has direct implications on their potential ... -
Coastal Wetlands and Sea-Level Rise: A Case for Climate Adaptation Zones in Coastal Georgia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05)There exists within the scientific community overwhelming consensus that global sea level rise and temperature fluctuations are facilitating coastal change. Depending on local conditions, these potentially devastating ...
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