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Planning, Design and the Built Environment

Dissertations from 2023 2023

Influence of Access to Public Parks on Mortality Among Older Adults in the United States, Jiaying Dong

Public Libraries As Thirdspaces for Community Participation in the Informational Society, Rieta Drinkwine

A Mixed-Method Study on the Walkability of Streets in Hospital-Anchored Neighborhoods, Xiaowei Li

Developing Design Guidelines of Deployable Bamboo Scissors-Like Arch Structures: For Structural Performance, Flexibility, and Constructability, Anastasia Maurina

Contrasting Public and Private Approaches to Private Land Conservation in the United States: Local Government, Land Trust, and Landowner Viewpoints, Anna Overby

Belonging by Design: The Exploration of Architecture Learning Environments and their Role in the Sense of Belonging and Field Identity of Black Architecture Students, Stacy Scott

Conceptualizing Technology in Landscape Architecture (TLA) For the 21st Century, Xiwei Shen

The Relationship Between Community Rebounding After a Sequence of Environmental Disasters and Social Cohesion in Puerto Rico, Saeideh Sobhaninia

Dissertations from 2022 2022

Airborne Contaminant Dispersal in Critical Built Environments, Arup Bhattacharya

Overcoming Provision Challenges and Barriers to Affordable Housing Development in Small Towns of South Carolina, Marchell L. Magxaka

Design, Integration, and Evaluation of IoT-Based Electrochromic Building Envelopes for Visual Comfort and Energy Efficiency, QINGQING SUN

Evaluation of the Chinese Sponge City Program: the Resilient Transition of Urban Stormwater Management, Wuhan, Chongqing, Zhenjiang, China, Case Studies, Jueminsi Wu

Dissertations from 2021 2021

The Community of Inquiry Effect on Learning for an Online Course, Robert Dawson Coffey

Reinforcement Learning Based Design Methodology for Building Performance: A Case of Building Facades with Kinetic Elements, Sida Dai

Spatial Planning to Examine Regional Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obesity and Diabetes by Analyzing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Retail Environment: Applying a Machine Learning Approach, Michelle Eichinger

Identification of Best Practices to Aid Streamline the Transportation Project Development Process: A Study of the States Department of Transportation, Tanin Haidary

The Impact of Daylight and Window Views on Health and Recovery: A Quash-Experimental Study of Patients with Heart Disease in a Cardiac ICU, Roxana Jafarifiroozabadi

A Critical Evaluation of China’s Thirteenth Five-Year Plans for Economic and Social Development, Shaobo Li

Dissertations from 2020 2020

Healthy Designed Environments for Pre-school Children: Investigating Ways to Optimize the Restoration Experience in Nature-based Outdoor Play Environments, Xiaotong Liu

Barriers to the Adoption of Green Building Materials and Technologies in Developing Countries: The Case of Burkina Faso, Goulwendin Alexia Nikyema

Dissertations from 2019 2019

Visitor Impact at Historic Sites: An Assessment of the Influence of Usage, Interpretation, and Management on Material Degradation, Laurel Lynne Bartlett

The U.S. Foreclosure Crisis and Racial Change in the American South, Jermaine Marquise Durham

The Influence of Windows on Surgeons' Stress, Christopher William Kiss

Culturally Specific Shape Grammar: Formalism of Geringsing Textiles Patterns through Ethnography and Simulation, Nyoman Dewi Pebryani

The Impact of Transportation Disadvantage on Healthcare Access, Ying Zhou

Dissertations from 2018 2018

Computational Investigation of the Morphological Design Dimensions of Historic Hexagonal-Based Islamic Geometric Patterns, Mostafa Waleed Hashem Alani

Role of the Physical Environment on Team-Based Primary Care in the Military Health System, William B. Lewis

Dissertations from 2017 2017

Integrating Tiny Houses into the American Urban Fabric: A Comparative Case Study of Land Use Policy Change in the Carolinas, Krista Evans

Integrating Tiny Houses into the American Urban Fabric: A Comparative Case Study of Land Use Policy Change in the Carolinas, Krista Evans

Income Inequality, Rapidly Rising Housing Prices and Overdevelopment of Houses in China, Tao Guan

Landscape Manipulatives: A Study of Math Gardens and Learning Outcomes in Middle School Mathematics Education Research, Yang Song

Landscape Manipulatives: A Study of Math Gardens and Learning Outcomes in Middle School Mathematics Education Research, Yang Song

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Beyond Aesthetics: Fostering Place Attachment through the Design Regulatory Process, Courtney Grunninger Bonney

RISK ANALYSIS AND DISASTER RECOVERY: A FLORIDA LIHTC CASE STUDY, Valerie Hammett

Encouraging Engagement with Therapeutic Landscapes: Using Transparent Spaces to Optimize Stress Reduction in Urban Health Facilities, Shan Jiang

Dissertations from 2014 2014

Comparison of the Design-Bid-Build and Construction Manager at Risk Project Delivery Methods Utilized for the Construction of Public Schools, Noel Carpenter

Hybrid Spaces: Users' Perceptions of Digitally Mediated Public Space, Melanie Duffey

Rebuilding Social Organization in Low-income Neighborhoods: The Influence of Habitat for Humanity, John Lattimore

TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE BASED GUIDELINES FOR USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS IN LIGHTWEIGHT BUILDINGS, Niraj Poudel

Dissertations from 2013 2013

Designing Complex, Interactive, Architectural Systems with CIAS-DM: A Model-Based, Human-Centered, Design & Analysis Methodology, Joe Manganelli

CHARLESTON CONTRADICTIONS: A CASE STUDY OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION THEORIES AND POLICIES, David Payne

Public Participation in Brownfield Redevelopment: The Role of Public Participation in State Administered Voluntary Cleanup Programs, Erik Simon

DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF A NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION PLATFORM BETWEEN ASSISTIVE ROBOTS AND THEIR USERS, Anthony Threatt

Attaining Sustainable Behavior among Non-environmentally-motivated Individuals: A Formative Experiment, Brooklynn Wynveen

Dissertations from 2012 2012

Key Strategies of Sustainable Real Estate Decision-Making in the United States: A Delphi Study of the Stakeholders, Pernille Christensen

BUILDING SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: THE CASE OF STUDENT HOUSING IN PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION, Bruce Cole

THE CHANGING FACE OF THE GAME AND GOLF'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT, David Hueber

MARKETING IN AN AUTOMOBILE DEPENDENT SOCIETY: AN ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER-ORIENTED, INDUSTRY-PRODUCED ADVERTISING MATERIAL, John Ridout

Dissertations from 2011 2011

Turkish informal housing settlements as a typology for modern generative processes in urban design: a case study of Karanfilkoy and Fatih Sultan Mehmet neighborhoods in Istanbul, Turkey, Noah Billig

MONUMENTAL-IT: A 'ROBOTIC-WIKI' MONUMENT FOR EMBODIED INTERACTION IN THE INFORMATION WORLD, Tarek Mokhtar

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR UNIVERSITY/COMMUNITY TRANSIT SYSTEMS, Geary Robinson

Dissertations from 2010 2010

An Exogenous Approach to Circumventing Demolition by Neglect: The Impact of Agricultural Preservation on Historic Colonial Towns, Galen Newman

Dissertations from 2009 2009

The Animated Work Environment: A Vision for Working Life in a Digital Society, Henrique Houayek