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Opportunities to integrate on-site food production in affordable housing developments in Austin, Texas
(2011-05)
In order to build community and provide additional amenities at their properties, several affordable housing developers in Austin, Texas have begun integrating on-site food production into their developments. This project ...
With an eye to the east : the China factor and the U.S.-India relationship, 1949-1979
(2012-05)
In recent years, as China has continued to rise as an economic, political and military power, there has been increasing interest in the U.S. in developing a strategic relationship with India in response. Most have seen ...
Cycles of denial : US reception of drug-war refugees from Mexico through the asylum system
(2014-05)
This thesis will focus on the recent increase in the number of Mexican nationals applying for asylum in the United States and the disproportionate denial of their claims. It will help clarify national debates regarding ...
Social media and the city of New Braunfels, Texas : foundations and guidance for implementing a social media strategy
(2011-05)
Many municipalities are deciding how to engage their citizens through social media while, at the same time, the universe of social media applications continues to grow and evolve. As of May 2011, the government of the City ...
Burden of the Cold War: The George H.W. Bush Administration and El Salvador
(2012-02-14)
At the start of the George H.W. Bush administration, American involvement in El Salvador?s civil war, one of the last Cold War battlegrounds, had disappeared from the foreign policy agenda. However, two events in November ...
Dando voz a la comunidad : including undocumented immigrants in U.S. city planning
(2009-12)
The purpose of this research is to better understand why undocumented
immigrants do not typically participate in U.S. city planning processes, and present
recommendations for improved inclusion. This report provides a ...
Bringing policy back into the policy making process
(2011-05)
My research project is a break from the current trend in the literature that focuses on the conflict associated with roll call voting—party polarization and institutional friction. I am interested in determining how policy ...
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) ...
Most endangered lists and their implementation by statewide preservation advocacy organizations
(2011-05)
A Most Endangered list is a common programmatic tool used by historic preservation advocacy groups. These lists allow the organizations to focus their support on a small, representative selection of threatened historic ...
Using telework and flexible work arrangements as a congestion mitigation strategy
(2011-05)
Congestion is one of the most pressing urban issues Texans face today — it imposes steep social and economic costs on citizens and businesses and shows no sign of subsiding without substantial intervention. This thesis ...