Despite its long history in the United States and abroad, the unconventional drilling industry, and specifically hydraulic fracturing technology, remain controversial. While the competing demands of energy from oil and gas are contrasted with environmental safety and protection,…
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Esta tesis reflexiona acerca de los límites internos en un contexto de paisaje unitario. Se plantea un traspaso desde la noción de frontera como una línea delgada que divide recintos, de carácter administrativo, hacía la de borde como un espesor que configura lugares dentro del …
This three-article dissertation (TAD) examines the drivers and impacts of Land-use/land-cover Change (LULCC) on the social-ecological system (SES) in a Himalayan region, prone to landslide disasters. The study region is based in Kurseong, a district subdivision in eastern India,…
Notable as a unique and significant Chinese Communist Party-led land reform campaign, land reform in Beijing suburbs in 1949 not only changed everyday life in suburban Beijing but also profoundly shaped political culture in the early years of the People’s Republic of China. Char…
El Anillo de Hierro está conformado por el Ferrocarril de Circunvalación de Santiago y por un conjunto de edificios industriales que son parte del patrimonio inmueble del país. Luego de la inutilización del ferrocarril, la memoria del pasado industrial de la circunvalación ferro…
This thesis proposes the design of a downtown food center complex as the next logical development of the food bank system of the City of Tacoma, Washington. The first part of the thesis examines the complex character of Tacoma’s emergency food system through a study of the city’…
Known for its pristine views, The Bluff was no accident; therefore, there was a purpose for this location. This rural village was once known as the entry point for the slave trade in Baton Rouge. It was home to a cotton plantation, Scotland/Kernan Plantation. The former entry po…
This thesis explores a socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable alternative to the current food production and consumption systems, a framework which currently leaves neighborhoods without food, farmers without incomes, and communities without a sense of the ecolo…
The redevelopment and rebranding of the neighborhood formerly known as "Navy Yard" began with a private-public partnership on federal land in one of the first attempts at creating a mixed-income community. In 2003, Forest City Washington won the contract for 42 acres of the Sout…
Land use and land cover change is one of the main agents of change in natural ecosystems in semi-arid regions, particularly in areas with a long history of agricultural intensification. In this context, the following work aims to characterize the landscape dynamics and the fragm…
Development has been occurring within New Jersey along the Raritan River floodplain for centuries resulting in numerous fatalities and expensive property damage. In the last century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been the leading task force to combat flooding with…
Since 1868, Navajo self-determination has been marginalized by the unequal power relations between Navajo people and the U.S. government. Colonial relations manifests historically as an imposition of a forced livestock reduction, a grazing regime, and the uneven-development in t…
The Puget Lowland of the Pacific Northwest (PNW) has a dynamic post-glacial vegetation and climate history. Vegetation structure and fire frequency may be affected by a variety of factors such as large-scale climatic change, as well as more local factors like changing natural an…
Land frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon continue to be dominated by the expansion of cattle ranching and large-scale deforestation events. Theory on smallholder agriculture argues that the agroecological intensification of land use—which would counteract land extensive speculatio…
Türkiye genelinde planlı döneme geçişin başladığı 1950’li yıllarda planlama faaliyetleri hız kazanırken korunan alanlarda da planlama çalışmaları başlamıştır. Zaman içerisinde dünya çapında korunan alanlara artan ilgi doğrultusunda Türkiye’de de korunan alanlara yönelik planlama…
The aim of this thesis is to explore the issue of land-use conflicts in the context of the nighttime economy. There is little research on nighttime planning in general and as cities evolve and expand, there will be a growing need to better understand issues after dark. This repo…
Florida is home to two dueling landscapes, the developed and the rural. Historically, Florida has held many of the US’ top agricultural lands. According to the 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture, Florida ranked second in the US for citrus acreage and fourth for vegetable production…
Kentsel peyzaj planlamanın temel amacı; kent halkının fiziksel, sosyal, psikolojik ve ekonomik gereksinimlerini karşılayan ve aynı zamanda da kentlerin doğal ve kültürel peyzaj değerlerinin korunduğu donatı alanları oluşturmaktır. Hızlı ve düzensiz kentsel gelişimler sonucu kent…
Southeastern Anatolian Development project (GAP) was designed as a useful development project for the Southeastern Anatolian Region which is historically underdeveloped region in Turkey. However, such large dam projects have strong oppositions because they bring unintended socia…