Metropolitan areas

While pedestrian-oriented urban places have been identified as beneficial in a number of fields, including public health and climate change, there is a shortage of quantitative studies of such places covering large geographic areas. This study characterizes neighborhoods in US m…

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of selected demographic factors on acculturation among Middle Eastern women living in an urban metropolitan area in the southeastern region of the United States. Specifically, this study was concerned with the influence of t…

This dissertation explores the nature of the migrant and migration within the context of the recent economic downturn in the U.S. Because most migration is rooted in economics—that is, the migrant expects a positive net economic return for the cost/investment of migrating—many q…

This study investigates the workings of the informal housing market and the ways house building is facilitated and financing obtained among lower-income households in a metropolitan area experiencing exploding population growth and decentralization. In capturing the dynamics of …