This research project is a historical account of the effects of neoliberal economic, social, and urban development on the making of the third ghetto in African American communities, with a particular focus on homeless families in Washington, D.C. at the end of the twentieth cent…
In Mễ Trì village on the Western peri-urban edge of Hanoi, Vietnam, landless rice farmers no longer tend to rice paddy fields. Instead, many have converted 40 square meters of their residential space into a small factory for producing an artisanal rice product called cốm (young …
My project demonstrates how the Saudi Arabian government established their control over a dissident Eastern Province. Examining a mixture of ARAMCO, American, and Saudi sources, my thesis aims to expand the historiography of urban history, Saudi Arabia, and company towns in the …
This dissertation examines the reciprocal relationship between the civic reputation and the cultural landscape of Reno, Nevada from its founding in 1868 to the present. Drawing on a diverse array of materials including travel guides, postcards, pamphlets, city directories, oral …
The objective of this study is to assess the role of mobile technology to promote a communicative city in Indonesia. The focus is on mobile technologies as symbols of the latest information and communication technology (ICT). Communication influences the capacity building of the…
My dissertation explains why local governments in Los Angeles have given certain neighborhoods ethnic place names which are publicly manifested in street and freeways signs. Over the past decade in Los Angeles, as in many cities across the United States, ethnic activists and bus…
This dissertation is a study of urban land in a colonial Nigerian city. It investigates the history and politics of urban land, land tenure, land use and access to land, and their intersections with the growth of urbanization in the late nineteenth and twentieth century eastern …
Gentrification is a contentious topic both theoretically and politically. A subset of urbanization, gentrification displaces existing residents as wealthier residents and developers move into an area and invest in local housing, commerce, and public infrastructure. Some view gen…
This study examines intraurban residential preferences in Sana'a, the capital city of the Republic of Yemen. Other aspects of the city's urban development related to the study topic are also discussed. Outer peripheral areas of the city received the highest positive preference r…
Catholic regimes in post-Tridentine Italy were expected to enforce religious orthodoxy domestically while supporting ideological and military Crusade abroad. However, the demands of spiritual stewardship often conflicted with the mercantilist interests of the state. Combining me…
This study offers a demand-side analysis of the individuals and institutions involved in a 'spatial fix' in Tangier, Morocco. Tangier's urban economy is distinguished by a high level of foreign investment from southern Spain in the residential and commercial real estate markets.…
This thesis considers critically the Takiyeh Dowlat, a monumental theater house with a short life of only 68 years, as a means of analyzing one approach toward modernity in Iran. Begun in 1873, it was demolished in 1946 and replaced by a national bank. In this thesis, I aim to e…
An overview of critical academic thought concerning the character and attributes of American urban development establishes that the presence of unsuccessful, or challenged, development is a transcending problem necessitating government regulation in response. Challenged developm…
The thesis examines the role of heritage values in urban transformation in contemporary London. Two cases of urban redevelopment are explored in detail: the No. 1 Poultry redevelopment in the City of London and the Market redevelopment in Spitalfields. The particular concern is …
This dissertation is based on 26 months, between 2007 and 2010, of official non-continuous ethnographic fieldwork in real estate development in Kazakhstan. During this time, I investigated the institutionalization of new housing “dreamworlds” and new modes of being urban in rela…
This dissertation is a story of the evolution of the domestic sphere of the Margi ethnic group of northeastern Nigeria. The evolution started with round huts and fences that were constructed mainly with pieces of stones while living in the Mandara Mountain enclaves and with mud …
The purpose of this study is to examine the urban spatial development patterns of Palestinian communities by investigating how the Palestinian communities are growing and, to some extent, why they are growing the way they do. Although there are several studies suggesting that th…