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Title: Community representation in the planning process and its impact on the landscape: A study of the South Dade U.S. 1 Corridor Project.
Creator: Schneider, Martin A., Florida Atlantic University, Domosh, Mona
Abstract/Description: This thesis looks at how political decisions influence the design and outcome of planning processes and how these decisions influence the urban landscape. This study looks at one specific planning process and compares the results of two different planning workshops to show how differences in representation and information dissemination can lead to different outcomes. The first workshop had broad representation and was educated by planning experts, while the second consisted of only local...
Show moreThis thesis looks at how political decisions influence the design and outcome of planning processes and how these decisions influence the urban landscape. This study looks at one specific planning process and compares the results of two different planning workshops to show how differences in representation and information dissemination can lead to different outcomes. The first workshop had broad representation and was educated by planning experts, while the second consisted of only local community representatives and was not influenced by planning professionals. Although similar, each workshop had different visions and different priorities. This shows that participatory processes have to be carefully constructed to empower communities. It also shows that decisions made in the way planning processes are structured can lead to differences in the landscape.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15513
Subject Headings: Planning--Methodology, City planning--Citizen participation, City planning, South Dade U S 1 Corridor (Project)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Interview with Susan Hess – ca. 2008.
Creator: Hess, Susan (Interviewee), Wolfe, Katie (Interviewer)
Date Issued: 2008-02-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT75742
Subject Headings: Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth, City planning -- United States, Broward County (Fla.), Coral Springs (Fla.), Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Evaluating the impact of increased frequency on light rail operations on private traffic.
Creator: Mitrovic, Nikola, Stevanovic, Aleksandar, Graduate College
Date Issued: 2011-04-08
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164665
Subject Headings: Railroads, Local and light--Utah--Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area, Freight and freightage, Traffic flow
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Employing cultural landscapes in community preservation: the case of Druid Hills, Atlanta.
Creator: Blythe, Rachel, O’Brien, William
Date Issued: 2012-04-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3350930
Subject Headings: Landscape assessment, Historic preservation, Landscape protection, Cultural landscapes, Community development, Urban--Government policy, City planning
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Examining the relationship between urban green space and sustainable cities.
Creator: Bloise, Gillian., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Abstract/Description: Urban green space plays a vital role in the stability of the environment. Green spaces are increasingly becoming an integral part of the efforts to promote sustainability because of the different areas of benefits they provide. Sustainable city ranking systems were used to identify the most sustainable urban extents within the US. Landsat TM 4-5 imagery and textural classification are used as techniques in identifying, classifying and analyzing urban green spaces within nineteen urban extents...
Show moreUrban green space plays a vital role in the stability of the environment. Green spaces are increasingly becoming an integral part of the efforts to promote sustainability because of the different areas of benefits they provide. Sustainable city ranking systems were used to identify the most sustainable urban extents within the US. Landsat TM 4-5 imagery and textural classification are used as techniques in identifying, classifying and analyzing urban green spaces within nineteen urban extents. Patch analyst was used to analyze the location, structure and fragmentation green spaces within each urban extent. The aim is to determine to what degree urban green spaces can be considered to be an integral part of the sustainability of sustainable urban extents across the US and ascertain whether or not more sustainable urban extents do have more urban green spaces. The results of the study have shown that urban extents that are ranked highly v on sustainable ranking systems do not necessarily have to have large proportion of green spaces. Results have also shown that urban extents that are ranked high on sustainable rankings will not necessarily be affected by increase in population or decrease in urban green space. Finally human modified green spaces have simple geometric shapes compared to natural unaltered green spaces that have more complex geometric shapes.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360771
Subject Headings: City planning, Environmental aspects, Urbanization, Environmental aspects, Urban ecology (Sociology), Human ecology, Sustainable development, Urban beautification
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Interview with Patricia Mailloux Clempson – ca. 2006.
Creator: Clempson, Patricia Mailloux (Interviewee), Rodriguez, Tara Christina (Interviewer)
Date Issued: 2006-02-20
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT72457
Subject Headings: The City of Hollywood, Florida 1937-present, Oral histories --Florida, Oral history
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Title: A methodology to assess the feasibility for light rail transit in a low to medium density environment via geographic information systems and image interpretation.
Creator: Kennard, Dylan., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Abstract/Description: The world currently has more people living in cities than in rural areas. In the United States this is no exception, and as a result government policy is focusing on the supply of 'green' jobs that help repair and expand its infrastructure in an attempt to help curb non-renewable resource use. The expansion of public transportation throughout the country is one facet of the multi-pronged US government policy. In the tri-county area of South Florida (Palm Beach County, Broward County, and...
Show moreThe world currently has more people living in cities than in rural areas. In the United States this is no exception, and as a result government policy is focusing on the supply of 'green' jobs that help repair and expand its infrastructure in an attempt to help curb non-renewable resource use. The expansion of public transportation throughout the country is one facet of the multi-pronged US government policy. In the tri-county area of South Florida (Palm Beach County, Broward County, and Miami-Dade County) a research study known as the South Florida East Coast Corridor Transit Analysis (SFECCTA) entered Phase 2 in January 2009. This study looks at incorporating the FEC freight corridor which transverses the downtown areas of 47 cities into a major North- South commuter system. This system would also supplement the existing commuter Tri- Rail corridor. The proposed methodology in this manuscript attempts to address the issue of providing an adaptable, efficient and convenient public transportation in a low to medium density environment where the automobile is the preferred mode of travel. Emphasis is placed on connecting existing origin and destination locations in and around the greater West Palm Beach metropolitan area in Palm Beach County, FL. The goal of the methodology is to establish potential routes that will connect high amounts of residence to places of social interaction, consumption, employment, and the proposed SFECCTA regional transportation system with Light Rail Transit as the end goal. As a result the proposed corridors focus on creating dedicated and shared right of ways that already exist via the road network. The discussion and conclusion provide methodology successes, improvements, and economic development recommendations.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/369192
Subject Headings: Railroads, Local and light, Environmental aspects, Railroads, Planning, City planning, Environmental aspects, Sustainable development
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: PLANNING IMPLICATIONS OF THE DIFFERENCES AMONG SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS: THECASE OF THE CARACAS BARRIOS.
Creator: CAMPBELL, MARIA INES., Florida Atlantic University, Tata, Robert J., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Abstract/Description: This thesis analyzes the characteristics of squatter settlements in Latin America and their potential for improvement. Some of the extensive literature on this subject is reviewed with the purpose of achieving insights into the special case of the Caracas barrios (Venezuelan low-income settlements, in their majority populated by squatters). An empirical analysis is carried out of several variables relating to physical development characteristics of the barrios. A Principal Components...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes the characteristics of squatter settlements in Latin America and their potential for improvement. Some of the extensive literature on this subject is reviewed with the purpose of achieving insights into the special case of the Caracas barrios (Venezuelan low-income settlements, in their majority populated by squatters). An empirical analysis is carried out of several variables relating to physical development characteristics of the barrios. A Principal Components technique with Varimax rotation combined with regression analysis shows the diversity of the barrios and the importance of government approval in the upgrading of housing in these urban areas. These findings are important to planners for the prioritization and allocation of resources.
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Date Issued: 1984
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14209
Subject Headings: City planning--Case studies, Squatter settlements--Venezuela--Caracas, Caracas (Venezuela)--Poor
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The commodification and militarization of American public space: from a genealogy of the public to a politics of place.
Creator: Case, Timothy., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: The history of public space in America is consistent with a pattern of privatization, rationalization, and individual escapism. From the frontier to the regulatory bureaucracy and into suburbanization and New Urbanism, we have and are witnessing the steady decline of vibrant, critical, and democratic public spheres and their replacement with a corporate and media controlled space that reflects the commodification and militarization of American culture at the hands of these corporate elites....
Show moreThe history of public space in America is consistent with a pattern of privatization, rationalization, and individual escapism. From the frontier to the regulatory bureaucracy and into suburbanization and New Urbanism, we have and are witnessing the steady decline of vibrant, critical, and democratic public spheres and their replacement with a corporate and media controlled space that reflects the commodification and militarization of American culture at the hands of these corporate elites. After tracing a genealogy of the public and public space, this thesis will focus on two examples of New Urbanist design that illustrate the corporate nature of community politics: the Disney Corporation's Celebration, Florida and DreamWorks' Playa Vista, California. Discussing the ideological basis for both communities, this thesis will suggest possible lessons to be learned for the creation of a public based on an ethic of common ground made possible by organized resistance to corporate manipulation of place.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11591
Subject Headings: Cities and towns, Regional planning, Sustainable development, Land use, Urban, History
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: From weekend retreat to commuter's paradise: the intrusion of suburbanization into dacha territory in post-Soviet Russia.
Creator: Clark, Sean., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: From the time of Peter the Great the dacha has fulfilled various roles in the environs of Russia's cities : in the 18th century it was the palatial mansions of the aristocratic elite outside of St. Petersburgand Moscow ; in the 19th century the dacha became a summer rental property for urbanites to escape the cramped and dirty cities ; in the Soviet dominated 20th century the dacha was organized into garden plot communities for subsistence farming. However, the privatization of land following...
Show moreFrom the time of Peter the Great the dacha has fulfilled various roles in the environs of Russia's cities : in the 18th century it was the palatial mansions of the aristocratic elite outside of St. Petersburgand Moscow ; in the 19th century the dacha became a summer rental property for urbanites to escape the cramped and dirty cities ; in the Soviet dominated 20th century the dacha was organized into garden plot communities for subsistence farming. However, the privatization of land following the collapse of the Soviet Union signaled a shift in the dacha's existence. Lamp-lined streets and perfectly pruned lawns began to fill the territory beyond the belt of gray, generic apartment structures where the dacha was once king. In light of the dacha's decline, this thesis explores the origins and development of suburbanization in post-Soviet Russia and discusses its shared and dissenting characteristics with that of the West.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359292
Subject Headings: Country homes, Social change, Cities and towns, Growth, Social life and customs
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Interview with Lois Dolphus Martin on Pearl City – ca. 1984 - 1985.
Creator: Martin, Lois Dolphus (Interviewee), Evans, Arthur S. (Interviewer), Boca Raton Historical Society
Date Issued: 1984-1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU53706
Subject Headings: Oral histories -- Florida, Pearl City (Boca Raton, Fla.) -- History, Oral history, Culture -- Study and teaching -- Interviews, African Americans -- Florida -- History
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Interview with George Spain on Pearl City – ca. 1984 - 1985.
Creator: Spain, George (Interviewee), Evans, Arthur S. (Interviewer), Boca Raton Historical Society
Date Issued: 1984-1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU53689
Subject Headings: Oral histories -- Florida, Pearl City (Boca Raton, Fla.) -- History, Oral history, Culture -- Study and teaching -- Interviews, African Americans -- Florida -- History
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Interview with Q. J. (Bud) Jackson – ca. 1984 - 1985.
Creator: Jackson, Q. J. (Bud) (Interviewee), Evans, Arthur S. (Interviewer), Boca Raton Historical Society
Date Issued: 1984-1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAjacksonbset
Subject Headings: Oral histories -- Florida, Pearl City (Boca Raton, Fla.) -- History, Oral history, Culture -- Study and teaching -- Interviews, African Americans -- Florida -- History
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Interview with Irene Demery Carswell and Archie L. Carswell – ca. 1984 - 1985.
Creator: Carswell, Irene Demery (Interviewee), Carswell, Archie L. (Interviewee), Evans, Arthur S. (Interviewer), Boca Raton Historical Society
Date Issued: 1984-1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU165281
Subject Headings: Oral histories -- Florida, Pearl City (Boca Raton, Fla.) -- History, Oral history, Culture -- Study and teaching -- Interviews, African Americans -- Florida -- History
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Interview with Amos Jackson – ca. 1984 - 1985.
Creator: Jackson, Amos (Interviewee), Evans, Arthur S. (Interviewer), Boca Raton Historical Society
Date Issued: 1984-1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAjacksonaset
Subject Headings: Oral histories -- Florida, Pearl City (Boca Raton, Fla.) -- History, Oral history, Culture -- Study and teaching -- Interviews, African Americans -- Florida -- History
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Title: Interview with Alan Alford on Pearl City – ca. 1984 - 1985.
Creator: Alford, Alan (Interviewee), Evans, Arthur S. (Interviewer)
Abstract/Description: This interview is one in a series conducted from 1984-85 by sociologist Dr. Arthur Evans of Florida Atlantic University. The information gathered from these interviews was used for the compilation of “Pearl City, An Analysis of the Folk History,” by Sharon Wells, The Spanish River Papers, v. XV (1986-87) and the book Pearl City, Florida: A Black Community Remembers, by Dr. Arthur S. Evans, Jr. and David Lee (1990). In 1958 white resident Alan Alford and his wife, Lenore, established their...
Show moreThis interview is one in a series conducted from 1984-85 by sociologist Dr. Arthur Evans of Florida Atlantic University. The information gathered from these interviews was used for the compilation of “Pearl City, An Analysis of the Folk History,” by Sharon Wells, The Spanish River Papers, v. XV (1986-87) and the book Pearl City, Florida: A Black Community Remembers, by Dr. Arthur S. Evans, Jr. and David Lee (1990). In 1958 white resident Alan Alford and his wife, Lenore, established their home in Boca Raton. From 1960 – 66 Al served as Assistant City Manager of Boca Raton; 1966 – 1972 as City Manager; and held office as Mayor from 1973 – 1975 as a member of the “Three A’s” in the city’s government: Al Alford, Bill Archer and Dave Ashe.
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Date Issued: 1984-1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU53702
Subject Headings: Oral histories -- Florida, Pearl City (Boca Raton, Fla.) -- History, Oral history, Culture -- Study and teaching -- Interviews, African Americans -- Florida -- History
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Title: Florida local government compliance with transportation concurrency.
Creator: Liberti, Raymond A., Florida Atlantic University, Mendell, Jay S.
Abstract/Description: Growth management grew as a concept and policy objective in the 1970s and 1980s. The interrelationships of the state and local governments changed when Florida developed growth policy and local government implemented the policy. Nine mandatory elements to be included in a local comprehensive plan and seven mandatory concurrency elements of the 1985 Florida Growth Management Act were expensive elements for local government to implement. As a result, the issue of funding the impacts of growth...
Show moreGrowth management grew as a concept and policy objective in the 1970s and 1980s. The interrelationships of the state and local governments changed when Florida developed growth policy and local government implemented the policy. Nine mandatory elements to be included in a local comprehensive plan and seven mandatory concurrency elements of the 1985 Florida Growth Management Act were expensive elements for local government to implement. As a result, the issue of funding the impacts of growth drove the growth management agenda, leaving the question of compliance. The question is: Did Florida local government comply with the transportation concurrency element of the Florida Growth Management Act? This dissertation analyzed five Florida counties and two Georgia counties to determine whether there was compliance with their respective state transportation policies. The study purposely looked at counties in different stages of growth to determine if the transportation requirements of the Florida Growth Management Act and the Georgia State Planning Act affected local budgets. Transportation is the most expensive element in local government budgets. Development orders would cease without the road capacity to carry the impact of proposed developments, making transportation the linchpin to state growth policies. A visual analysis and a multiple regression analysis were used to evaluate local government compliance with state transportation policy. A two-stage numerical evaluation was used for the visual analysis. The analysis looked for a slope change, a break in the trend, or both, after the impact of the intervention of the interrupted time series. A multiple regression analysis calculated the regression coefficient for a before and after dummy variable. The multiple regression removed the effects of population, interest rates, and road expenditure variables and isolated the effect of the dummy variable to determine local government compliance.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12533
Subject Headings: Urban policy--Florida, Transportation--Planning, Cities and towns--Growth, Florida--Politics and government
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Florida since 1850: Shifting patterns of population growth.
Creator: Drapeau, Jeanne L., Florida Atlantic University, Schultz, Ronald R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Abstract/Description: Florida's population growth has been spatially and temporally uneven. Significant growth occurred in different regions of the state during certain periods of time. This differential growth was a result of specific socioeconomic conditions that varied both temporally and spatially. Florida was granted statehood 1845 and served as the southern extension of the plantation system. Growth was high in the northern regions of Florida during the antebellum years. After reconstruction, railroad...
Show moreFlorida's population growth has been spatially and temporally uneven. Significant growth occurred in different regions of the state during certain periods of time. This differential growth was a result of specific socioeconomic conditions that varied both temporally and spatially. Florida was granted statehood 1845 and served as the southern extension of the plantation system. Growth was high in the northern regions of Florida during the antebellum years. After reconstruction, railroad infrastructure was developed that connected the distant reaches of the state with each other and the rest of the country. This facilitated the growth of the central regions of the peninsula. The construction of roads and the popularity of the automobile brought settlers and land developers to the southern regions of Florida in the early twentieth century. After a growth slump during the Depression, activities of World War II once again stimulated growth in the state, especially in the southeastern peninsula. The recent phenomenon of elderly migration has shifted growth to the less populated areas of the southwestern peninsula.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15059
Subject Headings: Population, Cities and towns--Florida--Growth, Florida--Population, Migration, Internal--Florida, Florida--Population--Statistics
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Title: Open space in Broward County Florida: A geographic analysis of parks and golf courses in the urban fabric.
Creator: Stevenson, Sara Anne., Florida Atlantic University, Vos, Jacobus J.
Abstract/Description: From 1982 to 1992, urban areas of Broward County Florida grew 44.2 percent from 52,206 hectares to 75,274 hectares (Sierra Club, 1998). Many municipalities in Broward are now approaching critical build-out and because of this urban open space is under pressure. Given the development predicament facing the remaining vacant land in Broward, it's time to rethink the role and function of open space in the urban fabric. This thesis investigates the role of golf courses in the provision of open...
Show moreFrom 1982 to 1992, urban areas of Broward County Florida grew 44.2 percent from 52,206 hectares to 75,274 hectares (Sierra Club, 1998). Many municipalities in Broward are now approaching critical build-out and because of this urban open space is under pressure. Given the development predicament facing the remaining vacant land in Broward, it's time to rethink the role and function of open space in the urban fabric. This thesis investigates the role of golf courses in the provision of open space in urban Broward County. It argues that golf courses, despite their environmentally negative image, play an underestimated role in urban open space. Golf courses provide hectares of pervious surface and have vegetative features integral to the game not typically found in city parks or county parks. This thesis shows how golf courses compare to city and county parks in terms of their environmental contribution to urban Broward County.
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Date Issued: 2002
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12889
Subject Headings: Open spaces--Florida--Broward County, Golf courses--Environmental aspects, City planning--Florida--Broward County, Geographic information systems
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Title: Targeting and economic development in Florida.
Creator: Guffey, Ryan Lane, Florida Atlantic University, Ivy, Russell L.
Abstract/Description: This thesis analyzes the use of targeting in four Florida cities: Gainesville, Fort Myers, Fort Pierce, and Pensacola. Many Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) target certain industries to bring to their community. Often, these assessments are based on assumptions about quality of jobs and the impact they would have on the community. Geography is left out of the equation. Biotechnology (SIC 2836), Airplane and Parts (SIC 372), Corporate Headquarters (represented by administrative and...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes the use of targeting in four Florida cities: Gainesville, Fort Myers, Fort Pierce, and Pensacola. Many Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) target certain industries to bring to their community. Often, these assessments are based on assumptions about quality of jobs and the impact they would have on the community. Geography is left out of the equation. Biotechnology (SIC 2836), Airplane and Parts (SIC 372), Corporate Headquarters (represented by administrative and auxiliary functions), and Printed Circuit Boards (SIC 3672) industries have been identified as targeted industries and are examined in depth. Various cities in the study set have chosen to target these industries. This thesis then goes on to explain where these industries typically locate and whether their characteristics match the Florida communities.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15380
Subject Headings: Industrial location--Florida, City planning--Florida, Economic development--Florida, Community development, Urban--Florida
Format: Document (PDF)

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