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Henrion, Andrea. "The urban observatory : spatial adjustment-perception in space." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1116357.
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This thesis develops a creative Project, the "Urban Observatory", situated on a traffic island in the center of Chicago on Wacker Drive and Wabash Avenue along the Chicago River. The aim of the building is to inspire and motivate people to experience the city from a different standpoint and to raise the inhabitant of the city to a different level of perception.The purpose of this study was to explore everyday circumstances and observations of an individual place, the American City and the search for its true genius loci. The main intention is to explore and visualize issues about culturally based differences in behavior and perception of people living in place of 'super scale' and 'high technology' on one side and abandonment and destruction on the other side. The study of the American City and its inhabitants results in an experimental design for an Urban Observatory, an architectural formulation standing in opposition to an architecture of change and fragmentation, an architecture of lost and senseless space. Furthermore the study researches the urban American fabric in practice as well as in theory. The intensive study of the writings of Malcolm Quantrill, Richard Sennett, Toni Hiss and others were the base for developing ideas about how people perceive and react consciously and unconsciously to a specific environment.This helped to identify the frame of the architectural exploration, in order to focus on ideas about: what is architecture of observation in the urban context, and what is the idea of perception in its spatial form?A journal of the design process (sketches, writings), models of varying scale and detail, drawings, photographs, etc. are the working tools to shape the idea of a building and fusing all aspects in a final project.<br>Department of Architecture
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Fu, Xuan. "Chinese moon pavilion at Montrose Harbor Chicago, Illinois." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/770945.
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After studying modern architectural designs during my one-andone-half year residence in the United States, I have deepened my intellectual consciousness for Modern Chinese Architecture, a subject which I had previously researched through my studies in China. As a multi-national country, the United States has absorbed various foreign cultural systems, including the Chinese culture and its architecture. This has revealed itself in part through many unique "China-towns" such as those in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and other major metropolitan areas.Restricted by city planning and highway systems in the in the United States, the Chinese-like buildings in these American Chinatowns can not perfectly show the principles, philosophy and spirit of authentic Chinese architectural concepts. Rather, they are similar only on their facades by incorporating superficially reproduced symbols, responding to a pragmatic commercial need. This problem brings me to an unanswered question of how to present the Chinese concepts of space in modern architecture, and addresses the significant issues I have studied with my colleagues at the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design. After having worked both for S.O.M. in Chicago and at Ball State University I have made a new attempt to understand the philosophy and built forms of my homeland, based on this oneand-one-half year of study and new experience within western architectural design. Combining this older quest with my new experience became the focus of my thesis.<br>Department of Architecture
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Barnette, Jane Stewart. "Locomotive leisure : the effects of railroads on Chicago-area theatre, 1870-1920." Austin : University of Texas, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3110747.
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Johnson, Natalie Jo. "Weapons in the City: Weapon Use in Chicago Homicide Cases." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5160/.
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This study used data from the homicides in Chicago 1965-1995 dataset (N=9,340) to examine the relationship between the use of certain types of weapons in criminal homicides by gender, race, age, victim-offender relationship, motive, location, and changes over time. Differential association and sex-role theory were utilized to argue why gender differences would occur in type of weapon used in a homicide. Subculture of violence theory was used to emphasize that the place where the homicide occurs, the relationship between the victim and offender, motive of the offender, and the remaining variables affects the type of weapon used to kill. Significant relationships were found for all bivariate analyses performed. The type of weapon used to kill differs most by sex of offender, resulting in a moderately strong association. The type of weapon used to kill differs least by age of offender and although statistically significant, the association between the two is very weak.
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Pieterse, Juazel. "John Wayne Gacy: a psychobiographical study." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1011580.
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The study is a psychobiographical study, aiming to explore and describe the life of John Wayne Gacy. He was a well-respected man in his community, entertaining the neighbourhood as Pogo the clown. But there was a dark side to his nature that he tried to keep hidden; yet glimpses of it appeared throughout his life. This dark side was exposed to the public when the police found twenty-seven dead bodies ranging from boys of nine to young men twenty years of age hidden in his basement. The study utilises the Erikson’s psychosocial developmental theory in order to examine Gacy’s life and attempt to establish unique character traits. The study utilises a qualitative single case study approach, and the subject was selected through purposive sampling based on interest value. Archival data was collected from secondary sources to enhance validity. Data was analysed by first organising and reducing information obtained; and then displaying it for discussion of Gacy’s life. Gacy’s life was reconstructed from birth, through adolescence and adulthood and his death. The findings suggest that the theoretical approach considered the biopsychosocial as well as cultural and historical influences of situations and experiences in Gacy’s personality development throughout his lifespan. The main themes of discussion centre around the abuse he experienced and the influence this had on his development, the lack of crisis resolution and thus achievement of virtues, Gacy’s lack of difficulty in establishing attachment and the resulting narcissism and lack of self-abandon, as well his homosexuality, sadism and the murders he ultimately committed. The study highlighted the importance of psychobiographical studies and the value of Erikson’s theory in understanding development. Recommendations for future research in this field was made in the hope of further uncovering and understanding the personality and its development.
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Baird, Wyllys Thomson, and Anne Elizabeth Winker. "Cityfront Center, Chicago, Illinois : the design and approval processes." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71399.
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Wesselhoft, George J. "Results of the Chicago area transportation study, 1955-61 : planning for the minimum total cost transportation system for the year 1980." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/958619.
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The Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) set the standard for urban transportation planning during its original 1955-61 genesis years. This study examined CATS' planning methodology during these years and its 1962 regional transportation plan for the Chicago metropolis which had a planning target year of 1980. The subject focus of this study was on expressway planning while the temporal focus was from the late 1950's to circa 1980. The findings of this study revealed four key reasons why CATS' 1962 expressway plan was largely never implemented. These reasons include the inconsistency of some of CATS' 1962 projections for 1980 versus actual 1980 data, the apolitical orientation of CATS, increased urban environmentalism, and rising expressway infrastructure costs. Yet despite the lack of plan implementation, the literature supports the conclusion that CATS did set the standard, at least in its methodology or planning approach.<br>Department of Urban Planning
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Balkin, Steven, Alfonso Morales, and Joseph Persky. "Utilizing the Informal Economy: The Case of Chicago's Maxwell Street Market." University of Arizona, Mexican American Studies and Research Center, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/219191.
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Kenny, Jennifer Reiter. "A documentation of the Saint Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church Complex, Chicago, Illinois." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1061871.
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This research and documentation project evaluates the architectural and historic significance of the St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church Complex for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. St. Alphonsus Church was founded as a German National Parish and operated by the Redemptorist Order of priests since 1882, providing religious, social, recreational, and educational opportunities in an imposing complex of five buildings occupying a full city block. The complex, composed of a Church, School, Athenaeum, Rectory, and Convent, is locally significant for its associations with German-American immigration and settlement in Chicago's Lakeview community area. The project includes a narrative description of the five properties and their surroundings, plus a statement of its historic and architectural significance during the period between 1882 and 1928.<br>Department of Architecture
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Murphy, Joseph T. "Green roof showcase : retrofitting the rooftop of the Chicago Cultural Center." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1217398.
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This project provides a historical perspective and a comprehensive review of the quantitative and qualitative benefits of green roof technologies and argues that most of these benefits could be represented in the City of Chicago in an educational and interactive site. As a demonstration site, the Chicago Cultural Center rooftop could be retrofitted as such a green roof project. In addition to the normal benefits of a green roof, this high profile site would provide increased awareness of the benefits of rooftop greening in hopes of encouraging future such projects in Chicago and elsewhere. The major barriers to the widespread use of green roof technologies are summarized; creative solutions making use of various green roof technologies are displayed on one prominent, showcase rooftop.<br>Department of Landscape Architecture
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Kuo, Yi. "Chinatown Square and the Convention Center, Chicago, Il. : a balanced design approach between outdoor spaces and indoor spaces in public buildings, a scheme for a convention center in Chinatown, Chicago, Il." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/845982.
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This creative project for the Master of Architecture degree focuses on the building design and landscape design of a urban development, in particular on the mixed cultural basis of deteriorating inner city neighborhoods in the U.S. A.I have lived in America for over two years. During this time, I acquired substantial knowledge on environments and architecture from traveling and studying. Then, I found the characteristics of a mixed culture in this country. We all know that the Chinese people are an important group in America, and they work hard to establish and contribute to the American culture, economy, and environment, now and forever. Although Chinese Americans do not comprise a large portion of the U.S. population, the Chinese patterns of architecture have had some impact on American culture as a whole. However, Chinatown has become a major element in the fabric of many cities in the U.S.A., like Chicago, San Francisco, New York and Washington D.C. For this reason, I chose to explore the design of a new environment for Chinese immigrants in the U.S.A.The topics of this thesis work are the design of the convention center and the planning of Chinatown Square Project. I tried to apply concepts from the Chinese culture, my experience, and professional education in Taiwan, the Republic of China and America. Therefore, the site plan of Chinatown Square Project was designed according to the Chinese Courtyard System. The tower shape of the hotel of the convention center is the transition of the Pagoda. Moreover, the idea of the curved roof comes from the Chinese bowl and tile. Finally, I merged a western feel, and an eastern spirit in the whole design process.I dedicate this thesis to the community of Chinatown in Chicago and America.<br>Department of Architecture
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Lacava, Jacques. "La théâtralité du blues : essai d'analyse esthétique du blues moderne : relations entre le blues et diverses pratiques artistiques à Chicago de 1989 à 1993." Paris 7, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994PA070076.
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Le but de cette thèse est l'analyse du blues en tant que cérémonie fortement dramatisée englobant plusieurs disciplines artistiques. Nous analysons le phénomène de théâtralisation du blues, comprenant les éventuelles relations d'anciens rituels avec celui-ci. Nous examinons comment le blues a été utilisé en tant que modèle par des dramaturges à la recherche d'un art ethnique authentique renfermant toutefois des qualités esthétiques modernes, ainsi que l'émergence d'un mouvement d'artistes exploitant le blues en tant que poésie orale. Nous abordons la reconnaissance et la préservation du blues dans la communauté africaine-américaine de Chicago en nous reposant sur des entretiens. La mise en archives et ses problèmes ainsi que l'intérêt des documents audiovisuels sont également considérés. Nous nous livrons alors à une étude pour déterminer si le blues se rapproche de pratiques culturelles africaines. Nous concluons qu'il existe quelques retentions, apparentes dans la théâtralité du bluesman, des rites de vénération d'une déité africaine. Le blues est une musique festive qui tend vers une forme d'expression totale ayant en grande partie comme conséquence de transmettre le mémoire ancestrale<br>The aim of this thesis is to analyse the blues as a highly theatrical ceremony encompassing various art forms. The first part studies the dramatization process of the blues including the possible links with ancien rituals. A discussion of the blues as a model for playwrights in search of a genuine folk expression bearing modern aesthetics is introduced and the emergence of an artistic movement exploiting the blues as oral poetry is examined. Then, the recognition and the preservation of the blues in Chicago's african-american community is investigated with interviews of renowned blues personalities relating their own experiences. Moreover, documenting the blues through audio as well as visual media is argued as the best method. The work then examines the connection between the blues and african cultural practices. It is concluded that one finds significant retentions in the theatricality of the bluesman as veneration rituals of an african deity. It is argued that the blues performance is a festive celebration and the critical ingredient to a total experience whose consequence is largely to transmit the ancestral memory
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Conroy, James P. "Analysis of ground penetrating radar at a brownfield site in Chicago, Illinois /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6185.
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Mendez, Juan M. "The Hispanic population's economic impact on the city of West Chicago." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1306379.
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Growing up as the son of Mexican immigrant parents, in a city that has changed drainatically, I have had many questions as to the reason the city has changed so much. The city of West Chicago has experienced demographic shifts that are as astonishing on paper as they are in real life. This study answers why the Hispanic population chose the city of West Chicago as a destination and the positive impact that had on the city's economy. Hispanic family interviews also reveal the important factors and draws to the city, as well as an oral history of the city.<br>Department of Urban Planning
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Träger, Anne. "The vertical island Pragmatopia : a story of translations, real dreams, and other cities." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1327786.
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The study describes urban morphology and design strategies in the form of thoughts, imagination, and reality. It is a visual and verbal narrative that uses the metaphor of a Vertical Island as a viable tool. The criteria investigated relate to American cities, yet also to the city in general. The final design is the precise architectural translation of my first narrative For Elise and Forever / Repeating Islands: a Typology of a Living City, the story of a girl on a journey into her world of thoughts, fancying a city built at a right angle. The following work studies and reflects the urban qualities that are not only unique to European but also to American and, yet common to all cities. It represents a touchable and visible proposal of a healthy union of advantages and a living system where patterns repeat across time and scales. Participating in the world as a trade center, The Vertical Island PRAGMATOPIA: a Story of Translations, Real Dreams, and Other Cities brings a piece of the European city to the United States as well as a bit of the American city to Europe.<br>Department of Architecture
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COHEN, MATTHEW C. "ANALYZING THE INTERRELATEDNESS WITHIN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN: A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179279714.
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Woodard, Davon Teremus Trevino. "FRAMES OF DIGITAL BLACKNESS IN THE RACIALIZED PALIMPSEST CITY: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104658.
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The United States and South Africa, exemplars of "archsegregation," have been constituted within an arc of historical racialized delineations which began with the centering, and subsequent overrepresentation, of European maleness and whiteness as the sole definition of Man. Globally present and persistent, these racialized delineations have been localized and spatially embedded through the tools of urban planning. This arc of racialized otherness, ineffectively erased, continues to inform the racially differentiated geospatial, health, social, and economic outcomes in contemporary urban form and functions for Black communities. It is within this historical arc, and against these differentiated outcomes, that contemporary urban discourse and contestation between individuals and institutions are situated.
This historical othering provides not just a racialized geo-historical contextualization, but also works to preclude the recognition of the some of the most vulnerable urban community members. As urbanists and advocates strive to co-create urban space and place with municipalities, meeting the needs of these residents is imperative. In order to meet these needs, their lived experiences, and voices must be fully recognized and engaged in the processes and programs of urban co-creation, including in digital spaces and forums. Critical to achieving recognition acknowledging and situating contemporary digital discourses between local municipalities, Black residents, and Black networks within this historically racialized arc is necessary. In doing so, explore if, and how, race, specifically Blackness, is enacted in municipal digital discourse, whether these enactments serve to advance or impede resident recognition and participation, and how Black users, as residents and social network curators, engage and respond to these municipal discursive enactments.
This exploratory research is a geographically and digitally multi-sited incorporated comparison of Chicago, Illinois, and Johannesburg South Africa. Using Twitter and ethnographic data collected between December 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, this research layers digital ethnographic mixed methods and qualitive mixed methods, including traditional ethnographic, digital ethnographic, grounded theory, social change and discourse analysis, and frame analysis to explore three research goals.
First, explore the digital discursive practices and frames employed by municipalities to inform, communicate with, and engage Black communities, and, if and how, these frames are situated within a historically racialized arc. Second, identify the ways in which Black residents, in dual discursive engagements with local municipalities and their own social networks, interact and engage with the municipal frames centering on Blackness. Third, through ethnographic narratives, acknowledge the marginalized residents of the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa as "agents of knowledge," with critical and valuable knowledge claims which arise from their lived experiences anchored within racialized place and space. In doing so, support the efforts of these residents in recentering the validity of their knowledge claims in the co-creation of urban place and space. Additionally, in situating the city within a historically racialized arc develop novel frameworks, the racialized palimpsest city and syndemic segregation, through which to explore contemporary urban interactions and engagements.<br>Doctor of Philosophy<br>The United States and South Africa, exemplars of "archsegregation," have been constituted within an arc of historical racialized delineations which began with the centering, and subsequent overrepresentation, of European maleness and whiteness as the sole definition of Man. Globally present and persistent, these racialized delineations have been localized and spatially embedded through the tools of urban planning. This arc of racialized otherness, ineffectively erased, continues to inform the racially differentiated geospatial, health, social, and economic outcomes in contemporary urban form and functions for Black communities. It is within this historical arc, and against these differentiated outcomes, that contemporary urban discourse and contestation between individuals and institutions are situated.
This historical othering provides not just a racialized geo-historical contextualization, but also works to preclude the recognition of the some of the most vulnerable urban community members. As urbanists and advocates strive to co-create urban space and place with municipalities, meeting the needs of these residents is imperative. In order to meet these needs, their lived experiences, and voices must be fully recognized and engaged in the processes and programs of urban co-creation, including in digital spaces and forums. Critical to achieving recognition acknowledging and situating contemporary digital discourses between local municipalities, Black residents, and Black networks within this historically racialized arc is necessary. In doing so, explore if, and how, race, specifically Blackness, is enacted in municipal digital discourse, whether these enactments serve to advance or impede resident recognition and participation, and how Black users, as residents and social network curators, engage and respond to these municipal discursive enactments.
This exploratory research is a geographically and digitally multi-sited incorporated comparison of Chicago, Illinois, and Johannesburg South Africa. Using Twitter and ethnographic data collected between December 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, this research layers digital ethnographic mixed methods and qualitive mixed methods, including traditional ethnographic, digital ethnographic, grounded theory, social change and discourse analysis, and frame analysis to explore three research goals.
First, explore the digital discursive practices and frames employed by municipalities to inform, communicate with, and engage Black communities, and, if and how, these frames are situated within a historically racialized arc. Second, identify the ways in which Black residents, in dual discursive engagements with local municipalities and their own social networks, interact and engage with the municipal frames centering on Blackness. Third, through ethnographic narratives, acknowledge the marginalized residents of the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa as "agents of knowledge," with critical and valuable knowledge claims which arise from their lived experiences anchored within racialized place and space. In doing so, support the efforts of these residents in recentering the validity of their knowledge claims in the co-creation of urban place and space. Additionally, in situating the city within a historically racialized arc develop novel frameworks, the racialized palimpsest city and syndemic segregation, through which to explore contemporary urban interactions and engagements.
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Woodard, Davon Teremus Trevino. "Frames of Digital Blackness in the Racialized Palimpsest City: Chicago, Illinois and Johannesburg, South Africa." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104658.
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The United States and South Africa, exemplars of "archsegregation," have been constituted within an arc of historical racialized delineations which began with the centering, and subsequent overrepresentation, of European maleness and whiteness as the sole definition of Man. Globally present and persistent, these racialized delineations have been localized and spatially embedded through the tools of urban planning. This arc of racialized otherness, ineffectively erased, continues to inform the racially differentiated geospatial, health, social, and economic outcomes in contemporary urban form and functions for Black communities. It is within this historical arc, and against these differentiated outcomes, that contemporary urban discourse and contestation between individuals and institutions are situated.
This historical othering provides not just a racialized geo-historical contextualization, but also works to preclude the recognition of the some of the most vulnerable urban community members. As urbanists and advocates strive to co-create urban space and place with municipalities, meeting the needs of these residents is imperative. In order to meet these needs, their lived experiences, and voices must be fully recognized and engaged in the processes and programs of urban co-creation, including in digital spaces and forums. Critical to achieving recognition acknowledging and situating contemporary digital discourses between local municipalities, Black residents, and Black networks within this historically racialized arc is necessary. In doing so, explore if, and how, race, specifically Blackness, is enacted in municipal digital discourse, whether these enactments serve to advance or impede resident recognition and participation, and how Black users, as residents and social network curators, engage and respond to these municipal discursive enactments.
This exploratory research is a geographically and digitally multi-sited incorporated comparison of Chicago, Illinois, and Johannesburg South Africa. Using Twitter and ethnographic data collected between December 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, this research layers digital ethnographic mixed methods and qualitive mixed methods, including traditional ethnographic, digital ethnographic, grounded theory, social change and discourse analysis, and frame analysis to explore three research goals.
First, explore the digital discursive practices and frames employed by municipalities to inform, communicate with, and engage Black communities, and, if and how, these frames are situated within a historically racialized arc. Second, identify the ways in which Black residents, in dual discursive engagements with local municipalities and their own social networks, interact and engage with the municipal frames centering on Blackness. Third, through ethnographic narratives, acknowledge the marginalized residents of the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa as "agents of knowledge," with critical and valuable knowledge claims which arise from their lived experiences anchored within racialized place and space. In doing so, support the efforts of these residents in recentering the validity of their knowledge claims in the co-creation of urban place and space. Additionally, in situating the city within a historically racialized arc develop novel frameworks, the racialized palimpsest city and syndemic segregation, through which to explore contemporary urban interactions and engagements.<br>Doctor of Philosophy<br>The United States and South Africa, exemplars of "archsegregation," have been constituted within an arc of historical racialized delineations which began with the centering, and subsequent overrepresentation, of European maleness and whiteness as the sole definition of Man. Globally present and persistent, these racialized delineations have been localized and spatially embedded through the tools of urban planning. This arc of racialized otherness, ineffectively erased, continues to inform the racially differentiated geospatial, health, social, and economic outcomes in contemporary urban form and functions for Black communities. It is within this historical arc, and against these differentiated outcomes, that contemporary urban discourse and contestation between individuals and institutions are situated.
This historical othering provides not just a racialized geo-historical contextualization, but also works to preclude the recognition of the some of the most vulnerable urban community members. As urbanists and advocates strive to co-create urban space and place with municipalities, meeting the needs of these residents is imperative. In order to meet these needs, their lived experiences, and voices must be fully recognized and engaged in the processes and programs of urban co-creation, including in digital spaces and forums. Critical to achieving recognition acknowledging and situating contemporary digital discourses between local municipalities, Black residents, and Black networks within this historically racialized arc is necessary. In doing so, explore if, and how, race, specifically Blackness, is enacted in municipal digital discourse, whether these enactments serve to advance or impede resident recognition and participation, and how Black users, as residents and social network curators, engage and respond to these municipal discursive enactments.
This exploratory research is a geographically and digitally multi-sited incorporated comparison of Chicago, Illinois, and Johannesburg South Africa. Using Twitter and ethnographic data collected between December 1, 2019, and March 31, 2020, this research layers digital ethnographic mixed methods and qualitive mixed methods, including traditional ethnographic, digital ethnographic, grounded theory, social change and discourse analysis, and frame analysis to explore three research goals.
First, explore the digital discursive practices and frames employed by municipalities to inform, communicate with, and engage Black communities, and, if and how, these frames are situated within a historically racialized arc. Second, identify the ways in which Black residents, in dual discursive engagements with local municipalities and their own social networks, interact and engage with the municipal frames centering on Blackness. Third, through ethnographic narratives, acknowledge the marginalized residents of the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa as "agents of knowledge," with critical and valuable knowledge claims which arise from their lived experiences anchored within racialized place and space. In doing so, support the efforts of these residents in recentering the validity of their knowledge claims in the co-creation of urban place and space. Additionally, in situating the city within a historically racialized arc develop novel frameworks, the racialized palimpsest city and syndemic segregation, through which to explore contemporary urban interactions and engagements.
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Marshall, Hollianne Elizabeth. "Italian-American Ethnic Concentration, Informal Social Control, and Urban Violent Crime: A Defended Neighborhoods Approach." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5419.
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This study examines the impact of white ethnic concentration on robbery and homicide in Chicago and New York City. As one of the first to disaggregate white ethnic populations, this study has the expectation that Italian-American concentration will have a stronger influence on robbery and homicide than any other white ethnic concentrations. This study is founded on prior qualitative research suggesting that the reputation of Italian-Americans influences the behavior of outsiders in their communities. The data show there is a significant and negative relationship between Italian-American concentration and the violent crimes robbery and homicide. This relationship only exists for white ethnic concentration with robbery. These patterns occur across both cities at three different aggregate levels. The results indicate that there may be particular characteristics about Italian-American ethnic concentrations which have dampening effects on the frequency of homicide and robbery in their communities; it is speculated that a reputation for Mafia involvement is one of the protective factors.<br>ID: 031001301; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Adviser: Jay Corzine.; Title from PDF title page (viewed March 11, 2013).; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2012.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-141).<br>Ph.D.<br>Doctorate<br>Sociology<br>Sciences<br>Sociology
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Strzebniok, Peter. ""It's not the road you walk, it is the walkin" : a Benedictine monastery in Chicago." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1020166.
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"No individual building in particular can be the answer to all problems, but all the buildings together, the city,the urban and rural environment will serve and contain the flexible,the changing, the temperamental and growing needs of humanity as a whole." Emerson IThe intention of this creative project is to explore the idea of "The Way" as a means to explore different aspects of our environment and how to experience those in their overall context. I understand "The Way" as a circulation space as well as a spatial sequence of events and experiences, a spiritual quest, a methodical approach, and a physical activity. In short, "The Way" is a multilayered experience space which affects your whole personality. My thesis is an approach to understand architecture as a greater whole which includes and connects all layers, all aspects of life and being.The project attempts to put into architectural perspective an understanding, meaning and context of architecture as a part of a broader realm of ideas and interpretations, influencing and being influenced by the people that use and create the built environment, dependent of and important for every aspect of our society. Always in a constant flux.nThe metaphor of a melody is explored as an abstract, theoretical background as well as a programmatic base of my design. It is composed of different layers and the image of the labyrinth of life. From an architectural and sociological outlook, this means being able to understand the relations of that melody and to respect it's necessity, - to rediscoverthe lost diversity of use, meaning and form.This paper is presented in three parts:First, the introduction and description of the motivation, second the description of all the different layers/sequences, emotional and theoretical ones, which are included in the research; the last part describes the rearrangement of those single sequences together as a whole and their transformation into the architectural design exploration, the final conclusion, my impressions on the process and the conclusion.<br>Department of Architecture
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Draper, Timothy Dean. "An awakening and a nightmare : the diverse meanings of the Chicago conspiracy trial." Virtual Press, 1986. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/460295.
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This is a study of the Chicago Conspiracy trial of 1969-1970, where eight radical leaders were tried in connection to the riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the meanings of the trial to American society in 1970 and from today's historical vantage point. Differing from first-hand accounts of the trial in the early 1970s, this study examines the different public perspectives of the trial through the use of such primary sources as underground newspapers, the defendants' writings, and appeals documents. Particular attention is devoted to the interpersonal relationships between the leading participants of the trial (the judge, attorneys, defendants, jurors, journalists, and spectators).The thesis is organized to highlight the major issues and controversies of the trial, while still addressing the personalities involved in the case. The context of the trial in an era of active American radicalism is examined both before and after the case was tried. An entire chapter is devoted to examining the diverse participants in the trial and the different roles they played in the event. Since the trial was so controversial because of legal issues and the conduct of the courtroom participants, a chapter has been devoted to both of these areas. Paticular attention is paid to events precipitating the prosecution of the eight radicals, including the Chicago Convention disorders and the federal grand jury that handed down the indictments. This organization lays a foundation for exploring the contemporary and historical significances of the trial in the conclusion of the study.
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Cohen, Matthew C. "Analyzing the interrelatedness within an urban environmental sustainability plan a study of environmental planning in Chicago, Illinois /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1179279714.
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Thesis (Master of Community Planning)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.<br>Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Jul.17, 2007). Includes abstract. Keywords: Environmental; Sustainability; Interrelated; Holistic; Urban; Chicago; Illinois Includes bibliographical references.
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Raglin, Kala N. "A model for sustainable solid waste management through an analysis of Chicago, Illinois solid waste management systems." Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16238.
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Master of Regional and Community Planning<br>Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning<br>Sheri Smith<br>America’s landfill space is quickly depleting as the population continues to experience rapid growth; as the population grows the amount of daily waste generated increases at an alarming as well. In fact, by the year 2024, America would have exhausted all land areas dedicated to landfills. Currently, nationwide mandated regulations or standards to decrease the amount generated solid waste, construction waste, composting waste, or reducing waste at the source; do not exists. The following report researches effective practices that would make a waste management system sustainable. In order to rate the sustainability of the management system, a score sheet was created drawing from literature written. By creating a score sheet, individual waste management systems are able to determine if they are indeed sustainable and/or in need of improvement. The City of Chicago, Illinois, was chosen as the city to be measured and has proven to have a promising future as a prototype in effective sustainable waste management practices.
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Shuey, Lillian C. (Lillian Carrie) 1977. "Improving relationships between public transit authorities and medical centers : case studies and applications to the Illinois Medical District (Chicago, Illinois) and Centro Medico (Sun Juan, Puerto Rico)." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70366.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-66).<br>This thesis addresses transportation and mobility at urban medical centers, concluding that prioritizing transit access at medical centers has the potential to fundamentally transform the hospital experience by reducing congestion, increasing efficiency, improving the built environment, avoiding the deadening effect of parking garages, and improving quality of care. The thesis considers the implications of improved public transportation on medical centers, as well as the impact of hospital ridership on transit authorities via a softened peak service period, increased off-peak ridership, and the availability of origin-destination data. The institutional structure and physical design of four major medical research centers are examined for successes and flaws, as are the policies and service of the associated transit authority. Observations from these case studies are then applied to Chicago's Illinois Medical District and San Juan's Centro Medico, areas currently undergoing major capital investments in transportation infrastructure.<br>by Lillian C. Shuey.<br>M.C.P.
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Tattersall, Amanda. "Coalition unionism : exploring how and when coalitions contribute to union renewal in Sydney, Toronto and Chicago." Phd thesis, Faculty of Economics and Business, Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8919.
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Hoover, Douglas Pearson. "Women in nineteenth-century Pullman." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276796.
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Built in 1880, George Pullman's railroad car manufacturing town was intended to be a model of industrial order. This Gilded Age capitalist's ideal image of working class women is reflected in the publicly prescribed place for women in the community and the company's provisions for female employment in the shops. Pullman wanted women to establish the town's domestic tranquility by cultivating a middle class environment, which he believed was a key to keeping the working class content. Throughout the course of the idealized communitarian experiment, however, Pullman's policies and prescriptions changed to meet the needs of working class families who depended on the wages of women. This paper will study the ideologies and realities surrounding women in nineteenth century Pullman.
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Morgan, Rachel. "Tracking Violence: Using Neighborhood-Level Characteristics in the Analysis of Domestic Violence in Chicago and the State of Illinois." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5678.
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Social disorganization theory proposes that neighborhood characteristics, such as residential instability, racial and ethnic heterogeneity, concentrated disadvantage, and immigrant concentration contribute to an increase in crime rates. Informal social controls act as a mediator between these neighborhood characteristics and crime and delinquency. Informal social controls are regulated by members of a community and in a disorganized community these controls are not present, therefore, crime and delinquency flourish (Sampson, 2012). Researchers have focused on these measures of social disorganization and the ability to explain a variety of crimes, specifically public crimes. Recently, researchers have focused their attention to characteristics of socially disorganized areas and the ability to predict private crimes, such as domestic violence. This study contributes to the research on social disorganization theory and domestic violence by examining domestic offenses at three different units of analysis: Chicago census tracts, Chicago neighborhoods, and Illinois counties. Demographic variables from the 2005-2009 American Community Survey were utilized to measure social disorganization within Chicago census tracts, Chicago neighborhoods, and Illinois counties. Data on domestic offenses in Chicago were from the City of Chicago Data Portal and data on domestic offenses in Illinois counties were retrieved from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA). This study incorporated geographic information systems (GIS) mapping to examine the relationships between locations of domestic offenses and the measures of social disorganization in each unit of analysis. Results of this study indicate that different measures of social disorganization are significantly associated with domestic offenses in each unit of analysis.<br>Ph.D.<br>Doctorate<br>Sociology<br>Sciences<br>Sociology
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Tate, Dorcy Wesley. "Organizing a healthy student fellowship for African-American students." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2001. http://www.tren.com.
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Fullwood, Lucious. "Improving lay involvement in ministry by implementing a training program for a select group of members at Bellevue Baptist Church of Chicago, Illinois." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Koebel, Carolyn Michelle. "Analysis of ground vibrations produced by an 80 in3 water gun in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lemont, Illinois." Thesis, Northern Illinois University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1599682.
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<p> Since its completion in 1910, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC) has become a pathway for invasive species (and potentially Asian carp) to reach the Great Lakes. Currently, an electric barrier is used to prevent Asian carp migration through the canal, but the need for a secondary method is necessary, especially when the electric barrier undergoes maintenance. The underwater Asian carp “cannon” (water gun) provides such a method. Analysis of the ground movement produced by an 80 in<sup>3</sup> water gun in the CSSC was performed in order to establish any potential for damage to the either the canal or structures built along the canal. Ground movement was collected using 3-component geophones on both the land surface and in boreholes. The peak particle velocities (PPVs) were analyzed to determine if damage would be caused to structures located along the canal. Vector sum velocity ground movement along the canal wall was as high as 0.28 in/s (7.11 mm/s), which is much lower than the United States Bureau of Mines (USBM) ground vibration damage threshold of 0.75 in/s (19.1 mm/s), causing no potential for damage to structures along the canal wall. The dominant frequency of ground motion produced by the water gun is primarily above 40 Hz, so the wave energy should attenuate fairly quickly away from the canal wall, with little disturbance to structures further from the wall.</p>
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LaBrosse, Jason. "Modeling the Intersection of Human and Animal Geographies in an Urban Environment| A Case Study of Commodified Pet Populations in Chicago, Illinois." Thesis, Northeastern Illinois University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10239933.
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<p> The competition for resources between increasingly commodified pets (especially dogs) and human needs has often been qualitatively studied as an aspect of gentrification. This research is a quantitative, GIS-based case study that tests the hypothesis that there are spatially correlated effects on the urban environment where populations owning highly commodified pets cluster. The research began by identifying and mapping populations favorable for possessing commodified pets in the City of Chicago and continued with mapping the distributions of pet-centric and other specific businesses and amenities. The study examined the relationships between the spatial distributions of probable commodified pet owners, various businesses, and amenities. The results indicate commodified pet ownership does affect the urban landscape and may be indicative of a diversion of resources from established public facilities and amenities to those that are dependent on pet ownership. This is a serious issue to examine, especially in times of tighter municipal budgets for publicly funded facilities.</p>
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Freeman, Ricky. "Rethinking gender and authority in Christ increasing knowledge and changing attitudes about women in ministry at Saint John Church-Baptist, Chicago, Illinois /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Ishii, Nobuyuki. "A phenomenological understanding of an image of a city: touching water in waterfront cities." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42149.
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<p>This thesis attempts to grasp the creation of an image of a city, taking the case of
waterfront cities where the presence of water becomes a sense of place. A phenomenological
method was employed for investigating actual waterfront cities: Boston, Chicago, and
San Francisco. Although a single method has yet to be established for studying a sense of
place, phenomenology was adopted because it deals with the relationship between an
environment and the experience of that environment. This thesis found some common
qualities between these cities in their fonns. These qualities seem to have a certain
relationship to the creation of the images of these waterfront cities. This study also brought
up the question of how to evaluate personal experiences phenomenologically. They are
related to the basis of this thesis. This shows us the difficulty of practicing the
phenomenology and the profundity of studying an image of a city. At the same time, it is a
step for further study.<br>Master of Landscape Architecture
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Williams, Jakobi Emon. "Racial coalition politics in Chicago a case study of Fred Hampton, the Illinois Black Panther Party, and the origin of the Rainbow Coalition /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1692812591&sid=16&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Ives-Allison, Nicole D. "P stones and provos : group violence in Northern Ireland and Chicago." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6925.
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Although the government of the United States of America was established to protect the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness among all American citizens, this thesis argues intractable gang violence in inner-city Chicago has persistently denied these rights, in turn undermining fundamental (and foundational) American political values. Thus, gang violence can be argued to represent a threat to both civil order and state legitimacy. Yet, where comparable (and generally lower) levels of community-level violence in Northern Ireland garnered the sustained attention and direct involvement of the United Kingdom's central government, the challenge posed by gang violence has been unappreciated, if not ignored, by the American federal government. In order to mobilise the political commitment and resources needed to find a durable resolution to Chicago's long and often anarchic 'uncivil war', it is first necessary to politicise the problem and its origins. Contributing to this politicisation, this thesis explains why gang violence in Chicago has been unable to capture the political imagination of the American government in a way akin to paramilitary (specifically republican) violence in Northern Ireland. Secondly, it explains how the depoliticisation of gang violence has negatively affected response, encouraging the continued application of inadequate and largely ineffective response strategies. Finally, it makes the case that, while radical, a conditional agreement-centric peace process loosely modelled on that employed in Northern Ireland might offer the most effective strategy for restoring the sense of peace and security to inner-city Chicago lost over half a century ago.
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Keller, Anne M. ""One Narrow Thread of Green": The Vision of May Theilgaard Watts, the Creation of the Illinois Prairie Path, and a Community's Crusade for Open Space in Chicago's Suburbs." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1466590966.
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Yung, Andrew J. "EVALUATION OF MOVEMENT RATES OF VHS-SUSCEPTIBLE FISH SPECIES BETWEEEN LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE CHICAGO AREA WATERWAY SYSTEM AND IMPLICATIONS FOR VHS MANAGEMENT IN ILLINOIS." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1530.
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Since the discovery of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) in the Great Lakes in 2005, the assessment of its ability to spread amongst connected watersheds has been at the forefront of VHS management. This project was designed to determine a rate of passage of VHS-susceptible fish species between coastal Lake Michigan and its harbors and the artificial waterways in the Chicago metropolitan area. This information can be used to assess the potential for VHS to spread into the waterways, which drain into the Illinois River watershed. Although fishes (e.g. Round Goby and occasionally salmonids) are known to have moved from Lake Michigan into the Illinois River via the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS), the rate of fish passage from the lake into the waterway system is unclear. To directly assess fish movement, a total of 1216 fish were collected, tagged, and returned to Lake Michigan harbors (532, 43.8% of total) and Lake Calumet (684, 56.2%), an adjacent lake connected to Lake Michigan via the CAWS. Fishermen reports, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) sampling, and subsequent electrofishing sampling trips yielded 51 recaptured fish (4.2% of tagged fish). Of these, 2 fish were recaptured below the O¡¯Brien Lock and Dam in the Calumet River (south of Lake Michigan and Lake Calumet) and 49 fish were recaptured in the location at which they were originally tagged. To further assess movement of VHS susceptible species between Lake Michigan and the CAWS, otoliths were collected from 375 small-bodied fish (<150 mm total length) captured in the CAWS and analyzed for ¥ä©ö©øC to determine the origin (Lake Michigan or CAWS) of these fish. Fifty-six percent of small-bodied fishes collected from the Calumet River were immigrants from Lake Michigan, whereas 35% of fish collected from the Chicago River and 28% of fish collected from the North Shore Channel were immigrants. Results indicate that fishes (particularly small-bodied species such as Round Goby) move between VHS-positive Lake Michigan into the VHS-negative Chicago area waterways and represent a potential vector for VHS to spread into the inland waters of Illinois. However, the lack of movement of fishes from Lake Michigan into the Des Plaines River and further downstream waters also indicates a watershed-based approach to managing VHS in Illinois waters rather than simply designating the entire state as VHS-affected due to positive samples in Lake Michigan, may be valid. VHS surveillance should be continued in the CAWS to ensure the status of these water bodies as ¡°VHS positive¡± or ¡°VHS negative¡± is accurate, as this is useful for informing the public and creating policies and regulations to attempt to slow the spread of this disease.
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Forns, Bernhardt Carolina. "Creencias y actitudes de profesores y alumnos hispanos sobre su lengua y cultura: un estudio de caso sobre residentes latinos en la ciudad de Chicago." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/673380.
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Trabajo de investigación en el que se han estudiado las declaraciones de un grupo de hablantes latinos sobre una identidad onstruida a caballo entre dos culturas, la de origen y la de acogida, y sobre el papel que desempeña el conocimiento de la lengua española en dicha construcción identitaria. A traves de entrevistas semi estructuradas nuestro estudio define cuáles son las representaciones que un grupo de alumnos y profesores hispanos posee sobre aquellos aspectos individuales y colectivos propios de los latinos en los Estados Unidos.
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Quintanilla, Pablo. "HAHN. Lewis Edwin (Ed.): The Philosophy of Hans-Ceo!~'.? Gadamer, The Library of Living Philosophers, Vol. XXIV, Chicago and La Salle, Illinois: Open Court, 1997, 619 pp." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Humanidades, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113201.
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Chung, Sang-Kyun. "Developing a marriage enrichment seminar for those who have marital conflicts related to neo-Confucian values of husband and wife in the Samil United Church of Christ, Chicago, Illinois." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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McNulty, Christine. "Olfactory Approaches to Historical Study: The Smells of Chicago's Stockyard Jungle, 1900-1910." Thesis, Connect to resource online, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/1898.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2009.<br>Title from screen (viewed on August 28, 2009). Department of History, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Marianne Wokeck. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-99).
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Chadbourn, Kayte A. "A historical comparative analysis of the Norway and Maine State Buildings from the 1893 Columbian Exposition." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/642.
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Shanoff, Mark E. "Changes to operational, financial, and organizational structures of school districts during mayoral takeovers." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4547.
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It was recommended that future researchers should continue to study the benefit of benchmarking metrics of organizational performance to ensure mayors are held accountable for the reforms they espouse during election cycles. Ultimately, mayors' success in managing their school systems will be based on where they prioritize. This research offered a cross section of metrics by which mayors can benchmark their effectiveness as they change operational, financial, and organizational structures to bring about better, overall organizational performance from their school system.; The focus of this research was to examine the effects of mayoral control on operational and financial structures within school systems. Furthermore, this study focused on the public perception and political implications of the mayor's position on local education. The four systems chosen for this study were: Boston, Chicago, District of Columbia, and New York City. All four systems were total control districts, which allowed for each mayor to appoint a majority to the school board and appoint a superintendent or chancellor to oversee the day to day operations of the school district. This study focused on operational and financial structures, which make up a sizable portion of the larger organizational structure. These indicators often drive how services and expenditures eventually affect the core business of these school systems. From an operational perspective, this study was focused on expenditures, both in aggregate form and for instructional related services, pre and post takeover. From a financial perspective, this study focused on changes to revenue sources, return on investment, interest on school debt, and capital outlay. From a political perspective, this study examined the data from the various State of the City addresses over the last four years in each of the four cities, along with polling data available for New York City and the District of Columbia. This study was concluded with a summary of findings, and implications for future research, policy, and practitioners. The research showed that New York City and Boston generally outperformed the District of Columbia and Chicago in the operational and financial metrics used in the study. Furthermore, the number of years a city had been under mayoral control and operational and financial indicators had no significant relationship.<br>ID: 029050105; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2010.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-94).<br>Ed.D.<br>Doctorate<br>School of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership<br>Education
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Robertson, Katie E. "Boldness Behavior and Chronic Stress in Free-Ranging, Urban Coyotes (Canis latrans)." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1543529587211372.
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Jiang, Ying. "Model selection applications in time series studies of air pollution and mortality." Phd thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150098.
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A number of time series studies provide evidence that air pollution levels are associated with daily death counts. Most of these studies explain these associations by using Poisson log-linear regression models, after allowing for possible confounders. However, the findings of these time series studies suffer from several problems, of which the most significant is conflicting results from different approaches to model selection. To address this problem, this dissertation compares the statistical properties of these approaches, including those with and without model selection uncertainty. In the simulation experiments, the sensitivity of these statistical properties to the choice of bootstrap resampling schemes, including a parametric bootstrap and residual-based bootstrap, is investigated. Simulation results indicate that regardless of the type of resampling schemes used, Bayesian model averaging methods based on Akaike's Information Criterion (BMA-aic) perform well in predicting the mortality effect of particulate matter. Additionally, rather than the standard use of the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC), this study suggests using Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC) for the data from Chicago, if prediction is the goal. Thus, when predicting seasonal mortality effects of air pollution in Chicago, this dissertation incorporates AIC to identify the pattern of unmeasured confounding effects for each season in that city. A common approach to control for unmeasured confounding effects is to adopt a natural cubic spline function of time with fixed degrees of freedom per year. This approach uses an annual adjustment for these effects. However, in reality, these effects may vary according to season; given this, seasonal adjustments for these effects are advocated. As such, this raises the issue of how to control the confounders adequately in the natural cubic spline function. To resolve this issue, a model is proposed to explain the association between particulate matter and mortality after allowing for the seasonal patterns of confounders. AIC is used to select the degrees of freedom for each season. The results indicate a high mortality level during seasons with high particulate matter concentrations.
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"A Study Of Social Pressures Impacting Public Housing Preservation In Milwaukee, Wisconsin And Chicago, Illinois." Tulane University, 2015.
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Public housing has never been considered historic, much less preservable. Starting with legislation in 1934, the relatively young program is at a crossroads: should we continue to build or should we look to the private market for our housing answers? If we look towards the private market, reevaluating the necessity and use of currently standing public housing comes up for debate. By examining the history of public housing nationally, patterns emerge showing how funding structures and policy maneuvers controlled the innovation or lack thereof in housing. Focusing on demolition, an exploration into place memory is discussed, relating to the preservation of spaces in our minds and how the physical environment affects them. Finally, looking at different developments in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois, the cases show different perspectives on public housing preservation, from the completely intact project to those that are creatively readapted to one with a single structure remaining. Public housing has a strong story to tell, and a strong place within our cultural memory, the task for preservationists to learn how to explain and celebrate.<br>1<br>Madeline L norton
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Giboo, Laura A. "The urban heat island pilot project : a look into Chicago’s progress." 2011. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1640177.
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Urban heat islands (UHIs) are unique phenomena that occur when urban areas experience higher temperatures than surrounding areas. The primary cause of urban heat islands is the absorption of insolation by urban structures that is nocturnally released. UHIs can cause many problems both environmentally and physically (in terms of human health). In 1998, Chicago joined the EPA’s Urban Heat Island Pilot Project (UHIPP), which aims to mitigate the UHI effect in pilot cities throughout the country. Exactly how effective has UHIPP been in reducing Chicago’s UHI effect? This research examines Chicago’s heat island effect from 1997 (pre-UHIPP) to 2007. Observations of surface temperatures, along with hourly historical air temperature data, and population data provide the information needed to investigate Chicago’s UHI effect. Relationships between temperature and land cover as well as temperature and population will give further indication of the influences of the UHI effect. More specifically, hot spot and
cool spot analysis, will give Chicago and other cities an idea of the effectiveness of EPA’s UHIPP in reducing urban heat islands.<br>Department of Geography
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MA, Nan-Hsuan, and 馬南璇. "A Study of Membership Program of Art Institute of Chicago (AIC), Illinois, USA." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49q3ea.
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碩士<br>國立臺北藝術大學<br>藝術行政與管理研究所碩士班<br>99<br>Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) is a world-renowned large museum for fine arts and also a private non-profit organization. AIC is one of the many private museums that use membership program to reinforce their revenue. In 2008, AIC''s annual revenue was 83,247,000 U.S. dollars, and proceeds from membership are 4,375,000 dollars. Membership contributed 5.26% of the annual revenue, so it''s an important part of AIC''s operation.
This research set the inquiry upon the Membership Program at AIC, in order to understand the marketing and operational aspects of a membership program in a large private institute for the arts in the United States. First, the institutional structure and operations, current and historical, of the program will be reviewed. Second, a questionnaire will be implemented in the AIC Member Lounge to understand members'' perceptions toward this exclusive place for them, and this place''s benefits on the membership program, including its scope and effectiveness.
This thesis includes the following parts: (1) Introduction includes research motives, problematic, structure, objectives, tools for analysis, limits, and literature review. (2) The background and history of AIC. (3) Introduction to AIC Membership Program and Member''s Lounge. (4) Analyses of questionnaire with contingency tables. (5) Conclusions and suggestions, based upon the contingency table analysis, will include analytical conclusions and suggestions for future research and practices.
This research learns that, the AIC Member''s Lounge has positive effects for encouraging members to maintain their memberships, and it''s somewhat critical to middle age, younger and male members. The relaxation space and free beverage are the most favored services in the lounge. Last, this research discovers that while the AIC membership program uses the methods of market segmentation in its several services for members, these services can support all the others to form a balanced total, resulting in a strategic integration of the membership program.
In the United States, it is the people''s need and public trust toward museums the basic reason why the museums founded by private entities or endowed institutions can flourish. This research indicates that, beyond the economic factors based on benefits, the two most important factors to encourage people to join or maintain membership are: the fondness for arts and the willingness to support AIC.
Therefore, the success of a membership program is a way to examine how trustworthy a museum is to the public. It''s because membership program''s exercise reflects whether the museum deserves the support from the public, and whether appropriate management exists in it.
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Feakins, Jonathan. "Planning Like It’s 2099: The Use and Distribution of Smartphone Transit Applications in Chicago, Illinois." Thesis, 2013. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/977064/4/Feakins_MSc_S2013.pdf.
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Public transit provides an indispensable service to many of those who make major cities their home. At the same time, smartphones have become a commonplace but powerful piece of consumer technology, whose relevance to its users’ daily lives only promises to increase in the years to come. I describe the intersection of these two fields, in the form of smartphone applications that provide real-time transit information. I gather data via the server logs of two real-time transit applications, AnyStop and TreKing. I present an analysis of transit application users in Chicago, Illinois, and compare these users to the overall ridership of public transit in Chicago to determine if they are analogous. Using a combination of internet surveys and aggregate travel planning data, I attempt to illustrate overall patterns in how and why smartphone users utilize their smartphones to navigate public transit. Using log odds ratio and scatter plots, I specifically demonstrate how these two groups of users ride transit in markedly similar manners, both in space and time: smartphone users demonstrate classic usage peaks during both morning and evening rush hours, and their ridership across one hundred and thirty transit routes parallels overall transit usage with 70-86% accuracy. I also suggest variables that may account for any discrepancies in transit ridership between these two populations, and find that smartphone usage demonstrates negative correlation to factors such as total hours of service and number of stops, positive correlation for spatial complexity, and statistically insignificant or inconclusive results for route length, stops per mile, and buses per hour. Finally, I propose that smartphone applications may provide transit planners with an incredibly rich vein of crowdsourced, real-time travel data, which could be used to augment public transit services.
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Skinner, Blaire Golland. "Surgical sterilization of female white-tailed deer in suburban Chicago, Illinois social causes and biological impacts /." 2007. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/177133416.html.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2007<br>Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-36).