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Hsu-Sheng, Hsieh. "Roles of Action Planning and Coping Planning for Travel Behavior Change." Kyoto University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/227609.
Повний текст джерелаXu, Lu. "Hierarchical behavior planning in distributed decision making systems." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1157037697.
Повний текст джерелаKochhar, Amrik S. "Simulation and verification of autonomous route planning behavior." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61166.
Повний текст джерелаCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-27).
This thesis presents a new dynamic traffic simulator called DUST, used to investigate new foundational theory for autonomously reconfigurable cyber-physical systems in the presence of unexpected disruptions. We focus on transportation networks to develop our methodologies since it is a prime example of a cyber-physical system that is characterized by distributed decision-making and is prone to unexpected disruptions. This new simulator investigates the route choice behavior of cars in an urban environment. It allows subjects to participate as drivers in virtual city environments directly as well as artificial intelligence algorithms. It provides a platform for experimentation with various incentive mechanisms and information dissemination protocols that are critical for emergency planning during disruptions.
by Amrik S. Kochhar.
M.Eng.
Zhang, Zhiru. "Behavior-level scheduling and planning for nanometer IC designs." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1375541741&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Повний текст джерелаKaye, Nicole. "Function-Based Behavior Support Planning Competencies: A National Survey of School Psychologists." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19665.
Повний текст джерелаZuleger, Stephanie. "Identifying impediments of succession planning in credit unions." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10248028.
Повний текст джерелаCredit unions, the cooperatives started by the people to serve the people, have experienced tremendous growth, success, and challenge since their inception in the mid-19th century. While the overall number of members and assets are growing, the physical number of credit unions is decreasing due to mergers or insolvency, keeping market share stagnant for the past 20 years. As with all organizations, succession planning is essential to ensure a future. Considering a conceptual foundation including stakeholder theory and succession planning, the purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand how succession planning is utilized by CEOs of credit unions today, what impedes credit unions from succession planning and leadership development, as well as what tools or resources are needed within the industry to either build or enhance the succession planning efforts.
Based on in-depth interviews with eight current CEO’s, findings revealed that succession planning is happening more frequently in large credit unions than previous research noted. CEOs are committed to their stakeholders and to the industry and are driving this process in their credit unions, they believe developing leaders is their main role, and they see succession planning as a competitive advantage because of the results it generates. To make the process successful, the CEOs are utilizing consultants, incorporating a variety of activities, focusing on innovation and technology, and challenging the talent management status quo. The CEOs did not believe suggested impediments from previous research were accurate. Rather, they believed that intrinsic factors got in the way including excuses, basic human nature and egos. To truly revolutionize the industry and gain market share, the CEOs shared that many strategies including hiring practices must change.
It is recommended that credit union leaders and directors become knowledgeable on succession planning and its benefits, connect strategic planning with talent management, and remove intrinsic obstacles to most effectively give back to their stakeholders. Additional research on smaller credit unions and their succession planning efforts, recruiting and hiring tactics for credit union CEOs, and the prioritization of succession planning, strategic planning, and financial results is needed.
Peng, Ruijue. "Housing market behavior with restrictive land supply." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69320.
Повний текст джерелаSzalai, Leah C. "Predicting Young Adults’ Engagement in Advance Care Planning." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1448056006.
Повний текст джерелаDe, Gita Gloria N. "Spousal communication and family planning behavior in Northern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9133_1256716325.
Повний текст джерелаSpousal communication on issues related to family planning and reproductive health is important in influencing fertility limiting behaviour. In South Africa, studies analyzing the relationship between spousal communication and family planning behaviour are virtually nonexistant. Understanding this relationship is critical for less developed countries where fertility remains at substantially high levels. In most countries, the isolation of men's participation in family planning issues is acknowledged as one of the major causes of poor performance of most family planning programs. In addition, lack of spousal communication about family planning is identified as one of the reasons for low levels of contraceptive use among women. The main objective of this study was to assess spousal communication on contraceptive use and family planning behaviour in three distinct areas in the Richtersveld (Northern Cape) area.
Lleras, Germán Camilo 1973. "Bus rapid transit : impacts on travel behavior in Bogotá." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39777.
Повний текст джерела"February 2003."
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-103).
In the year 2000, the government of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, undertook a major transformation of its public transport system. A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system named Transmilenio was implemented modifying the organizational scheme of service delivery, raising the level of service, and ultimately affecting travel behavior. This thesis studies the changes in travel behavior resulting from the introduction of the new mode and some of the impacts whereby induced. In particular it studies the competition between the traditional buses operating in mixed traffic and the BRT. The main result is that traveling conditions have improved substantially which is reflected in the reduction of the burden associated with traveling. This is demonstrated by the lower value of time found for BRT in comparison to the existing mode. This thesis studies the consequences of these changes in terms of the future growth of the system and the fare for public transportation. In addition, it looks at the extent to which the new mode has modified the fundamental drivers of travel behavior in the city.
by Germán Camilo Lleras.
M.C.P.and S.M.
Kozel, Valerie Jean. "Income, consumption, and savings behavior in the Côte d'Ivoire." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75521.
Повний текст джерелаKozik, Peter L. "Examining the effects of appreciative inquiry on IEP meetings and transition planning." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
Повний текст джерелаReeder, Taryn. "The effects of goals, rewards, and strategy planning on team motivation." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28745.
Повний текст джерелаZaman, Nishat. "Understanding Immigrants' Travel Behavior in Florida: Neighborhood Effects and Behavioral Assimilation." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1690.
Повний текст джерелаNamgung, Mi. "The Relationship between Attitudes, Neighborhood Types, and Travel Behavior: Implications for Public Transportation." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1417699048.
Повний текст джерелаRajashekar, Anirudh V. "Do private water tankers in Bangalore exhibit "mafia-like" behavior?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99090.
Повний текст джерела"June 2015." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-104).
While there is an increasing acceptance in academic literature about the importance of informal water delivery in cities around the developing world, public opinion is often divided. Many citizens see informal water vendors as businesses controlled by extortionary "mafias" and call for government regulation. This thesis explores whether government regulation is justified in the case of Bangalore, India where water issues have become increasingly pressing and informal water vendors, also known as the "water mafia," have grown in number and in influence. In particular, this thesis will explore whether private tankers display any form of anti-competitive behavior by addressing two questions: 1) Do private water tankers exhibit monopoly power, and 2) Do private water tanker prices vary depending on the characteristics of the customers they serve? Evidence collected in July-August 2014 and January 2015 indicates that tankers do not operate in an anti-competitive manner and that government intervention is not justified on these grounds. However, tankers do contribute to declining groundwater levels and government intervention on these grounds ought to be explored.
by Anirudh Rajashekar.
M.C.P.
Lin, Ta-Win. "Women's labor force supply and commuting behavior: a time-budget analysis." PDXScholar, 1985. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/452.
Повний текст джерелаZiegler, Robert T. "The Impact of Strategic Planning Involvement on Employee Engagement in a Federal Public Health Agency." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10618396.
Повний текст джерелаThis study examined the impact of involvement in strategic planning initiatives on employee perceptions, change behaviors, and engagement within one federal public health agency. Forty-six staff completed a survey and 12 completed an interview. Both strategy participants and non-participants reported neutral to positive scores for perceived value and benefits of the strategic initiatives, discretionary change behaviors, and engagement factors, with few significant differences. All participants reported strong levels of engagement and that strategy participation would or did increase their levels of engagement. Public agencies should carefully consider when, how, and where to deploy employee-led strategy teams. Specifically, this research indicates that the involvement of employees in strategy for engagement purposes only should be avoided. Additional research is needed to extend and confirm these findings.
Johansson, Annika. "Dreams and dilemmas : women and family planning in rural Vietnam /." Stockholm, 1998. http://diss.kib.ki.se/1998/91-628-3311-1/.
Повний текст джерелаWong, John H. G. (John Heet-Ghin). "Agricultural development and peasant behavior in China during the cultural revolution." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70653.
Повний текст джерелаMcCormick, Bailie Grant 1963. "Applications of environment-behavior-design research to planned communities." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278294.
Повний текст джерелаColeman, Tanjia M. "A Positive Psychological Examination of Strategic Planning in the Public Sector Utilizing SOAR." Thesis, Benedictine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10154491.
Повний текст джерелаThe purpose of this study was to create additional research and outcomes on the theory of applying a whole systems approach to strategic planning through a large group intervention in a non-profit organization. This study utilized grounded theory and qualitative analysis. The research focused on the positive whole systems approach to examine the construct of strategic planning in a large group intervention utilizing the strategic planning frameworks of SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations and Results; Starvos & Hinrichs, 2009) and appreciative inquiry (AI; Cooperrider, Sorensen, Yaeger, & Whitney, 2005) as outcomes-focused alternatives to strategic planning in organizations. This qualitative study was executed in conjunction with appreciative interviews utilizing SOAR strategic visioning process and a strategic visioning SOAR Summit.
This study provided additional insight into whole systems change approach by utilizing strategic planning methods including: AI, SOAR, large group intervention, positive organization psychology, and World Cafe since such studies were limited that analyzed this approach in the development of public sector organizations. This research study consisted of 63 interviews that were conducted with employees, administrators, trustees, and community residents of the community-funded, non-profit fire protection department. The study timeline was from September 2014 until February 2015. Findings suggested that both non-profit and private sector organizations could drive their missions forward by engaging in a whole systems approach and large group intervention, focusing on appreciative and positive organizational change methodologies.
Cook, Andrew. "Succession Planning in a Global Electronics Company." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1963.
Повний текст джерелаTejeda, Naomi Pilar. "Fire behavior and the spatial patterns of the Oakland and Berkeley Hills." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70268.
Повний текст джерелаSörensen, Silvia, Jameson K. Hirsch, and Jeffrey M. Lyness. "Optimism and Planning for Future Care Needs Among Older Adults." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/692.
Повний текст джерелаLinden, Dimitri van der. "Mental fatigue and goal-directed behavior: flexibility, planning and the regulation of actions." [S.l. : Amsterdam : Kurt Lewin Instituut] ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2002. http://dare.uva.nl/document/64093.
Повний текст джерелаPalka, Karen. "Sexual Behavior Among Secondary School Going Adolescent Women in Zambia." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500697/.
Повний текст джерелаNAIK, SANMATI S. "ASSESSING A CITY'S POTENTIAL IN ATTRACTING HIGH-TECH FIRMS: BASED ON LOCATION BEHAVIOR OF HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1122300155.
Повний текст джерелаLightman, Deborah. "Community-based social marketing at the neighborhood scale : sustainable behavior or neighborhood sustainability?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67228.
Повний текст джерелаCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-119).
Social marketing has long been used in the field of public health, but its application in the environmental world is only a decade old. Although McKenzie-Mohr and Smith's (1999) guide to "community-based social marketing" (CBSM) has gained increasing support, there have been few attempts to delineate when CBSM can (and should) be used. In this thesis, I explore the use of CBSM at the neighborhood scale: first, to encourage the uptake of rain barrels and rain gardens; and second, to advance long-term sustainability as defined in the sustainable communities literature. My research focuses on the potential opportunities and limitations of CBSM in three very different neighborhoods in the Greater Toronto Area. Interviews with homeowners in the three neighborhoods revealed surprisingly high levels of rain barrel interest and ownership among people who do not self-identify as "environmentalists". I suggest that different CBSM strategies may be useful for promoting rain barrels among individuals who self-identify in different ways. In contrast, rain gardens received limited support from non-environmentalists and appeared challenging to promote. I suggest that CBSM programs to encourage rain gardens will be more effective if clearly tied to local issues. I outline strategies for increasing the local relevance of CBSM and highlight the benefits of including diverse residents at all stages of program design. Finally, I argue that practitioners should assess opportunities for CBSM to contribute to long-term neighborhood sustainability. In all three neighborhoods, CBSM holds little potential to directly address residents' sustainability priorities, since these issues require neighborhood-level efforts. However, modified versions of CBSM may be able to indirectly contribute to long-term sustainability by fostering social capital, attachment to place and awareness of links between environmental, economic and social issues.
by Deborah Lightman.
M.C.P.
Rutledge, Elisabeth Lea. "How do CSR rating schemes influence corporate behavior? : lessons from the utility industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99070.
Повний текст джерелаCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-43).
Ninety-three percent of the world's largest 250 companies report data to voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating schemes, and over 380 CSR rating schemes exist to assess companies' corporate actions. While reporting to CSR rating schemes may signal that a company takes responsibility for its environmental, social, and economic impacts, the correlation between responding to CSR rating schemes and taking meaningful action to minimize those impacts is still not entirely clear. This thesis asks, "Does responding to CSR rating schemes encourage corporate sustainability within organizations in the electric utility industry?" I sought to answer this question by conducting in-depth interviews with representatives of six companies in the electric utility sector about their reporting approach to the two most widely used rating schemes, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). I focused on the electric utility industry to ensure comparability and because this sector is strongly positioned to signal corporate sustainability trends given its current technological transformation, traditional use of fossil fuels, and heavily regulated structure. Based on these interviews I conclude that CSR rating schemes have succeeded in encouraging companies to disclose corporate sustainability data through voluntary mechanisms, but due to the existence of some perverse incentive structures, reporting does not fully motivate increased participation and action on corporate sustainability. Positively, CSR rating schemes lead companies to gather and centralize internal data across business units. In addition, external recognition from high CSR scores drives pride in corporate sustainability efforts and draws the attention of executives. However, CSR reporting lacks value for those utilities without end-use customers, does not provide commensurate value for the time required to participate, drives companies to focus primarily on reporting rather than on making substantive changes, and leads to mistrust in the CSR rankings because of the difficulty in understanding scores. Based on these findings, I recommend restructuring CSR rating schemes to provide multiple, issue-based scores to each company; replacing cross-sector assessment with sector-specific assessment; and revising the current assessment approach to include in-depth, on-site valuations of corporate efforts.
by Elisabeth Lea Rutledge.
S.M.
Wolff, Elizabeth B. "True value : an investigation into the valuation behavior of land developers and appraisers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29769.
Повний текст джерелаIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 83-85).
The goal of this thesis is to investigate the real world problems associated with valuing a key component of real estate -- raw land. Because land valuation is seen as a risky endeavor that requires investors to make decisions based on outcomes that are uncertain, it offers a unique and interesting realm for evaluating human decision-making behavior. Through contrasting the three different decision processes of 1) the normative approach to valuation that appraisers are trained to employ 2) the true valuation behavior of appraisers in the field, and 3) the true valuation behavior of land developers in the market place, this study seeks to gain insight into real estate valuation behavior. The hypotheses for this thesis are drawn from the core theories of decision analysis and cognitive psychology. Because this study looks at the process of valuation, it focuses on the cognitive shortcuts, formally referred to as heuristics, that humans use to make decisions in complex situations where the outcome of a t.ask is uncertain. In this study, a process tracing technique was employed to study the problem solving behavior of nine land developers and ten appraisers. To compare subject processes, protocols were conceptualized as frequency distributions and were compared using Kolmogorov-Smimov goodness-of-fit tests as well as parametric tests of equal population proportions. The results of the tests showed that according to a model developed by the Appraisal Institute, appraisers and developers behave in a non-normative manner for they take certain cognitive shortcuts that end up altering this model when valuing an asset. The information search behavior of appraisers and developers was also found to be observably different. Further investigation discovered that appraisers look at more comparables than developers, while developers tend to be more interested in incorporating valuation steps that are not prescribed by the nonnative model. The findings of this study lead to serious questions about the efficacy of the Al's current model. In fact, the deviations between appraisers' methodologies and those of the market, as represented by the developers tested, were such that if these discrepancies are not addressed the work of appraisers risks becoming marginalized. Implications for future research were also discussed.
by Elizabeth Brooke Wolff.
S.M.and M.C.P.
Kilmer-Neel, Erin B. (Erin Blythe) 1970. "Motivating communities to shop locally : implications of ethical behavior marketing for independent businesses." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17699.
Повний текст джерелаIncludes bibliographical references (p. 180-183).
Local independent businesses are critical to the economic health and quality of life of communities. This thesis examines whether marketing can motivate people to consciously and reliably support local independent businesses in their community. The first chapter provides an introduction to the problem, explains why marketing can be a solution, and describes how one emerging type of organization - the Independent Business Association - is currently engaged in this process. Chapter 2 reviews the literature on social marketing to develop a framework for analyzing marketing campaigns, and the literature on ethical consumerism to recognize trends and identify characteristics of the typical ethical consumer. Chapter 3 uses a social marketing framework to examine four ethically-motivated organizations who market products to consumers: SERRV, Ten Thousand Villages, TransFair USA, and CISA. Each case study discusses the organization's marketing goals, strategies (positioning and target markets), and tactics (product, price, place, and promotion). Chapter 4 provides recommendations to Independent Business Associations for creating marketing campaigns that encourage community support for local independent businesses, and makes conclusions based on the research.
by Erin B. Neel.
M.C.P.
Cox, Ellen. "Characteristics of Behavior Rating Scales: Revisited." TopSCHOLAR®, 2019. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/3103.
Повний текст джерелаShaw, Jingsi Xu. "Household moving and tenure behavior : translating retrospective "Recent Mover" surveys into prospective moving decisions." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115709.
Повний текст джерелаCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270).
To assist policy makers with evaluating urban development policies and anticipating trends in the evolution of cities, researchers have significantly improved modem urban land-use-and-transportation (LUT) simulations. Despite extensive studies regarding the interdependency of household life cycle stages and moving decisions in demography, most existing LUT simulations do not address households changing life cycle stages when modeling residential relocation behavior. The reasons include 1) the data that capture households and housing transitions is hard to obtain, and 2) the analysis methods are mainly for cross-sectional datasets. This dissertation focuses on these issues and contributes to the literature in three respects: behavior exploration, methodology, and applications to housing and transportation policy analysis. The ultimate goal of this study is to have a better understanding of the relationship between household life cycle stages and their moving decisions when the housing market is heavily regulated with incentives based on age, family structure, and income. This research focuses on the housing market in Singapore as a case and utilizes a new dataset of recent movers. First, this study generates sampling weights both at the individual and household levels to correct sample bias. Then, this study uses discrete choice models to identify key household and housing factors that influence households' moving behavior at the household-level. In order to capture household characteristics at the time of decision-making, the household characteristics for those households that changed structure when moving had to be reconstructed. The results show that household moving decisions are mainly influenced by three sets of factors: life cycle stages, tenure choices and housing submarkets. Finally, this research adopts a Markov Chain Model (MCM) approach to estimate a set of forward-looking moving and tenure transition rates accounting for various issues, such as sample bias and "missing-move" problems. The final results improve the estimate of moving and tenure transition rates in several ways: adding more demographic factors, handling household structure changes, and relaxing the memoryless assumption to accommodate a special feature of the public housing sector in Singapore. I expect that this study will have important implications for LUT microsimulations as well as housing and transportation policymaking. It demonstrates a method to analyze a retrospective dataset of recent movers in order to obtain detailed forward-looking moving and tenure transition rates (which are required for microsimulations). It also demonstrates a way to model household structure changes at the household level without introducing a full set of demographic models at the individual level. This study shows that with detailed moving and tenure transition rates, researchers can better capture the critical interactions between households' moving decisions and government intervention on the housing market. This can improve the current LUT simulations in a way that they can be more sensitive to government housing regulation and support long-term policymaking regarding the spatial distribution of housing and transportation infrastructure.
by Jingsi Xu Shaw.
Ph. D.
McWilliams, Ellen Kay. "A DESCRIPTIVE CASE STUDY OF A SCHOOL-WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT (PBS) SYSTEM IN SCHOOLS WITH PRINCIPAL-LED PLANNING TEAMS AND COACH-LED PLANNING TEAMS." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1289863790.
Повний текст джерелаRiaño, Germán. "Transient behavior of stochastic networks : application to production planning with load-dependent lead times." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24524.
Повний текст джерелаKittirattanapaiboon, Suebpong. "EMERGENCY EVACUATION ROUTE PLANNING CONSIDERING HUMAN BEHAVIOR DURING SHORT- AND NO-NOTICE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2996.
Повний текст джерелаPh.D.
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
Engineering and Computer Science
Industrial Engineering PhD
Cosgun, Akansel. "Navigation behavior design and representations for a people aware mobile robot system." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54944.
Повний текст джерелаScott, John J. "Bicycle and pedestrian harmony: perspectives on bicyclists behavior on campus." Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17617.
Повний текст джерелаDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Hyung Jin Kim
In the past 20 years, the promotion of bicycle-friendly environments in the United States has become a major topic for city planners, engineers, landscape architects, and concerned citizens. The City of Manhattan, Kansas, and Kansas State University (KSU) are following the trend by creating more bicycle infrastructure. As an example, the Campus Planning and Facilities Management Department at KSU recently installed new signs on the pavement that support existing bicycle rules around campus. The rules require cyclists to dismount and walk their bicycles on the main campus sidewalk and yield to pedestrians when crossing Bosco Plaza. While signs are important, these markers should be part of a bigger plan that includes infrastructure, education and enforcement working together to create a safe, active transportation system. This project explores bicycling culture at KSU campus and uses three key concepts of infrastructure, education, and enforcement to discover what improvements are needed and what improvements can be made. The video-based observation method consists of recording the activity of cyclists entering the campus core and analyzing the behavior of cyclists and pedestrians. The survey was conducted via social media in order to understand safety perceptions and behaviors of bicyclists and pedestrian as daily commuters to campus. The results from both methods show a lack of involvement with infrastructure, education, and enforcement for cycling at Kansas State which creates areas that are not safe for pedestrians. Bicycling (15.4%) and walking (46.7%) represent 62.1% of commuters to campus; therefore, a safer approach to campus infrastructure needs to be addressed for these users. Results indicate that the dismount signs are ignored 82.9% of the time, and collisions between cyclists and pedestrians do happen on campus. An absence of enforcement is shown in the data, which is compounded by a non-existing bicycling education program, making for a less than optimal active transportation system on campus.
Tam, Wing Yin Leona. "Goal pursuit is more than planning: the moderating role of regulatory fit." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4327.
Повний текст джерелаSullivan, Kaitlin Sullivan. "Evaluating Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) in a High School Setting." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6407.
Повний текст джерелаVieira, Daniel Rojas. "Persuasive behavior as a moderator of the relationship between strategic behavior and leadership effectiveness." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2348.
Повний текст джерелаSrinivasan, Sumeeta 1968. "Linking land use and transportation : measuring the impact of neighborhood-scale spatial patterns on travel behavior." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70335.
Повний текст джерелаIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 224-235).
This dissertation aims to understand how changes in land use and transportation regulations at a local level could affect travel behavior such as trip-linking and mode choice. Studies indicate that the geographic distribution of jobs and population is far more crucial than population growth alone in creating dramatic changes in travel in individual locations. Land use initiatives represent a potentially effective tool for coping with the kinds of mobility patterns that North American cities face in the 1990s and in the coming century. As fine-grained data about land use and travel activity becomes available, it provides the opportunity to improve our understanding of the linkage between land use and transportation. Thus, we can now add a land use element to the models that have been used in the past in order to investigate travel behavior. We, therefore can extend, not only our knowledge of the land use/ transportation connection, but also the tools that have been used in the past to study their linkage. This study examines in detail the neighborhood characteristics that affect travel behavior. Neighborhood characteristics include land use, network and accessibility related characteristics which are quantified through the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Ultimately, such measures could be used in conjunction with detailed surveys of travel behavior to specify, calibrate and use models of modal choice and trip type that are more sensitive to the fine-grain spatial structure of neighborhoods and transportation corridors in our metropolitan areas. Micro-level data for the Boston metro area, together with a 1991 activity survey of approximately 10,000 residents provide a rich empirical basis for experimenting with relevant neighborhood measures and for simulating the effects on travel behavior.
by Sumeeta Srinivasan.
Ph.D.
Del, Campo Maria Victoria. "Escaping an institutional poverty trap : learning behavior as a collective action problem in Brazil's pharmaceutical industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105034.
Повний текст джерелаCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-279).
Why are so many countries persistently poor, underdeveloped, and unequal? Why does unevenness in resources and capabilities persist within productive sectors, even in developing countries that have managed to sustain handfuls of well-performing firms in modern sectors? The conventional knowledge about this persistence suggests that in the long run, historical institutions are the fundamental cause of economic outcomes, making history determine economic performance through its effect on institutional development patterns (Acemoglu and Robinson, 2001). These studies portray institutions as path-dependent and impervious to change, suggesting a pessimistic expectation for the development possibilities of poor countries. In contrast, this dissertation shows empirically how and why inefficient institutions that tend to persist over time can be altered, leading to unexpected upgrading and inequality reduction even in environments traditionally considered "hopeless" by the literature. Through a mixed methods approach incorporating qualitative methodologies to a traditional poverty trap framework, this work analyzes the effect of institutions on evolving micro-level attitudes towards learning in a complex, technologically-intensive industry plagued by high prices, widespread product safety challenges, and parasitic firm behavior. Using the experience of Brazil's pharmaceutical industry as a main case, with India and Mexico as shadow cases, the study concludes that in the context of extreme technological gaps, political domination by large economic groups, and structural constraints, inegalitarian and inefficient institutions become self-sustaining and make individual learning prohibitively costly for most local firms. This creates secular poverty traps where individual "low road" behaviors become prevalent among firms, resulting in a self-reinforcing intensification of uneven development. In such cases, learning --and escaping the trap-- necessarily becomes a collective action problem, where marginalized firms must cooperate to defray the costs of upgrading.
by Maria Victoria del Campo.
Ph. D. in Economic Development and Planning
Wei, Junqing. "Autonomous Vehicle Social Behavior for Highway Driving." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2017. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/919.
Повний текст джерелаAkter, Taslima Akter. "Travel Behavior of a Mid-West College Community: A case Study of the University of Toledo." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1469757019.
Повний текст джерелаGuerra, Erick Strom. "The New Suburbs| Evolving travel behavior, the built environment, and subway investments in Mexico City." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3593811.
Повний текст джерелаI begin this dissertation with a historical overview of the demographic, economic, and political trends that have helped shape existing urban form, transportation infrastructure, and travel behavior in Mexico City. Despite an uptick in car ownership and use, most households—both urban and suburban—continue to rely on public transportation. Furthermore, suburban Mexico City has lower rates of car ownership and use than its central areas. In subsequent chapters, I frame, pose, and investigate three interrelated questions about Mexico City's evolving suburban landscape, the nature of households' travel decisions, and the relationship between the built environment and travel behavior. Together, these inquiries tell a story that differs significantly from narratives about US suburbs, and provide insight into the future transportation needs and likely effects of land and transportation policy in these communities and others like them in Mexico and throughout the developing world.
First, how has the influence of the built environment on travel behavior changed as more households have moved into the suburbs and aggregate car use has increased? Using two large metropolitan household travel surveys from 1994 and 2007, I model two related-but-distinct household travel decisions: whether to drive on an average weekday, and if so, how far to drive. After controlling for income and other household attributes, I find that the influence of population and job density on whether a household undertakes any daily car trips is strong and has increased marginally over time. By contrast, high job and population densities have a much smaller influence on the total distance of weekday car travel that a household generates. For the subset of households whose members drive on a given weekday, job and population densities have no statistical effect at all. Contrary to expectations, a household's distance from the urban center is strongly correlated with a lower probability of driving, even after controlling for income. This effect, however, appears to be diminishing over time, and when members of a household drive, they drive significantly more if they live farther from the urban center. The combination of informal transit, public buses, and the Metro has provided sufficient transit service to constrain car use in the densely populated suburban environments of Mexico City. Once suburban residents drive, however, they tend to drive a lot regardless of transit or the features of the built environment.
Second, how much are the recent trends of increased suburbanization, rising car-ownership, and the proliferation of massive commercially-built peripheral housing developments interrelated? To investigate this question, I first disentangle urban growth and car ownership trends by geographic area. The fastest-growing areas tend to be poorer and have had a much smaller impact on the size of the metropolitan car fleet than wealthier, more established neighborhoods in the center and western half of the metropolis. I then zoom in to examine several recent commercial housing developments. These developments, supported by publicly-subsidized mortgages, contain thousands of densely-packed, small, and modestly-priced housing units. Their residents remain highly reliant on public transportation, particularly informal transit, and the neighborhoods become less homogenous over time as homeowners convert units and parking spaces to shops and offices. Finally, I use the 2007 household travel survey to model households' intertwined decisions of where to live and whether to own a car. If housing policy and production cannot adapt to provide more centrally-located housing, growing incomes will tend to increase car ownership but concentrate more of it in areas where car-owning households drive much farther.
Third, how has the Metro's Line B, one of the first and only suburban high-capacity transit investments, influenced local and regional travel behavior and land use? To explore this question, I compare travel behavior and land use measures at six geographic scales, including the investment's immediate catchment area, across two time periods: six years before and seven years after the investment opened. Line B, which opened in stages in 1999 and 2000, significantly expanded Metro coverage into the densely populated and fast-growing suburban municipality of Ecatepec. While the investment sparked a significant increase in local Metro use, most of this increase came from people relying on informal transit, rather than cars. While this shift reduced transit fares and increased transit speeds for local residents, it also increased government subsidies for the Metro and had no apparent effect on road speeds. Furthermore, the Metro remains highly dependent on informal transit to provide feeder service even within Ecatepec. In terms of land use, the investment increased density around the stations but appears to have had little to no effect on downtown commercial development. In short, the effects of Line B demonstrate much of the promise and problem with expanding high capacity transit service into the suburbs. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
Spears, Steven P. "Beyond the Early Adopters: Examining the potential for car-sharing in Richmond, Virginia." VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/660.
Повний текст джерелаLee, Jae Seung Ph D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The impact of urban form on older adults : focusing on neighborhood design and baby boomers' local behavior." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73802.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192).
The growing share of older adults across the globe raises concern about active and safe aging. This dissertation examines aging baby boomers' travel and social behavior resulting from neighborhood design. The body of the research consists of three interrelated essays: The first essay explores age-restricted neighborhoods that target persons 55 and over, providing agetargeted physical design and social services. This study aims to offer insights into how this suburban morphology has evolved, as well as its impacts on travel behavior of baby boomers living in agerestricted neighborhoods. The study compares several physical characteristics, walkability, and local activity levels of five representative age-restricted neighborhoods and five nearby ordinary neighborhoods in Massachusetts. The analysis finds that, while providing diverse neighborhood amenities, age-restricted neighborhoods remain automobile-dependent due to the poor street connectivity and the lack of potential nearby destinations. The second essay analyzes the travel behavior, residential choices, and related preferences of 55+ baby boomers in suburban Boston, looking specifically at age-restricted neighborhoods. For this highly autodependent group, do neighborhood-related characteristics influence local-level recreational walk/bike and social activity trip-making? The analysis aims to discern community (for example, social network) versus physical (for example, street network) influences. The analysis reveals modest neighborhood effects. Living in age-restricted, as opposed to un-restricted, suburban neighborhoods modestly increases the likelihood of being active and the number of local social trips. Overall, the age-restricted community status has greater influence on recreational and social activity trip-making than the neighborhood physical characteristics, although some community - neighborhood interaction exists. The third essay seeks to reveal the interactions between urban form and safety affecting urban baby boomers' walking behavior. Spatial analysis reveals the traffic accident patterns in urban Boston neighborhoods, indicating hotspots around activity centers. The analysis identifies significant effects of walkable urban forms (e.g., mixed use, well-connected streets, and good access to potential destinations) on older adults' walking. Yet accessibility to retail, as well as traffic speed and volume, are positively associated with the traffic accident frequency. The result implies a potential health trade-off between neighborhood walkability and safety, at least for urban baby boomers.
by Jae Seung Lee.
Ph.D.
Reyes, Fernández Benjamín [Verfasser]. "Social Support, Planning and Action Control in Self-Regulatory Health Behavior Processes / Benjamín Reyes Fernández." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1074870972/34.
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