Browsing Faculty Works, School of Public and International Affairs by Title
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Land Use Regression models for 60 volatile organic compounds: Comparing Google Point of Interest (POI) and city permit data
(2019-08-10)Land Use Regression (LUR) models of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) normally focus on land use (e.g., industrial area) or transportation facilities (e.g., roadway); here, we incorporate area sources (e.g., gas stations) ... -
Learning About World Religions in Modesto, California
(Politics And Religion/ Cambridge Journals, 2011-08-01)After cultural and religious controversy in Modesto, California, community leaders attempted to increase tolerance and respect by requiring an unique world religions course for high school students. The first large-n ... -
A New Multilateral Framework for the Middle East
(Virginia Tech, 2009-01)The numerous policy challenges facing the United States and the international community in the Middle East are interrelated. This demands the adoption a comprehensive approach to the region rather than a set of bilateral ... -
Pedestrians and E-Scooters: An Initial Look at E-Scooter Parking and Perceptions by Riders and Non-Riders
(MDPI, 2019-10-11)Since 2018, pedestrians in many U.S. cities have been sharing sidewalk space with dockless shared e-scooters. The introduction of e-scooters has received pushback from pedestrians. Complaints reported in the media include ... -
Peri-Urban Development in Sofia and Havana: Prospects and Perils in the New Millennium
(Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, 2007)This paper compares the patterns of socio-spatial peri-urban change in two post-socialist state capitals: Havana, Cuba (2.1 million) and Sofia, Bulgaria (1.3 million). The comparison between patterns of post-socialist ... -
Pit Latrine Fecal Sludge Resistance Using a Dynamic Cone Penetrometer in Low Income Areas in Mzuzu City, Malawi
(MDPI, 2017-02-03)Pit latrines can provide improved household sanitation, but without effective and inexpensive emptying options, they are often abandoned once full and may pose a public health threat. Emptying techniques can be difficult, ... -
Planning during Post-socialism
(Elsevier, 2015-05)This article analyzes the state of public-sector planning in countries that subscribed to a Marxist, state-socialist ideology during some part of the twentieth century, and especially those countries that comprise the ... -
Planning for walking and cycling in an autonomous-vehicle future
(Elsevier, 2019-05-30)Over the last few decades, walking and cycling have increased in the United States, especially in large cities. Future efforts to promote active travel will occur during a time when automated vehicles will increasingly ... -
Pondering farmworker justice: The visible and invisible borders of social change
(2015)Farmworkers play an integral part in both industrial and alternative agriculture, and in recent years the alternative agriculture and farmworker justice movements have been collaborating in more fruitful ways. These ... -
Population-Level Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution during Active Travel: Planning for Low-Exposure, Health-Promoting Cities
(Environmental Health Perspectives, 2016-10-07)Background: Providing infrastructure and land uses to encourage active travel (i.e., bicycling and walking) are promising strategies for designing health-promoting cities. Population-level exposure to air pollution ... -
The Post-public City: Experiences from Post-socialist Europe
(Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 2014)Public space has become an increasingly important focus in the work of architects, urban designers, philosophers, geographers, sociologists and others interested in promoting a more civil and democratic society. This ... -
Recognizing and Confronting State Subjectivity in Asylum Adjudications
(York University, 2015)United States law charges America’s asylum officers with providing humanitarian protection for refugees while simultaneously securing the nation from external threats. This mandate requires that asylum officers balance ... -
Rooting Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: The Politics of House Committee Investigations, 1947 to 2004
(2013-01-01)Scholars have long bemoaned congressional disinterest in oversight. We explain varied congressional attention tooversight by advancing the contingent oversight theory. We show how the structure of congressional committees,partisan ... -
Testing the Use of Crowdsourced Information: Case Study of Bike-Share Infrastructure Planning in Cincinnati, Ohio
(Cogitatio Press, 2017-09-20)Considering the power of web-based tools for crowdsourcing, planning organizations are increasingly using these technologies to gather ideas and preferences from the public. These technologies often generate substantial, ... -
To zone or not to zone? Comparing European and American Land-use Regulation
(PNDonline II, 2010)This paper compares German and American approaches to land-use regulation. Conclusions are derived from a review of regulatory documents and expert interviews conducted in the German city of Stuttgart. The analysis shows ... -
Transdisciplinary Knowledge Producing Teams: Toward a Complex Systems Perspective
(Informing Science Institute, 2018-06-30)Aim/Purpose Transdisciplinarity is considered as a framework for understanding knowledge producing teams (KPTs). Features of transdisciplinary knowledge producing teams (TDKPTs) are provided using a complex adaptive systems ... -
A ubiquitous method for street scale spatial data collection and analysis in challenging urban environments: mapping health risks using spatial video in Haiti
(2013-04-15)Background Fine-scale and longitudinal geospatial analysis of health risks in challenging urban areas is often limited by the lack of other spatial layers even if case data are available. Underlying population counts, ...