For decades there has been an urgency facing America's cities to address the declining condition of inner city communities. Initiatives implemented to address the problem have had mixed success and the drive to find solutions continues to be at the forefront of discussions surrounding urban community development. This document offers a look at an initiative designed to createa greater sense of community among neighborhood youth and to increase levels of youth involvement in community development activities. The initiative is one of many projects taking place in the Martin Luther King Jr. development Area, in Anderson, IN. The intent of the project is to enhance the quality of life for community residents through community beautification.This document will capture the essence of Project Green including both the design and implementation process. It will provide the details of the project management and activities from the origin of the idea until the completion of the summer initiative.As the document unfolds the reader is introduced to the partners and the participants, how the idea was conceived, what made the idea financially feasible, the impact on the community, and the impact left on the youth. It is intended that the reader can use this document to develop and start a similar initiative, to aid in the development of projects intended to spur revitalization of communities and the renewal of resident community spirit. / Department of Urban Planning

This thesis analyses the making of the landscape and community of Westmount, Quebec from 1871 to 1929, when it grew from a quiet rural area into Montreal's foremost anglophone elite inner-city residential suburb. A cultural materialist approach to landscapes is adopted, viewing them analytically as a means to organize and assign existential meaning to human action towards the environment at a given time and place. The making of Westmount is placed within the context of Montreal's society in the 19th century, when rapid industrialization created massive wealth for the city's English-speaking business elite, but threatened its political domination. Westmount became the 'suburban solution' to this problem, providing a sanctuary where, by careful and pioneering use of municipal bylaws governing both land use and social conduct, a 'model' elite community and landscape was created and maintained. The degree of control obtained through the maintenance of Westmount's suburban autonomy allowed a strong expression in the landscape of a shared ideology of difference and privilege.

Thesis (MCRP)--Morgan State University, 2004. / "UMI Number: 1420566"--Prelim. p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-185).

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Detroit Mercy, 2009. / "24 April 2009." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 111-121).

Thesis (M. Hous. M.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-169).

Thesis (M.A.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Directed by Susan Walcott; submitted to the Dept. of Geography. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Aug. 12, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59).

Thesis (M.A.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Directed by Selima Sultana; submitted to the Dept. of Geography. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Aug. 21, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-88).

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2000. / Also available in electronic format on the Internet.