The research in this thesis will look at the lives of a very specific group of Chinese immigrant workers in the restaurant industry, particularly those in the metropolitan city of Los Angeles. While unskilled Chinese workers are popular in the Chinese restaurant business because of the lack of skills required, they are quite mobile between the manufacturing and construction sectors as well. Working conditions are less than ideal for these immigrants, who find that life in America may not be what they expected prior to arrival. Though there are many organizations that seek to improve the lives of immigrants already residing in the United States, better efforts towards coordination could be put forth to ensure the availability and knowledge of these resources. Though Asian immigrants and their children have a reputation as a high-achieving model minority, there still remains a class of people who struggle with the same issues of relocation and assimilation as other immigrants. This research hopes to analyze the patterns of immigration for workers like these, to evaluate whether it is still feasible to achieve the American dream, and, if necessary, re-think U.S. immigration policy by looking to our Northern neighbors Canada and providing some policy recommendations.

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Connecting Urban Residents to Their Watersheds with Green Stormwater Infrastructure: A case study of Thornton Creek in Seattle, Washington.

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Transportation is a discussion of the utmost concern in Los Angeles. The automobile poses great detriment to the environment, people’s economic stability, and the health and safety of the community. A conversation that has, however, been absent from the discussion on transportation is the particular cultural and historical significance and value of the automobile to Los Angeles; it has been seldom discussed that the automobile has been extremely influential to the physical character of the city deems it an object worth preserving. Unlike the literature that exists, this thesis specifies and details ways in which the automobile has influenced and continues to influence the urban context and architecture of Los Angeles. Simultaneously, this thesis discusses the means by which the automobile can be preserved and repurposed into an object contributory to the city’s plans for a sustainable future. By the reevaluation and reinterpretation of the car and car culture, the city would be in effect capable of reclaiming its title as the model future city, a title it achieved and also eventually lost during the 20th century in large part because of the automobile. This thesis further contributes to the greater comprehension of the context of Los Angeles and revives a conversation about the city’s potential to be a precedent for other cities.

La notion d'enclave est un des modèles dominants de la compréhension des modes d'installation des immigrés en ville aux États-Unis. Définie par une surface continue nettement délimitée, l'enclave serait la condition spatiale de la constitution d'une conscience collective. Or, la multiplicité des espaces d'installation et de représentation des individus s'auto-déclarant arméniens dans l'agglomération de Los Angeles témoigne d'une nébuleuse, irréductible à un modèle territorial et centré. Le constat de cette multiplicité n'est pas suffisant ; s'y ajoutent des revendications de structures spatiales communautaires, matérialisées notamment par la création en 2000 du quartier de Little Armenia. Les espaces multiples de représentations des Arméniens à Los Angeles sont structurés par des relations de pouvoir, notamment par des normes communautaires et des injonctions multiculturelles, issues de la municipalité. Ces structures ne sont pas fixes, elles sont en mouvement tendues vers des horizons normatifs.

Final Project (M.A.)--John F. Kennedy University, 2005. / "September 26, 2005"--T.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-132 ).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 551-594).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisors: Lily Litvak and Virginia Higginbotham. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available from UMI.

Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2003. / Includes abstract and vita. Translated from Korean. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-193).