Every year, the US Conference of Mayors presents awards to mayors and their administrations for programs that enhance the quality of life in urban areas. In 2009, the City of Charleston won and was named America’s “Most Livable” City. The program that won them the honor was the Palmetto Artisan Program, an entrepreneurial skill program helping youth artisans become licensed business vendors. This report seeks to understand the potential for arts-based youth programs, like the Palmetto Artisan Program, to impact local economic development and enhance quality of life. I explore this issue through a literature review of workforce development, arts-related economic development, an analysis of five programs across the country, and an in-depth analysis of the Palmetto Artisan Program in Charleston, SC. The report concludes with recommendations and insights for cities and regions wishing to implement similar programs that benefit young people and their communities. / text

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Thesis (M. S.)--Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. / Committee Chair: Dr. Reginald DesRoches; Committee Member: Dr. Barry Goodno; Committee Member: Dr. Laurence Jacobs; Committee Member: Dr. Mulalo Doyoyo.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

In what ways can historical power relationships be interpreted through a chronological analysis of historical maps, and how are these coded versions of history produced and reproduced through the modern tourist experience? I argue that historical maps can be interpreted to reveal the political influence and agendas inscribed upon the built environment. I review how the implications of these value systems can be seen in the cultural constructs and institutions that have been used over time to generate revenue through a two stage process,: first, through an analysis of historic and modern maps in two Southern cities, New Orleans and Charleston, South Carolina, and second, through personal ethnographic fieldwork. I analyze my findings to compare these two cities in their use of spatial representation to facilitate and contain a historic tourist industry that spawns local industries of historical tourism to both justify and codify these views as history.

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First-hand reports on the 1886 Charleston earthquake contain numerous accounts for the widespread occurrence of liquefaction related features in and near the meizoseismal zone. Recent geologic studies have found evidence for the repeated liquefaction of sandy soils in the Charleston area due to recurring large seismic events. In the course of this investigation 24 mini-cone penetration tests were performed at seven sites in or near the meizoseismal zone of the 1886 earthquake to determine the factors influencing ground failures due to liquefaction. These tests were supplemented with soil borings, sieve tests and a limited number of standard penetration tests to aid in characterization of the sandy soils. Additionally, soil boring records in Charleston were obtained which provided in-situ testing data in an area with documented historical damage. The range of sites at which testing was done, or information was available, represent locations experiencing various levels of liquefaction and distances from the zone of seismic energy release. Penetration data were used to evaluate resistance of the sandy soil to cyclic loading and fonned the basis for assessing the effects that the lateral extent and distribution of loose sand layers has on the surficial manifestation of liquefaction. With the absence of cementation and extensive soil development, soils as old as late Pleistocene age have been found to be very susceptible to liquefaction. At several sites these soils have undergone at least three episodes of liquefaction and presently exhibit low penetration resistances, indicating that the progressive densification of a liquefiable soil layer can be minor unless it is in very close proximity to a large venting feature. The size and density of occurrence of vents and sand blows has been found to be primarily dependent on the extent of both the liquefiable layer and any overlying resistant layers. Layered system relations utilized with field performance data, and historical and geologic evidence for the occurrence of liquefaction features to suggest that the near surface peak horizontal accelerations induced by the 1886 earthquake were approximately O.3g in the meizoseismal zone and O.2g in the city of Charleston. This is in contrast with previous estimates of seismic shaking all of which point toward values in the range of 0.5 to O.6g. The reason for the different acceleration estimates is not clear at this time, and will be further studied in future extension of this work. / Master of Science

This thesis deals primarily with the importance of the arts to society and a means by which the arts might be used to develop our culture. First it was necessary to investigate the effects of the arts on society and the relationship between the arts and everyday life in America. From the findings of this investigation evolved a means by which our culture might be advanced through the arts. This means takes the form of art centers on a community scale. Charleston, West Virginia was selected by the author as an appropriate location for such an art center because of the interest displayed in the arts by many of its local organizations and because of its lack of facilities to house the functions of these organizations. The basic concept of the Creative Arts Center to serve this community not merely as a place for exhibition and presentation of the arts, but as a workshop where music, the dance, architecture, sculpture, painting , and literature will play a great part in the public's daily lives, was of paramount consideration. / Master of Science

On August 31, 1886 a large scale earthquake occurred in Summerville, S.C. causing severe damage in the coastal city of Charleston. Although intensive geological and geophysical studies have been conducted in the area, uncertainty remains about the details of the event. Recently evidence from seismic reflection profiles have shed light on the tectonic environment of the area. The epicentral area of the 1886 event lies within the South Georgia Rift, a Mesozoic rift terrane. Previous studies have revealed clues to the geologic structure and evolution of this feature. SEISDATA4 is the largest seismic reflection profile recorded in the area. By re-processing the line, information about the tectonic structure of the area was revealed. The early Mesozoic extensional basin that hosted the 1886 earthquake and is host to the modern seismicity recorded in the area, extends several kilometers to the south and west of Charleston, along SEISDATA4. Cenozoic and Mesozoic faults were resolved within the basin and along its northwestern boundary that is distinguished by a strong gradient in the magnetic field. However, the question as to which fault was responsible for the rupture of 1886 still remains. The refraction analysis provides better resolution of the lithology in Lower Mesozoic section. The termination of the strong reflection at the base of the Atlantic Coastal Plain occurs in a section of the profile that shows major disruption of the underlying reflections, and suggests that the termination of a lower Mesozoic basalt flow responsible for the reflection may be related to tectonic deformation. / Master of Science