Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone Project / In a society growing towards alternative modes of transportation, this study explores the phase 2 streetcar expansion for the Tucson area. Using case studies and research articles, a criteria of factors were created to best judge three predetermined expansion routes. A case study was then done on these routes to determine which route would be best for the area. In this study, the factors that were looked at and used to rank the three routes included; population density and average annual income of the surrounding area of the route (400 meter buffer), accessibility and connectivity, which includes; bus stops, bike lanes, walkability, traffic counts and possible park & ride development. The last factor used in the case study was proximity to destination, specifically how many ‘big destinations’ (destinations that experience high volumes of people) each route had. The proximity to destination factor also determined how good of a balance each route had with housing, work and amenities/leisure destinations.

Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone Project / In a society growing towards alternative modes of transportation, this study explores the phase 2 streetcar expansion for the Tucson area. Using case studies and research articles, a criteria of factors were created to best judge three predetermined expansion routes. A case study was then done on these routes to determine which route would be best for the area. In this study, the factors that were looked at and used to rank the three routes included; population density and average annual income of the surrounding area of the route (400 meter buffer), accessibility and connectivity, which includes; bus stops, bike lanes, walkability, traffic counts and possible park & ride development. The last factor used in the case study was proximity to destination, specifically how many ‘big destinations’ (destinations that experience high volumes of people) each route had. The proximity to destination factor also determined how good of a balance each route had with housing, work and amenities/leisure destinations.

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Submitted by Fernando Souza (fernandoafsou@gmail.com) on 2017-08-24T11:29:59Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1236787 bytes, checksum: c4ae07f4375037e57a426f7e9e0cab82 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-24T11:29:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1236787 bytes, checksum: c4ae07f4375037e57a426f7e9e0cab82 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The research developed in this study intends to analyze, in the light of the theory of social drama, the dramatic actions of the characters Blanche Dubois and Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire (translated into Portuguese as Um Bonde Chamado Desejo). In the analysis of that dramatic text, we use, as a theoretical basis for this study, basic concepts related to the dramatic genre, taking as a starting point the fundamentals of Aristotelian tragedy, as well as the contributions of the analytical theory of modern drama formulated by authors such as Hegel, John Howard Lawson, Raymond Williams and Sandra Luna. The contributions of these theorists led us to discern conflictive events in the development of the plot, conflicts mainly engendered by the actions of the main characters: Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. The antagonism represented by these opponents reveals a dialectical interplay between each character’s ethos and their deeds and words. From the conflicts they experience in the plot, the dramatic actions become tragic, in the sense formulated by Raymond Williams who defines social drama as “modern tragedy”. This study does not intend to make an exhaustive investigation about the play, but to contribute to the debate on the proposal made in this research, opening further discussions regarding the dramatic action in the play. / A pesquisa bibliográfica desenvolvida neste estudo pretende analisar, à luz da teoria do drama social, as evoluções dos conflitos entre as ações das personagens Blanche DuBois e Stanley Kowalski na peça A Streetcar Named Desire (traduzida para o Português como Um bonde chamado Desejo) do escritor Tennessee Williams. Na análise do texto dramático, utilizaremos como fundamentação teórica, conceitos relacionados ao gênero dramático, tomando como ponto de partida os fundamentos aristotélicos da tragédia, bem como as contribuições analíticas da teoria do drama moderno formulados por autores como Hegel, John Howard Lawson, Raymond Williams e Sandra Luna. As contribuições desses teóricos nos conduziram a análises sobre os eventos conflituosos na evolução da trama. Conflitos esses engendrados pelas personagens principais: Blanche DuBois e Stanley Kowalski. O antagonismo representado desses oponentes revela uma dialética ação recíproca entre o ethos das personagens, de suas intenções e palavras. A partir dos conflitos e das experiências representadas na trama, as ações dramáticas das personagens tornam-se trágicas, de acordo com Raymond Williams, que define o drama social como “tragédia moderna”. Este estudo não pretende esgotar o tema investigado, mas, contribuir para a reflexão sobre a proposta realizada e abrir possibilidades de discussões posteriores com relação à ação dramática da peça.

Accessibility is the most important concept in transportation planning because it describes the ease of travel to opportunities vital for everyday needs. Theoretically, people locate closer to transit corridors if accessibility improves. One desired benefit from light rail is denser land use patterns in the form of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) that captures population growth. In October 1994, the City of Denver, CO, joined the list of American cities that have implemented light rail within the last 33 years. Since then, five corridors have opened there, and planners are retooling their zoning codes to allow TOD near light rail. The hope is to mitigate road-centric policies that enabled sprawl during the second half of the 20th Century. This thesis investigates light rail in the Denver region in the context of accessibility. It asks the following research question: What land use and transportation conditions must exist to encourage the general population to locate near light rail? Five linear regression models test a range of accessibility variables. Evidence suggests that accessibility to jobs and housing near station areas is important for facilitating population growth near light rail. Specifically, land use policy needs to allow residential and non-residential mixed uses near station areas for population growth to occur. It is too early to draw any definitive conclusions for the Denver region. Anecdotal evidence indicates that planners are achieving land use goals of growth, even though many of the region's TOD-supportive policies were recently adopted.

Stereotypical gender roles have probably existed as long as human culture and are such a natural part if our lives that we barely take notice of them. Nevertheless, images of what we perceive as typically masculine and feminine in appearance and behavior depend on the individual’s perception. Within each gender one can find different stereotypes. A commonly assumed idea is that men are hard tough, while women are soft and vulnerable. I find it interesting hoe stereotypes function and how they are preserved almost without our awareness. Once I started reading and researching the topic of stereotypes it became clear to me that literature contains many stereotypes. The intension of this essay is to critically examine the stereotypical gender roles in the play A Streetcar Named Desire, written by Tennessee Williams in 1947. It is remarkable how the author portrays the three main characters: Stanley, Stella and Blanche. The sharp contracts and the dynamics between them are fascinating.

The first chapter consists of an overview of the southern plantation as it survives in cultural imagination, especially in William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind. The second chapter discusses A Streetcar Named Desire and how Williams reimagines the plantation in an urban setting through the New Orleans Marigny neighborhood. The third chapter examinesWilliams’s reinvention of the rural plantation in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The conclusion explores how Williams’s work is used as a blueprint in representing the plantation in postsouthern literature and culture.

There are two major, well-known operas based on plays of Tennessee Williams. He refused many times throughout his life to give permission for his play, A Streetcar Named Desire, to be set as an opera. It was not until the 1960s that he granted permission for Lee Hoiby to choose any of his plays as a basis for a new opera. Hoiby chose Summer and Smoke, a play which was written at approximately the same time as Streetcar. Lanford Wilson created the libretto for the opera which was given its premier in 1971 by the St. Paul Opera Association. In 1994 representatives of the Williams estate granted permission to the San Francisco Opera to commission an opera based on A Streetcar Named Desire. With a libretto by Philip Littell, the opera was composed by André Previn and given its premier in 1998. These two plays share common themes, character types, character relationships, and literary symbols due in part to the autobiographical nature of Williams's writings. The plays exhibit a cinematic nature and possess common dramatic elements such as the symbolic use of sets, props, and musical leitmotifs as a result of his attempts to create a new "plastic" style of theatre. The purpose of this thesis is to examine how each composer has captured the essence of Williams's dramatic style in these well known plays while dealing with stylistic elements that by nature could interfere in operatic composition. A brief biography of Williams is included to show the familial basis of his character types. Illustrations of his style serve as the basis for a comparison of the librettos to the plays. The musical analysis focuses on the composers' choices in dealing with Williams's poetic southern language, use of music, cinematic techniques, and complex characterizations.

LD2668 .T4 1966 W752 / Master of Science