Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1981. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-213).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-169).

Sustainable development is an objective that attempts to address global growth and change in an environmental, economic and social manner. Rapidly increasing global populations and growing concerns over resource scarcity and climate change are challenges to these goals. This practicum explores the relationship between sustainable development objectives and an inner-ring suburban neighbourhood in Winnipeg. The intent is to gain insights into how inner-ring suburbs can facilitate a more sustainable future. The research revealed eight themes associated with sustainable urban development, including: community development, land use diversification, better buildings, open space, transportation, water management, waste management, and economic development. A total of 45 associated action opportunities were proposed for an implementation plan for the study area. Challenges and barriers to the implementation of these actions include: political support, financial constraints, physical growth limitations, behavioural change, existing policies and by-laws, action opportunity dependency and education for sustainable development.

Sustainable development is an objective that attempts to address global growth and change in an environmental, economic and social manner. Rapidly increasing global populations and growing concerns over resource scarcity and climate change are challenges to these goals. This practicum explores the relationship between sustainable development objectives and an inner-ring suburban neighbourhood in Winnipeg. The intent is to gain insights into how inner-ring suburbs can facilitate a more sustainable future. The research revealed eight themes associated with sustainable urban development, including: community development, land use diversification, better buildings, open space, transportation, water management, waste management, and economic development. A total of 45 associated action opportunities were proposed for an implementation plan for the study area. Challenges and barriers to the implementation of these actions include: political support, financial constraints, physical growth limitations, behavioural change, existing policies and by-laws, action opportunity dependency and education for sustainable development.

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Much has been written about the public image of the suburbs, however very few researchers have explored how they appear in the media. The purpose of this research is to determine how local newspapers have represented the suburbs of Toronto and Hamilton since 1990. The objective is to see whether there has been a historical shift in the balance between positive and negative images, and also in the themes associated with each. This has been done by examining articles from The Toronto Star and The Hamilton Spectator. Articles from 1990-2015 were extracted using the online database, LexisNexis Academic. These articles were then coded using a manual thematic coding scheme accounting for several factors including the type of article, section of the newspaper, front page material, centrality, valence, major themes, and neighbourhoods and regions being discussed. NVivo software for qualitative data analysis was used to understand and organize the abundance of unstructured data collected. As expected, the tone of coverage in both cities was generally negative, but varied between cities and changed over time as the mix of thematic concerns also changed. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 216-227). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

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This is an inquiry into the evolution of the North American suburb by way of review of notable historical precedents of various types of suburban developments. / A precept of this thesis is that the current, dominant form of urbanization is of a suburban nature, characterized by vast areas of low-density, single-use, disjointed compartments of daily life; that suburbanization has become the physical de-construction of community; and that suburbanization at its most extreme is ultimately deleterious to a healthy society and environmentally unsustainable. The suburban environment is far from the desired ideal and in fact is an aberration. / Given our seemingly innate desire for the ideal of a "home within a garden," and through the inquiry into the successes and failures of past planned suburbs, it is hoped that a better understanding and a melding of the ideal and an equitable reality can be obtained, promoting a healthy, vibrant sense of community that is environmentally sustainable. / The examples of planned suburban precedents that are examined include industrial towns, railroad and streetcar suburbs, as well as pre- and post-war automobile suburbs. Also there is some examination of utopian and alternative planning theories as well as contemporary examples of successful planned communities. All of which provide a greater understanding of the principles that must be applied to address the issues of our future urbanization process, which will likely be of a suburban nature. / It is hoped that through this inquiry into successful suburban precedents, that a clearer understanding can be achieved of how to more closely attain the individual ideal of a home within a garden, while balancing the collective needs of a community and sustainability, within an inherently chaotic, free-market process.