The purpose of this research is to better understand why undocumented
immigrants do not typically participate in U.S. city planning processes, and present
recommendations for improved inclusion. This report provides a brief background into
the presence of undocumented immigrants in the U.S., their unique civic organization,
and the need to include them in the planning of our cities and communities. The East
Riverside Corridor Master Plan, (currently under the adoption process by the City of
Austin, Texas) serves as a case study for the report. East Riverside is an area that is
predominantly Hispanic and home to a large stock of immigrant workforce housing, yet
the plan’s public participation phase saw little to no contributions from the zone’s lowincome
immigrant residents. Austin city planners’ perspectives are presented in the
report, as are the views and ideas of undocumented women who live in East Riverside
low-income housing. Suggestions for re-conceptualizing the planning discipline are
presented, as well as general tools for how city planners could better include
undocumented immigrants. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/22205 |
| Date | 14 November 2013 |
| Creators | Garcia, Dana Kathryn |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. |
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