• Writing Graffiti in Berlin: Shaping Space and Self in the Postmodern Metropolis, 1990-2017 

  Carver, Evan Hennessy

  This work explores radical forms of participation in urban design through a case study involving longtime graffiti writers in Berlin, Germany. Working with archival data as well as over a year of on-site field work, ...

• Planning for Seattle's Mandatory Retrofitting Policy: A Retrofitting Plan for the Northern Pacific Hotel 

  Vickers, Rachel

  A retrofitting resource for the NP Hotel focusing on retrofitting methods and funding options.

• A Different Kind of Gentrification: Seattle and its Relationship with Industrial Land 

  Tomporowski, David Paul

  Industry in Seattle often talks about how they are facing their own kind of gentrification. Rising property values, encroaching pressure for different land uses, and choking transportation all loom as reasons for industrial ...

• Planning for Trust: A Relationship-Centered Approach to Community Engagement in City Planning Practice 

  Prusia, Kizz Swajay

  This thesis outlines Relationship-Centered Community Engagement (RCCE) as a new approach to conducting community engagement in city planning practice. The vision of RCCE is to shift from a transactional approach based on ...

• Growth Management Planning’s Effects on Employment Trends in Washington State Rural Counties 

  Alcorn, Samuel Myers

  About half of Washington State’s rural counties plan under the state’s Growth Management Act (GMA) while the remainder do not. Part of Washington State’s Growth Management Act (GMA) mandates comprehensive planning for rural ...

• Privatized Public Spaces in Seattle: Incorporating Well-designed Water Features as a Focal Point for Engagement Opportunities 

  Hoerr, Lauren

  While public parks have distinct spaces carved throughout the landscape of dense cities like Seattle, the creation of smaller, more everyday public spaces—such as walkways in shopping areas or courtyards in mixed-use ...

• Investigating an Asset Based Approach to Housing and Homelessness: A Phenomenological Case Study 

  Campbell, Hayden Gabriel

  This thesis is foundationally rooted in the argument that meritocracy capitalism is a force of production for homelessness in America. I contend that American cities are principally economic engines that function on ...

• 23RD AND UNION: LAND VALUE PATTERNS IN AN UPZONED URBAN VILLAGE 

  Barimani, Coo Ali

  Millions of dollars in additional land value is presumed to be created through upzoning urban villages across Seattle as part of Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda legislation. This study utilizes publicly available ...

• Planning for Climate Change in Seattle: Exploring Energy Infrastructure through Scenario Planning 

  Xiao, Mary

  Climate change impacts continue to unfold, intensify, and consequently, endanger the fundamental aspects of life by threatening health, livelihood, and community. Climate research indicates that while all sectors contribute ...

• Keep Your Habitat: Preventing the displacement of vulnerable homeowners in Seattle’s Central District 

  Johnson, Benjamin

  As housing costs across Seattle steadily rise, both homeowners and renters consider moving outside of the city in search of cheaper housing, often sacrificing convenient access to transit, jobs and amenities. This study ...

• The Built Environment, Travel Behaviors, and Active Transportation Safety 

  Kang, Min Gyu

  The goals of active and safe transportation can be achieved by creating a pedestrian-friendly environment. Since walking trips are more likely to be observed in dense urban areas where motorized travel is congested, a safe ...

• Seattle Municipal Golf Courses: A Hole in One for Affordable Housing 

  Kapsa, Marlo

  University of Washington Abstract Seattle Municipal Golf Courses: A Hole in One for Affordable Housing Marlo Kapsa Chair of the Supervisory Committee:
Manish Chalana
Department of Urban Design & Planning In response to ...

• Analysis of TNC passenger and driver responses to curb-space allocation in urban land use contexts 

  Keenan-Koch, Jackson A

  In response to the growing recognition of impacts from TNC vehicles, some major American municipalities are considering or have implemented regulatory practices intended to promote public curb space allocation in line with ...

• Racial Justice-Oriented Grantmaking: A Community-Driven Improvement Plan for Seattle’s Equitable Development Initiative Fund 

  Rasmussen, Elise

  Purpose: People of color are disproportionately displaced from Seattle as the city rapidly gentrifies and its cost of living soars. The City of Seattle’s Equitable Development Initiative (EDI) Fund was created in partnership ...

• Complement or Substitute? An Analysis of Bikeshare’s Effect on Transit Ridership in Portland 

  De Simone, Anthony Generoso

  Free-floating bikeshare is a relatively new service in North America but offers significant mobility benefits and intriguing potential for first- and last-mile access to transit. This study of Portland’s Biketown system ...

• Large-Scale B Cell Receptor Sequence Analysis Using Phylogenetics and Machine Learning 

  Dhar, Amrit

  The adaptive immune system synthesizes antibodies, the soluble form of B cell receptors (BCRs), to bind to and neutralize pathogens that enter our body. B cells are able to generate a diverse set of high affinity antibodies ...

• Estimates of Spiral Ganglion Neuron Health in Children and Adults with Cochlear Implants 

  Jahn, Kelly Nicole

  Cochlear implants (CIs) can improve auditory perception for children and adults with severe to profound hearing loss, but little is known about how to optimize clinical interventions for individual patients. In fact, ...

• Understanding Residential Patterns across Asian Ethnic Groups and U.S. Metropolitan Areas 

  Lee, Hannah

  This paper explores the residential patterns of the six largest Asian ethnic groups – Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese – across fifty-seven U.S. metropolitan areas, which are categorized ...

• Sociodemographic Differentials in Support for Legal and Extra-Legal Punitive Practices in Santiago, Chile. 

  Gomez Baeza, Francisca Javiera

  The purpose of this study is to explore the sociodemographic differentials on punitive attitudes, using a sample of 367 people from the city of Santiago, Chile. Using an ordinary least squares estimation, I explore, ...

• "Doctor-Prescribed and Mother-Encouraged": Interpersonal Interactions and Body Image Concerns in Higher-Weight Clients with Eating Disorders 

  Dios, Elizabeth Anne Kathleen

  Restrictive Eating Disorders (EDs) have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness. Among restrictive EDs, individuals can present across the weight spectrum, however those with low body weight have traditionally ...

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