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Bicycle Infrastructure Safety: A Review and Application of the Case-Control Methodology
As of 2013 the City of Seattle has 44 miles of bike lanes installed on city roadways. The 2014 Seattle Bicycle Master Plan calls for many new miles of bike lanes, cycle tracks, and neighborhood greenways. This report ... -
Bicycling and the built environment: route choice and road safety
Bicycling is an environment-friendly, healthy, and low-cost transportation mode that is especially suitable for short distance travels. There is a bicycling renaissance in the North America, and Seattle takes a leading ... -
Bicyclists’ Stopping Behaviors: An Observational Study of Bicyclists’ Patterns and Practices
This thesis presents an observational research describing the stopping behaviors used by bicyclists at intersections controlled by stop signs and/or flashing beacons in the City of Seattle. The primary intent is to identify ... -
The Built Environment, Obesity and Walking
This dissertation focuses on the influence of the built environment on the geographic distribution of walking behavior and the obese epidemic. Fundamentally, obesity results from energy imbalance. The study aims to help ... -
The Built Environment, Walking, and Physical Activity: A Comparison between Korean Immigrants and Caucasian Women in King County, WA
(2014-02-24)The number of immigrants is continuously increasing in the U.S., and their rapid weight gain over time since entering this country has become a serious health concern. Immigrant and ethnic minority women have been shown ... -
Business Signage Control in Seattle's Chinatown International District, Pursuing Healthy Balance of Preservation and Commercial Vitalization in a Historic Commercial Districts
Chinatown International District (Chinatown-ID) is a historic commercial neighborhood in the City of Seattle (the City). The neighborhood is characterized with historic mixed-use buildings from the early 20th century, and ... -
Buying Time for the Farmers of Chengdu: Settlement Form, Labor Time Allocation, and their Implications for Resilient Land Use Planning in a Rapidly Urbanizing Region
The thesis explores differences among rural households in their allocation of labor to the different types of work – specifically food and non-food agricultural production and wage-jobs – and potentially related factors ... -
Case Study: Commercial Gentrification in the Pike/Pine Corridor
The Pike/Pine corridor is a vibrant, densely populated area within the greater Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. The area has distinct architectural character due to its history as Seattle’s auto-row. After much of the ... -
The changing urban structure of Tacoma, Washington
(1965)The cities and towns on Puget Sound have had varied and colorful periods of growth and development. This paper is a study of one of these cities and it attempts to point out some of the driving forces which caused Tacoma, ... -
The Civic Waterfront: Public Participation in Urban Megaproject Design
(2012-08-10)As we seek to regenerate postindustrial waterfronts for public use, public involvement in the design decision-making process must be defined. The design process of urban waterfronts is comprised of significant challenges. ... -
Communication and Social Action: Policy Stories in the 2011 King County Metro Funding Debate
Urban planners and public policy analysts are surrounded by heated policy debates. Knowing how to recognize and decipher the structures and techniques of persuasive communication will enable planners to construct their ... -
A Comparative Study of Design Guidelines for Chinatowns in North America: A Reference for Façade Design Regulation in Seattle’s Chinatown – International District
This research is a comparative study of building design guidelines in North American Chinatowns, with specific attention to the exteriors façade design of historically significant buildings. It aims to provide insight as ... -
Cross-Cultural Communication for International Urban Design Practice: Lessons from a Field Studio in China
(2013-02-25)Economic realities are leading more and more Western and American Architect-Engineer-Consultant (AEC) firms to work in China. To be successful, these firms must not only be skilled in physical design, but also in ... -
A Cry and a Demand: Tactical Urbanism and the Right to the City
In many cities around the world a growing interest in small-scale urban design interventions is reshaping urban spaces. These actions (often called tactical urbanism) include: guerrilla and community gardening; `creative ... -
Design Guidelines and Development Policies for an Adaptable Historic Urban Street: The Case of West Street in Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Providing guidance and rules is a widely used way to manage the character and quality of urban space. However, in some cases, where the current character of the built environment emerges from diverse individual contribution ... -
The Dilemma of Urban Road Space Reallocation: An Outreach and Engagement Strategy for Bus Rapid Transit on Seattle's Madison Street
(2013-07-25)The 2012 Seattle Transit Master Plan recommends bus rapid transit (BRT) for a new high capacity transit line on Madison Street. In the most recent budget, the City approved $1 million to study and develop a BRT concept for ... -
ECONOMIC APPROACHES TO MANAGING STORMWATER RUNOFF IN THE SEATTLE AREA
This thesis evaluates the use of best management practices (BMPs) as cost effective tools for reducing the incidence of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in the Ballard CSO basin. I estimated the cost of detaining stormwater ... -
Ecosystem Service Values in Benefit-Cost Analysis of Flood Mitigation Projects
(2012-09-13)In this thesis, I have presented ways to expand the stream of benefits and costs towards improving intergenerational equity of projects that impact floodplain ecosystems. I propose the use of ecosystem service values for ... -
Ecosystem Services and Climate Change Planning: An Awareness-, Analysis-, Action-based Assessment of Local Planning Efforts
Climate adaptation planning is a developing field both in the United States and globally. Ecosystem-based adaptation, an emerging concept that examines the role of ecosystem services in reducing human vulnerability to ... -
Effects of Built Environments on Travel Behavior and Emissions: A Reexamination by Addressing Methodological Issues
(2013-07-25)Urban transportation researchers have been studying the relationship between land use policy and travel behavior for several decades due to the topic's great importance in public policy-making. Because of the improvements ...