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Title: A Constellation of Economic Possibilities: Latinx Food-Based Diverse Collaborative Economies as Catalysts for More Sustainable Economic Futures
Author: Tornabene, Sara
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Area studies, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: Diverse and alternative forms of economies have recently gained increased attention for their potential to transform conceptually and empirically the mainstream economic system. Around the world, scholars have documented the emergence and impact o...

Title: ADHERENCE TO ISLAMIC DRESS CODE AND HIJABI MUSLIM STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES OF BELONGING, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT, AND ISLAMOPHOBIA
Author: Pouraskari, Neda
Date Created: 2020
Description: The purpose of this study was to understand how level of adherence to Islamic dress code relates to sense of belonging, social adjustment, and experiences of Islamophobic microaggressions among hijabi Muslim undergraduate students on U.S. college ...

Title: ADHERENCE TO ISLAMIC DRESS CODE AND HIJABI MUSLIM STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES OF BELONGING, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT, AND ISLAMOPHOBIA
Author: Pouraskari, Neda
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership, Education, Higher
Description: The purpose of this study was to understand how level of adherence to Islamic dress code relates to sense of belonging, social adjustment, and experiences of Islamophobic microaggressions among hijabi Muslim undergraduate students on U.S. college ...

Title: An Athlete's Humble Beginnings: A Place-Based Narrative in Need of Repair
Author: Lash, Barbara
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Geography
Description: Sports play a unique role in American culture and act as sources of entertainment and community identity. Events that include sports are also a microcosm of society that simultaneously reflects and guides cultural and racial differences that are i...

Title: Assessing community resilience at the neighborhood level in new construction starter-homes in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Author: Currie, Melissa
Date Created: 2015
Description: This research explores the resiliency of new construction, "starter-home" neighborhoods using the Charlotte, North Carolina area as a study location. Such developments are characterized by nearly identical homes priced at $150,000 or less (a local...

Title: Assessing community resilience at the neighborhood level in new construction starter-homes in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Author: Currie, Melissa
Date Created: 2015
Description: This research explores the resiliency of new construction, "starter-home" neighborhoods using the Charlotte, North Carolina area as a study location. Such developments are characterized by nearly identical homes priced at $150,000 or less (a local...

Title: Assessing community resilience at the neighborhood level in new construction starter-homes in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Author: Currie, Melissa
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Geography, City planning, Social sciences--Research
Description: This research explores the resiliency of new construction, "starter-home" neighborhoods using the Charlotte, North Carolina area as a study location. Such developments are characterized by nearly identical homes priced at $150,000 or less (a local...

Title: COMPETING RATIONALITIES: CAPITAL, POWER, GENTRIFICATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Author: Howarth, Thomas
Date Created: 2019
Description: This dissertation sought to understand uses of power embedded in gentrification processes that threaten affordable housing. Rather than an abstract force acting on its own volition, gentrification is driven by dominant powerholders who employ stra...

Title: COMPETING RATIONALITIES: CAPITAL, POWER, GENTRIFICATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Author: Howarth, Thomas
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Geography
Description: This dissertation sought to understand uses of power embedded in gentrification processes that threaten affordable housing. Rather than an abstract force acting on its own volition, gentrification is driven by dominant powerholders who employ stra...

Title: Gentrification in Charlotte: A Complex Tale of Urban Redevelopment Across Geographic Scales
Author: Yonto, Daniel
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Geography
Description: Gentrification research almost exclusively focuses on traditional postindustrial cities. Despite a growing number of scholars emphasizing the importance of understanding gentrification outside of traditional urban areas, its presence and modalitie...

Title: HOT SPOTS IN THE CITY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND THE DEMAND FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY SERVICES
Author: Wodicka, Reid
Date Created: 2014
Description: There is a common understanding among members of local government emergency services professionals that some neighborhoods require a substantially larger amount of services than others. This phenomenon is primarily driven, it is believed, by the c...

Title: HOT SPOTS IN THE CITY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND THE DEMAND FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY SERVICES
Author: Wodicka, Reid
Date Created: 2014
Description: There is a common understanding among members of local government emergency services professionals that some neighborhoods require a substantially larger amount of services than others. This phenomenon is primarily driven, it is believed, by the c...

Title: HOT SPOTS IN THE CITY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND THE DEMAND FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY SERVICES
Author: Wodicka, Reid
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Government policy, Urban forestry
Description: There is a common understanding among members of local government emergency services professionals that some neighborhoods require a substantially larger amount of services than others. This phenomenon is primarily driven, it is believed, by the c...

Title: Place co-creation in death care: Opportunities to overcome obstacles to green burial in the United States
Author: Palko, Hannah
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Geography
Description: Green burial places are cemeteries and funeral homes that embrace green burial practices by providing green burial funeral services and educating their clients about green burial options. A green burial place within a cemetery may be a part or who...

Title: THE IMPACT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ON HOUSING PRICES AND HOMEOWNERSHIP IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Author: Ludden, Thomas
Date Created: 2011
Description: At the end of the last century, the U.S. housing market was volatile. The average price of housing increased by 50 percent, while the national rate of loans entering foreclosure was 0.3 percent. Across the nation, local housing markets displayed u...

Title: THE IMPACT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ON HOUSING PRICES AND HOMEOWNERSHIP IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Author: Ludden, Thomas
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Geodesy, Economics
Description: At the end of the last century, the U.S. housing market was volatile. The average price of housing increased by 50 percent, while the national rate of loans entering foreclosure was 0.3 percent. Across the nation, local housing markets displayed u...