Recent DCRP Graduates, Doctoral Dissertations, and Masters Theses
/Doctor of Philosophy
Gautam Bhan In the Public Interest: Evictions, Citizenship and Inequality in Contemporary Delhi
Hiba Bou Akar Contesting Beirut’s Frontiers: Urban Development, Militarization, and the Spatial Production of Religious-Political Difference
Emilio Martinez de Velasco Aguirre Global Innovation Bridges: Exploring a New Policy Instrument to Support Innovation and Economic Development in Peripheral Regions
Sylvia Geehae Nam Speculative Urbanism: The remaking of Phnom Penh
Gregory Newmark Implementing Innovation in Planning Practice: The Case of Travel Demand Forecasting
James Rubin Choosing Transit: The Influence of Past Travel Behavior, Attitudes and Habits on Present Choices
Alex B. Schafran The Long Road From Babylon To Brentwood: Crisis and Restructuring in the San Francisco Bay Area
Master of City Planning, Fall 2011
Warner Brown Transportation Planning and Data Availability in China: A Case Study of Xi’an Textile Town
Grace Lin Evaluating the Effectiveness of Online Trip Planners for Small Transit Agencies
Adriana Navarro-Sertich Transience as a “Way of Life”: Development Induced Displacements, Internal Migrations and the Politics of Urban Planning in India
Carmen Lauren Oleksinski Fare Payment Technology
Kathleen Phu Regional Aviation in NSW - Market Analysis for 2013 Bios
Teresa Tapia Transportation Planning for Changing Communities: Case Study of Two HOPE SF Sites
Daniel Tischler An Investigation of Bicycle Facility Investment and Ridership on Caltrain
John Urgo Street Design and the Law: Assessing Legal Barriers to More Flexible Street Design Standards in California
Master of City Planning, Spring 2012
Hedaya Al Hammadi Affordable Housing in Abu Dhabi: Analysis and Recommended Strategies
Jacob Bintliff Assessing Vulnerability and Risk to Climate Change for Adaptation Planning
Matthew Braughton Evaluating Los Angeles’ Vermont-Western Transit Oriented District Specific Plan - Ten Years Later
Matthew Brill Trial Urbanism in an Environment of Engaged Citizenry as a Means to Explore New Street Configurations or Urban Typologies
Connery Cepeda Development and Policy Analysis for San Diego City/Park Streetcar Feasibility Study
Matthew Chwierut Fostering Connections in the East Bay’s “Innovative Cluster” for Broad-based Economic Development
Richard Crockett Below Imperial: Drainage Infrastructure in a Desert Terminal Basin
Anna Fedman An Investigation into the Expansion of Bio Gas as a Renewable Energy Resource
Shannon Fiala Implementation Challenges of the Ocean Beach Master Plan
Robin Eloise Gilliam Assess Challenges to Environmental Planning Participation in South Los Angeles’ Crenshaw District
Prospero Juan Arturo Herrera III Can we Improve Health in Oakland by Eliminating Green Space Deserts? Linking Public Health and Residence Near Green Spaces
Justin Horner Regulations for Residential Development Near High Volume Roadways
Paolo Ikezoe Recognizing Transportation and Urban Design Considerations on Market Street
Erik Jensen Microarchitectural Interventions in the Urban Right of Way to Serve Community Needs
Michael Katz The New Labor Movement: Organizing America’s Excluded Workers
Karla Jane Kingsley Fostering Connections in the East Bay’s “Innovative Cluster” for Broad-based Economic Development
Laura Kremen Adler Technologies of Urban Renewal: Interrogating the Smart City Paradigm in East Baltimore
Zakhary Mallett Transportation and Land Use Policies for Sustainable Affordable Housing
Anna McCorvey Social and Physical Indicates of Successful Affordable Housing: Case Studies on 2 Bay Area Projects from Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing
Yujiang Mou An Examination on Job-Housing Balance in Shanghai Jinqiao District
Salma Mousallem Mathare Valley Collaborative Slum Upgrade Plan
Michael Newton-McLaughlin The Decontestation and Hope of Public Space in Hanoi Vietnam
James Pappas The Effect of Transit Investment on Low and Moderate Income Neighborhoods in LA County and Recommendations for Implementing Measure R’s New Rail Investment with Equity in Mind
Michael Rhodes SF Parking Meter and Time Limit Preliminary Evaluation
Casey Rogers Mathare Valley Collaborative Slum Upgrade Plan
Christine Schildt Fiscally Sustainable Infill Housing Development
Matteo Stiglich Special Regulatory Zones and the Re-Configuration of Planning in Lima
Michelle Thong Implications of Industrial Land Use Conversion in the Lawrence Caltrain Station Area
Jacobus Van Der Merwe Mathare Valley Collaborative Slum Upgrade Plan
Asiya Wadud Mathare Valley Collaborative Slum Upgrade Plan
Crystal Ward Simons Mapping Values in Coyote Valley: Assessing ecosystem service tool integration in local land use planning
Jessica Schofield Zdeb Assessing What Makes for Effective Partnerships in a Sample Drawn from Applicants to the HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant