Graduation Semester and Year

2017

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning and Public Policy

Department

Urban and Public Affairs

First Advisor

Rod Hissong

Abstract

New urban form movements in the United State such as, new urbanism, transit-oriented development, smart growth, and compact-city have been described as the most influential movement in the urban design and urban planning literatures since the modernist movement (Bramley & Morgan, 2003; McKenzie, 2004; Grant, 2006; Colantonio, & Dixon, 2011; Burton, Jenks, & Williams, 2003). In recent years, these theories’ principles have been adopted for many neighborhood design efforts. They advocate the use of urban design as a way to advance environmental, economic, and social sustainability interests as a model of sustainable urban development (Colantonio, & Dixon, 2011; Burton, Jenks, & Williams, 2003). This research considers the analysis of urban forms in the neighborhood scale from the social sustainability point of view. It reviews debates about social sustainability and highlights some expecting relationship to understand the ways that different variables related to sustainability. Claims and criticisms of proposed urban design related to urban forms and social sustainability in neighborhood-scale are examined and the long-standing debates over the extent to which urban forms can affect social sustainability revisited. Randomly selected neighborhoods from Dallas Fort-Worth metropolitan area were analyzed and structural equation modeling (SEM) procedure performed. The results derive from SEM indicate how far social sustainability could be explained by systematic relationships with different dimensions of urban form.

Keywords

Urban form, Social sustainability, SEM

Disciplines

Public Affairs | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

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