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Urban Design and Planning (UrDP): UrDP 512 Fall 2011

Subject Guide for Urban Design and Planning Students.

Thesis Topics

All should use WorldCat

- rural design in China (and other places)

Databases: Chinese Studies, PAIS, Academic Search Complete, International Studies, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

EJournals: Journal of Planning Literature, Environment and Planning Series A, B, C, D


- sustainable design and architecture in developing countries

Databases: PAIS, Academic Search Complete, International Studies, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Subject guides by location, i.e., African Studies, Southeast Asian

EJournals: Environment and Planning Series


- the development and financing of affordable housing

Databases: PAIS, Academic Search Complete, History, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

EJournals: Search EJournals, KW="Housing," European Journal of Housing, Environment and Planning Series, International Journal of Housing Policy,


- the design and use of public space

Databases: Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Academic Search Complete, RIBA Catalog

EJournals: Environment and Planning Series,

- biomimicry as a tool to mitigate/adapt to climate change

Databases: Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Academic Search Complete, Biology,

EJournals:

Articles: Title: Biomimetic design for climate change adaptation and mitigation
Author(s): Zari Maibritt Pedersen
Source: Architectural Science Review  Volume: 53   Issue: 2   Pages: 172-183

- how tolling impacts traffic patterns and travel behavior

Databases: Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Academic Search Complete, TRIS

EJournals: Search EJournals, KW="Traffic," "Transit," "Transportation"  Example: Traffic

- how planners do/not contribute to rural migration patterns

Databases: Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Academic Search Complete, RIBA Catalog, PAIS, International Studies

EJournals: Search EJournals, KW="Migration," "Rural" Rural Migration News, Journal of Planning Literature, Environment and Planning Series

- climate change and its relationship with urban heat island effects

Databases: Environment, Atmospheric Studies, Academic Search Complete, Environmental Science Collection (385)

EJournals: Search EJournals, KW="Urban Heat Island,"

- cost benefit anaylsis and measurement of ecosystem services

Databases: Environment, Atmospheric Studies, Academic Search Complete, Environmental Science Collection, PAIS,

EJournals: Search EJournals, KW="Climate Change" "Cost Benefit"