Grand Challenges and Research | Urban Studies & Planning

Research Portfolios by AOC

Architecture and Urban Design

• Daniel Souza
  The Linkage of History and Place
• Brigitte Ngo
  The Greening of Buildings: UC San Diego
• Sheila Binesh
  Community Empowerment through Design
• SungWook Ku
  Indoor environment factors affecting Residents’ Satisfaction
• Alexa-Rae Navarro
  Understanding the Link Between Urban Design and Imageability: A Case Study of Library Walk
• Kathryn Ward
  LEED: Universal or Controversial? A Research Project Exploring LEED’s Geographic Inequalities.
• Ashley Shelburne
  Developing Park Strategies to Enhance Future Park Growth

Community and Economic Development

• Kosuke Morishima
  Management of the Sustainable Coastline
• Chantal Alfaro
  Globalization: Capital Gain or Loss?
• Kevin Clark
  The Main Street Approach to Community Revitalization: The program’s effect in San Diego’s North
• Kosuke Morishima
  Management of the Sustainable Coastline
• Maurice Junious
  Power Structures in Urban Planning: Using an Information System of Plans Approach to foster Sustaina
• Amar Sidhu
  Which is your Wich?
• Deborah Hayman
  Appalachian Tourism and Development
• ENRIQUE REYNOSO
  Bringing Back Broadway: the Effects of Revitalization on Los Angeles’ Theater District
• Matthew Goldblatt
  Nonprofit Leadership Skills Analysis
• Saynab Dahir
  Reevaluating Citizen Participation: An Investigation of Somali Experiences in City Heights San Diego
• Samuel Lyon
  Community Gardens and Neighborhood Access to External Resources
• Melanie Tylke
  Brownfield Revitalization and its effects on Social Equity
• Yu Lim Cho
  Housing Inequality by the Housing Financial System
• Iris Loughran
  Redevelopment without Displacement or Gentrification: Utilizing Community Participation in Planning
• Carline Au
  Community Gardens: Seeds for Refugee and Immigrant Empowerment
• Melissa Seminaro
  The Rise and Fall of California’s Redevelopment Agencies
• John Pham
  How to Create a Resilient City: Preventing Community Loss in the Event of a Natural Disaster
• Tarisai Kuvhenguhwa
  Empowerment in Eminent Domain Disputes and Litigation: A Community-Lawyering Approach
• Stephanie Phelan
  Affordability of Farmers Markets in San Diego
• Julie Nelson
  Media Coverage and Public Perception
• Majna Dukic
  Deciding our Future:Engaging in Regional Visions
• Lauren Smyle
  BIDs Compensating for the Elimination of Redevelopment
• Shelby Cramton
  Commercial Food Recycling
• Kimberly Tran
  The Expensive Melting Pot: A study on the relation of Immigrant Population and the Housing Market.

Environment

• Dana Roth
  Landscaping for Life: Understanding the relationship between native plant biodiversity and water
• Caitlin Jafolla
  Community Gardens and Water Supply in San Diego: Will rainwater harvesting present a way forward?
• Karina Sandique
  Alternative Energy: Wave Power Technology
• Henry Pan
  Interplay of Wind Pattern and Topography on Air Pollution Dispersion in the San Francisco Bay Area

Housing

• Suchitra Mukherjee
  Equity in Smart Growth: Opportunities for Affordable Housing in the City of San Diego
• Jacqueline Adelchanow
  Military’s Effect on Housing Prices
• Jefferson Isai Rosa
  Financing Sustainable-Affordable Housing - Portfolio
• Joyce Slen
  The Journey to Homeownership for Chinese Americans in San Francisco
• Adam Atamian
  A Model of an Integrated Affordable Housing Program: The Case Study of San Clemente
• James Bryce
  Understanding the Socio-Economic Impact of Affordable Housing in San Diego County

Infrastructure and Public Facilities

• Linda Vo
  Strategic Improvement on Street Maintenance: A Case Study of San Diego “Street Division”
• Amanjot Dhaliwal
  Green Infrastructure: An Affordable & Feasible Approach To Sustainability
• Regina Ochoa
  An Aging Population: A Comparative Study of Aging in the Suburbs versus the City
• Justin Scholey
  Managed Competition Reconsidered: A formative evaluation of San Diego’s Managed Competition Program
• Ryan Agbayani
  Nuclear (public)Reaction
• Troy Souther
  Water Issues: Evaluating UC San Diego’s Options For Drinking Water
• Robert Hanifin
  Bringing the Public Back to Green Spaces

Public Health, Safety and Welfare

• Paul Chung
  Are we zoning for obesity in San Diego County? Examining how land use patterns affect obesity rates
• Manasi Ghatge
  Improving the Education of Good Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Choices to Prevent Chronic Diseases
• David Pham
  Striving to Provide Care for People with Developmental Disability Through Community
• Christopher Geronimo
  The Impact of Food Insecurity on Public Health
• Elizabeth Dallman
  Sustainability and Community Gardens
• Ryan Allred
  Emergency Department Overcrowding: Are free clinics the answer we’ve been looking for?
• Monica Pearce
  The IMPACT-ED Program and the Overcrowding of Emergency Departments in San Diego
• Sandra Yang
  The Language Barrier; Bridging the gap between Patients and Health Care Professionals
• Cecilia Aldana
  Improving Outcomes for Emancipated Foster Youth: An analysis of current programs and strategies

Transportation Planning

• Priscilla Kwong
  Senior Mobility and Fixed-Route Transit: An Analysis of Public Transportation Services in San Diego
• Jonathan Yang
  The Sustainability Complex
• Dianne Yee
  Slow to Cycle San Diego: San Diego Bike Infrastructure Implementation Compared to SF and Seattle
• Kenton Trinh
  Privatization of Public Transit in Japan
• Emily Tracy
  Effects of Pedestrian Perceptions of Safety: An Examination of Pedestrian Crossing Behavior
• Kathryn Turner
  Addressing Transportation Equity in San Diego: An analysis of accessibility and affordability
• Brianne Masukawa
  Completing the Street
• Jaimie Ngan
  Transporting Toward an Equitable Community

Tribal Policy and Planning

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Urban and Regional Planning

• Taylor Patton
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• Jenny Lee
  The Equity Framework in Regional Governance
• Vanessa Sandoval
  Engaging Underrepresented Groups in Civic Environmentalism: Comparing Non-Profit Best-Practices

US-Mexico Border Planning

• Alexander Jung
  Research Portfolio: Improving Mexico’s Built Environment: Achieving Community Involvement
• Araceli Saucedo
  Building Assets by Community Mobilization in US-Mexico Border Regions
• Araceli Saucedo
  Building Assets by Community Mobilization in US-Mexico Border Regions

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