Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation

5-2014

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

M.S.

Department

Geography and Geosciences

Committee Chair

Walker, Margath Alexya

Committee Co-Chair (if applicable)

Hadizadeh, Jafar

Committee Member

Hadizadeh, Jafar

Committee Member

Fryrear, Brent

Subject

Sustainable development--Kentucky--Louisville; City planning--Environmental aspects--Kentucky--Louisville; Urban economics--Environmental aspects--Kentucky--Louisville

Abstract

The East Market District located in Louisville, KY is currently undergoing a multi-million dollar urban regeneration. This transformation is being marketed as a primer sustainable neighborhood with the goal of serving as a model for other cities in the United States. As result of these changes, it is imperative to analyze the concept of sustainability from a variety of stakeholder perspectives utilizing content analysis on interviews and LEED Neighborhood Scorecard. Utilizing these methods, the central goal of this study is to understand the various interpretation of sustainability within this neighborhood. The findings observed via the critical assessment of the LEED Neighborhood Scorecard, showed that the criterion for which neighborhood sustainable development is judged is socially focused. This paralleled with the occupant’s vision of a socially-based sustainable environment, which is in conflict with that of the constructors. These disparate findings reveal issues underlying sustainable development.

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