This collection includes theses and dissertations from the Department of Urban and Public Affairs, in the College of Arts & Sciences. It is not exhaustive since most paper theses and dissertations have not been digitized. Generally, paper copies of theses and dissertations published prior to 2014 can be accessed in the University of Louisville Libraries. If you would like to add your thesis or dissertation to this collection, please fill out the Electronic Theses & Dissertations form.
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Public space and well-being: an empirical study of Central Park in Old Louisville., Maryam Entezam
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Divided we fall: gender-based occupational segregation in Kentucky’s executive branch 2012-2020., Hillary McGoodwin Abbott
Barriers and opportunities to sustainable urban agriculture: the case of Louisville, Kentucky., Sait Sarr
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Sustainable urban groundwater governance in Faisalabad, Pakistan: challenges and possibilities., Shahbaz Altaf
The impact of criminal justice involvement: examining experiences in a housing first program., Amanda N. Denton
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Predictors of urban homeless rates., Andrew John Bates
How nondiscrimination takes root: an examination of methods to implement statewide nondiscrimination legislation in Kentucky., Blake Nona Gould
Compassion or neoliberal governance: critiquing the discourse of compassionate Louisville., Ekramul Islam
Hirschman's voice, exit, and loyalty framework in the context of charter schools and secession: a discourse analysis of Indiana newspaper editorial items, 1990 to 2014., GlyptusAnn Grider Jones
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Urban (un)planning and social vulnerability in the context of rapid urbanization and data constraints: a quantitative study of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Sheliza Bhanjee
Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development., Nick Conder
Impartiality, social network effects and collective memory: three essays on trust in police., Matthew Robert Fischer
Affirmatively furthering fair housing at the local level : a critical discourse analysis of practices in Louisville, Kentucky., Steven P. Sizemore
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The ‘just city’ or just a city? : evaluating social justice and equity in planning education., Wes Grooms
The unequal city: the mass criminalization of the urban poor., Elizabeth Michele Jones
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Exploring the barriers to effective federal flood mitigation in the Mississippi River region., Linda Kay Bailey
Governing the urban water commons : essays on collaborative policy networks in a polycentric ecology of urban water policy games., Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah
Urban governance reconsidered : assessing the roles of public-, private-, and third sector leaders in governing the modern city., Benjamin Colby Leamon
Norton Commons, Clifton, and social equity : a neighborhood, inter-neighborhood, and regional comparison of new urbanism and “old” urbanism., Aaron J. Stephenson
LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination laws in Kentucky., Christopher M Wales
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Challenging conventional wisdom : section 8 housing and the real impact on neighborhood values in Louisville, Kentucky., Paul Francis Dries
Constructing urban life : a study of automobile dependency in 148 mid-size U.S. cities., Chad Paul Frederick
Exchange patterns and relations in collaborative governance., Charles Wharton Kaye-Essien
Structure, spending, and democracy : a study of municipal governments., Neal McIntyre Turpin
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Community characteristics associated with local intergovernmental cooperation., Sarin Adhikari
Trapped in the Tiebout model : the impact of federal affordable housing programs on migration of wealthier residents., Yu-Chih Lin
Globalization and inter-local cooperation : the mediating roles of local contexts in the global North and South., Eric Yankson
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Housing first, neighborhood second? : the role of housing and neighborhood characteristics on residential stability in two housing first projects., Carey D. Addison
Analysis of social costs of gentrification in Over-the-Rhine : a qualitative approach., Shireen Deobhakta
Broadband infrastructure in the 21st century : an evaluation of local outcomes and conditions., Chad Stephen Foster
Assessing urban freeway deconstruction : a survey of 21 cities with case studies of San Francisco and Milwaukee., Doddy Aditya Iskandar
The walkable dividend : the impacts of walkability on housing and socio-economic composition in Louisville, Ky., Wesley Laurance Meares
Disaster and poverty : the differential impacts of disaster on the poor in the Gulf Coast region., Abu Muhammad Sufiyan 1979-
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Privatization and ethical implications for public managers., Eric Dennison 1979-
Stranded strangers : Ethiopian refugees and the quest for urban citizenship in Nairobi, Kenya., Derese Getachew Kassa 1979-
Neighborhoods, social capital and economic success., Sean M. Payne
Land use controls, equine landscapes and the role of political culture in managing sprawl development., Lynn Roche Phillips
Support of police consolidation : assessing the impact of perceived complexity., John C. Reed 1956-
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Turkish housing policies : a case study on mass housing provision in the last decade., Salih Ozgur Sarica 1983-
P.A.I.N.T. : a case study in engaging the community through public art., Katherine Jo Sowada
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Louisville-Jefferson County police consolidation : officers' perception of organizational justice., Joseph Sterling Grant 1962-
Assisted living facilities in Louisville Kentucky : a case study to examine aging in place., James Luther Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Religion and regionalism : congregants, culture and city-county consolidation in Louisville, Kentucky., Joshua D. Ambrosius
The production and migration of educational capital : some states win and others lose., Patrick J. Kelly
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Race and city-county consolidation : black voting participation and municipal elections., Angela Stallings Hagan
From vice to nice : A case study of Newport, Kentucky's HOPE VI program., Matthew Jude Hanka 1980-
Sprawl, equity and fire department response times across the U.S., Matin Katirai
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Advancing the knowledge of local health care policy through the growth machine thesis., David P. Houvenagle 1965-
Mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants : a local or a global pollutant?, Paul Franklin Tirey 1961-
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Laboratories of democracy and state brownfield programs., Jaclyn Susan Marie Opp
Creativity and economic development : exploring the relationship between index rank, index components and economic development context., Stephen Dennis Rausch
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Fragmentation, sprawl and economic development., Grigoriy V. Ardashev 1973-
High tech spatial concentration human capital, agglomeration economies, location theories and creative cities., Songmei Li 1970-
Rated preference, complexity and familiarity for neo-traditional and modern development patterns using alternative visual medium., James L. Mims 1953-
Housing tenure choice of immigrants in the United States., Zhenfeng Pan 1974-
Regionalism in the new globalized economy : politics of scale and the discourse of regionalism--Comparative politics of two Japanese global city-regions., Takashi Tsukamoto
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Technological change, economic growth, and income inequality : MSA evidence from the 1990s., Thomas Eric Lehman 1967-
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
A program evaluation of the Louisville Enterprise Zone : a study of local planning and economic development., Thomas E. Lambert 1959-
