School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation: Recent submissions
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Probing the Person-Patina Relationship: A Correlational Study on the Psychology of Senescent Environments
(2020)There is a lack of research on people’s psychological perceptions to decay or patina that is part of the historic environment. Built heritage conservation doctrine and law are based on the assumption that all people have ... -
Does Intra-Disciplinary Historic Preservation Scholarship Address the Exigent Issues of Practice? Exploring the Character and Impact of Preservation Knowledge Production in Relation to Critical Heritage Studies, Equity, and Social Justice
(2020)This data repository originates from research that seeks to understand the relationship, in historic preservation, between equity/social justice and the field’s intra-disciplinary scholarship by using a critical heritage ... -
Transitional Housing: Breaking Cycles of Domestic Violence in North Philadelphia
(2020)This thesis proposes a transitional housing facility for survivors of intimate partner violence and other forms of domestic abuse. It describes the affected populations, explains associated risk factors, and discusses the ... -
SINK OR SWIM: A CONVERSATION ON LIFE IN AN INUNDATED CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
(2020)Historic Chestertown, Maryland, is one of the oldest existing communities in the state of Maryland. Strategically situated along the Chester River, this town—like many others on the Delmarva Peninsula—is at risk to external ... -
A New Chapter...Refugee Housing: From Enclave to Hub
(2020)Ref.u.gee (noun): “A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.” 30,000 refugees were resettled to the United States in 2019. Coming from countries all around ...