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Journal articles on the topic "City planning – Kansas"
Salo, John E., and Ruth Turner. "COMPETITIVE BUSINESS PLANNING IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI." Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation 2001, no. 14 (January 1, 2001): 878–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.2175/193864701802779305.
Full textWagner, Jacob A. "The Politics of Urban Design: The Center City Urban Renewal Project in Kansas City, Kansas." Journal of Planning History 2, no. 4 (November 2003): 331–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1538513203259225.
Full textHundley, Lawrence R., Catherine M. Lockwood, and Nathan Handley. "Back to the Basics: Kansas City, Missouri." Journal of Geography 103, no. 5 (September 2004): 226–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221340408978604.
Full textDriever, Steven L., and Danny M. Vaughn. "Flood Hazard in Kansas City since 1880." Geographical Review 78, no. 1 (January 1988): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/214302.
Full textRollinson, Paul A. "The Everyday Geography of the Homeless in Kansas City." Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography 80B, no. 2 (June 1998): 101–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0467.00032.
Full textRollinson, Paul A. "The everyday geography of the homeless in kansas city." Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 80, no. 2 (August 1998): 101–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0435-3684.1998.00032.x.
Full textHudson, John C. "Kansas City and How it Grew, 1822–2011." Geographical Review 103, no. 2 (April 1, 2013): 312–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gere.12025.
Full textBroadway, Michael J. "Settlement and Mobility Among Newcomers to Garden City, Kansas." Journal of Cultural Geography 10, no. 1 (September 1989): 51–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08873638909478454.
Full textSkabelund, Lee R., R. Todd Gabbard, Barbara G. Anderson, and Benjamin L. Champion. "Turning a Corner: Kansas State University Seeks to Meaningfully Address Green Building and the Sustainable Use of Energy and Resources on Campus and in the Broader Community." Journal of Green Building 5, no. 4 (November 1, 2010): 34–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.5.4.34.
Full textDechano, Lisa M., and Fred M. Shelley. "Using Sports to Teach Geography: Examples From Kansas City." Journal of Geography 103, no. 5 (September 2004): 185–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221340408978599.
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Lewis, Amelia. "Kansas City Startup Village: a case study." Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32601.
Full textDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
John Keller
Innovative communities create cities rich in culture and opportunities to attract like minded residents and business owners to advance their city and their community. This study looks at the entrepreneurial startup community, Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV) and seeks to understand how social networks benefit entrepreneurs and how KCSV helps establish these networks. Through a review of similar startup communities and literature surrounding the topic, essential components within startup communities and characteristics of entrepreneurs were identified. To better understand the role of these elements within KCSV, ten entrepreneurs and members of support organizations of KCSV were interviewed regarding the social networks of the Village. The interviewing process utilized a grounded theory approach, with a text coding and analysis of the transcribed interviews to identify the role of entrepreneurs and social networks within KCSV. Findings were consistent with many of the topics discussed in the literature review and within the Comparative Communities section. Kansas City shares many common elements of the startup communities of Saint Louis, Missouri, and Boulder, Colorado; most notably the networking and social capital-building practices that keep entrepreneurs connected. The entrepreneurs possess traits that gave them an entrepreneurial advantage including formal education, past business experience, risk taking, and broad, forward thinking goals. Strong and weak ties were used in different scenarios and at different stages within their company’s lifecycle to assist with opportunity identification, resource acquisition and gaining legitimacy. KCSV was most influential in establishing the peer networks of entrepreneurs, which assist primarily with opportunity identification and resource acquisition.
Wencel, Eric. "Northeast Kansas City: a study of neighborhood diversity and urban design." Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15692.
Full textDepartment of Landscape Architecture and Regional and Community Planning
Jason Brody
This report acts as an independent study which contributes to the author’s participation in the 2012-2013 Kansas City Design Center planning and urban design studio. The project focuses on Independence Avenue in Kansas City, MO, the commercial and transportation backbone of seven neighborhoods, collectively known as Northeast Kansas City. Residents of these neighborhoods place great value in the “diversity” which exists in their neighborhoods, and have made it clear that this should be encouraged as a major part of the Northeast’s identity. This inspired the author to pursue a deeper understanding of the idea of diverse neighborhoods, how they fit into the “sustainable development” consciousness, and ultimately how one can plan and design for neighborhood diversity. The resulting study consisted of two levels of analysis. First, analyzing the mixture of age, sex, household type, race, and income level at the regional, city, and neighborhood scale, in order to understand what social diversity means in the Kansas City context, and define how diverse Northeast Kansas City neighborhoods are. The second was an analysis of conditions in the built environment. Using the Scarritt Renaissance and Lykins neighborhoods, and a common commercial district/social seam between the two as a case study, the author intended to analyze how successful or unsuccessful the typical Northeast neighborhood is at encouraging diverse populations. Ultimately, these analyses yielded two main conclusions. The first is that neighborhood diversity means drastically different things depending on how you define and measure the term. The second is the notion that social seam commercial districts are a unique spatial typology, which requires special design consideration, and can be most catalytic to setting the tone for future growth. Finally, the author concludes with the idea that one cannot necessarily plan or design for diverse neighborhoods, but they can do so in ways which empower diversity, and be conducive to things which support diverse neighborhoods. However, the built environment only makes up a portion of the things which influence neighborhood diversity, requiring an involved and invested community who values social diversity in their neighborhood.
Bunger, Chad. "2008 Bicycle Master Plan update, city of Manhattan, Kansas." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/728.
Full textMallinckrodt, Stephanie. "Changing the nature of the city: integrating phytoremediation for the future of Kansas City." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13670.
Full textDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Jason Brody
There are six square miles of vacant land spread throughout Downtown Kansas City unkempt and untouched for the fear of what may exist in the soil, air, and water and the consequences that come with it (COR Team 2010, EPA 1997). Not developing the vacant/underutilized land causes more harm than good for the city, the locals, and the environment. It costs the city loss of tax revenue (Holt 2002). It hurts locals’ property values and possibly health. It inhibits the environment’s functions with potential toxins. By activating vacant/underutilized land through phytoremediation and redevelopment, it can meet the needs of the projected population growth in the next 30 years, accommodate the Rock Island Corridor, and dissolve any threats of contamination. With the threat of possible contamination on the vacant/underutilized land, surrounding properties, and industrial properties within the culturally rich Jazz and Crossroads districts downtown, phytoremediation is used as a continuation of the Rock Island Corridor’s linear park system and transit in the city context while allowing for redevelopment. The strategy examines regional to site specific strategies where phytoremediation is used to connect people to the environment, contain contaminant-producing places, and counteract contamination from new development. The development serves as a model for Kansas City to use the Rock Island Corridor to control site-specific problems as a catalyst for redevelopment of districts to solve large-scale issues through the use of phytoremediation. Phytoremediation allows for light contaminant production industries to remain functional and rely on phytoremediation to clean some of the waste to prevent excessive clean up in the future. With the help of the phytoremediation and development, it allows for us to understand how phytoremediation works while preventing sites from becoming vacant/underutilized urban areas for the betterment of the community as a proactive strategy to prevent brownfields. Phytoremediation supports sustainable preventative/remediation strategies while catering to community needs such as redevelopment along Rock Island Corridor and Common Line, multi-modal transit, Metrogreen, character of place, and city life. It blends site suitability with community needs, while creating a cleaner more efficient environment that is aesthetically appealing.
McMillan, Andrew James Mr. "Multifamily Units in the Dispersed City: Measuring Infill and Development by Neighborhood Type in the Kansas City Region." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1367857439.
Full textBesler, Erica L. "Measuring locational equity and accessibility of neighborhood parks in Kansas City, Missouri." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8720.
Full textDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Jason Brody
Recent research has focused on assessing equity with regards to location of public services and the population served. Instead of equality, equity involves providing services in proportion to need, rather than equal access for everyone. This study uses three commonly identified measures of accessibility (minimum distance, travel cost, and gravity potential) to assess how equitable higher-need residential populations of Kansas City, MO are served by neighborhood parks. Using Census 2000, socio-economic block group data, areas with high population concentrations of African-American and Hispanic populations, as well as areas of high density and low income are characterized as having the most need. However, correlations of higher-need populations with the accessibility measures reveal patterns of equity within the Kansas City. MO study area. Results indicated that while most of the high need population was adequately and equitably served by neighborhood parks, there were still block groups that did not have access to this type of public resource. This research follows methods proposed in previous studies that utilize the spatial mapping and analysis capabilities of ArcGIS and promote the use of these tools for city planners and future park development and decisions.
Johnson, Chase. "Implementing the partnership for Washington Square Park in downtown Kansas City, Missouri." Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17583.
Full textDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Jason Brody
The use of partnerships between the public and private realm have become increasingly popular. This is due to today’s challenges of declining public resources to fulfill the social and physical needs of urban environments. This dilemma has placed a heightened emphasis on executing creative and collaborative redevelopment projects. Downtown Kansas City has an opportunity for such a project. Washington Square Park in downtown Kansas City, Missouri has a unique opportunity to stand as a catalyst project that would reconnect the urban fabric of the city, increase the population within downtown, and create an unsurpassed gateway into the greater downtown area. The public realm alone cannot accomplish this undertaking. Therefore, implementing the redevelopment of the park through public private partnerships is a natural choice. This study explores the intricacies of implementing the proposed Washington Square Park redevelopment project through the use of public private partnerships. It draws from a body of literature and precedents to provide background material, context and principles that are applied to the Washington Square Park project. The study employs site, market, and stakeholder analyses to assess the current economic environment, property ownership, power relationships and influences relating to the redevelopment project. These methods determined that as the value of Washington Square Park increases so will adjacent property; existing economic incentives are critical for project implementation; multi-family and retail real estate markets are strong while office trends are improving; current zoning allows for very high density with no height limitations; and several “key players” hold the attributes for establishing a conservancy for Washington Square Park. These findings reveal the symbiotic relationships between Washington Square Park and the surrounding context which provides the rational basis for project implementation through public private partnerships. Overall, this document informs the various stakeholders and decision-makers of pertinent information pertaining to the Washington Square Park redevelopment project and propositions a scenario for project implementation through the use of public private partnerships.
Petersen, Deanne. "Food truck fever: a spatio-political analysis of food truck activity in Kansas City, Missouri." Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17546.
Full textDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional & Community Planning
Hyung Jin Kim
Planning researchers and professionals have recently noted the social, economic, and cultural benefits food truck activity can provide within a community. As a result, the proliferation of food truck activity has challenged planners to reconsider the role of streets and urban spaces. Food trucks have the potential to enliven the urban landscape and enrich the quality of public life by serving as revitalization catalysts in urban spaces. While food trucks have become an increasingly visible aspect of street life, few jurisdictions have determined an effective manner to regulate and promote food truck activity. The study recommends how cities can improve current food truck policies in order to enable the revitalization of urban spaces through food truck activity. Using Kansas City, Missouri as a study area, the primary question was explored through three secondary inquires and their related methods. First, a GIS-based spatial analysis identified the spatio-temporal characteristics of food truck locations via social media data mining processes. Second, a survey of food truck vendors and interviews with city staff highlighted stakeholder conflicts that pose barriers to food truck activity. Third, a policy review in key cities and the development of a policy framework helped determine appropriate policy guidelines that allow food trucks to operate effectively in a city. The cumulative findings of the study informed food truck policy guidelines for Kansas City, Missouri. The policy framework also provides a structure for cities to utilize in order to analyze their own regulations. Sixteen significant policy areas are included in the framework, with the policy areas falling into one of three categories: permitting and enforcement, streets and spaces, or public health and safety. Appropriate policies that balance the needs of stakeholders allow food trucks to operate effectively, thus allowing cities to capitalize on the urban revitalization effects and other benefits that food truck activity provides within urban spaces.
Wood, James Patrick. "Selling transit: perception, participation, and the politics of transit in Kansas City, Missouri." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17306.
Full textDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Huston John Gibson
Informed and robust stakeholder participation in the transit-planning process gives residents and communities a remarkable opportunity to take ownership of the shaping of their city’s future form and function, and allows planners to design transit networks that serve the full range of citizen needs. Therefore, the degree to which citizens are permitted to participate in the formation of a city’s transit plan has a significant influence on both its final design and its subsequent adoption by civic and political leaders. Concurrent with the influence of citizen input is the role of political strategy, since many urban transit plans must meet voter approval and a poorly-run political campaign can sink even the most substantial of transit plans. In seeking to analyze both the role of public participation and the role of campaign strategy, this study employs descriptive historical research and stakeholder surveys to assess the impact and perceived importance of inclusive design practices, as well as the political impact of a transit campaign’s general strategy, on the voter approval of transit-related ballot initiatives in Kansas City, Missouri. There are two central implications of this project. One is that the failure of transportation planners and civic activists in Kansas City to accommodate the wishes and input of diverse groups of residents and community leaders in the planning process has led to repeated defeats whenever said plans are presented to Kansas City voters for approval. The other is that urban politics and campaign strategies play a larger role in selling transit proposals than many leading figures in Kansas City have realized, and that the city’s unique political and geographic structure requires a more nuanced and technologically-diverse approach to voter persuasion than has been applied thus far. It can be theorized that reversing both of these trends will increase the likelihood of future voter approval of transportation initiatives. In addition to a political and historical analysis of transit in Kansas City, this study seeks to examine whether deliberate public participation in the transportation planning process has a direct impact on citizen support for transportation-related ballot initiatives in Kansas City.
Seaman, Zachary Neil. "Designing and planning for the active use of public spaces in downtown Kansas City, Missouri." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13744.
Full textDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Jason Brody
Kessler’s 1893 parks and boulevards system was established to spur investment. The 1893 Report shaped the present city pattern and form of Downtown Kansas City by encouraging decentralized city and metropolitan growth. Today’s system discourages pedestrian mobility and accessibility through the design and context of the public spaces. Since walkability contributes to successful public spaces, walking for transportation to encourage active use could improve today’s open-space system. To address the present condition facing the system, the report analyzes the morphology of Kessler’s parks and boulevards system within the 2010 Greater Downtown Area Plan boundary. For methods, stakeholder notes and professional interviews explain the planning process behind the 2011-2012 KCDC project to revitalize public space. The stakeholder notes and professional interviews assess the context of the Kansas City Design Center’s vision to revitalize Kessler’s parks and boulevards system. Using the StreetSmartTM walkability model, the design and context of public space can help revitalize Kessler’s 1893 system and today’s park system. The model can be used to measure and prioritize investment by assessesing the pedestrian mobility and accessibility of public spaces. The implication of the report is that if the design and context of public spaces addresses the public interest and walkability, public spaces will become connected, diverse, market-competitive, and actively used. Short-term pedestrian amenities and long-term infrastructure improvements provide different ways to prioritize pedestrian mobility and accessibility to create a walkable downtown, one of the goals of the Greater Downtown Area Plan.
Books on the topic "City planning – Kansas"
Services, Urban Land Institute Advisory. Northeast Kansas City, Kansas: A strategy for community revitalization of the northeast neighborhood. Washington, D.C: ULI-the Urban Land Institute, 1999.
Find full textGarfield, Donald. African American heritage tourism and community development: A report to the Economic Development Administration based upon the proceedings of the African American Heritage Tourism Forum, Kansas City, MO, October 25-26, 1999. Washington, D.C: Partners for Livable Communities, 2000.
Find full textAmerican Society of Landscape Architects. 119 Community Assistance Team Project. and American Society of Landscape Architects. Prairie Gateway Chapter., eds. Metro Green: Kansas City metropolitan greenway system : 1991 Community Assistance Team Project. [Kansas City? Mo.]: American Society of Landscape Architects, Prairie Gateway Chapter, 1991.
Find full textBook chapters on the topic "City planning – Kansas"
Frisch, Michael. "A Queer Reading of the United States Census." In The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods, 61–85. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66073-4_3.
Full textConference papers on the topic "City planning – Kansas"
Kabbes, Karen, Amy L. Owens, and Michael A. Ports. "Master Planning Urban Stream Restoration—Upper Turkey Creek, Kansas City, Kansas." In Protection and Restoration of Urban and Rural Streams Symposium. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40695(2004)16.
Full textMax Reinecke, Hans-Peter Grothaus, Gerhard Hembach, Stephan Scheuren, and Ronny Hartanto. "Dynamic and distributed Infield-Planning System for Harvesting." In 2013 Kansas City, Missouri, July 21 - July 24, 2013. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aim.20131574280.
Full textLiyanage, Chamara Promod, and Ashu Marasinghe. "Planning Smart Meal in a Smart City for a Smart Living." In 2013 International Conference on Biometrics and Kansei Engineering (ICBAKE). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icbake.2013.33.
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