Dissertations / Theses: 'Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)'

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Contreras, Gilbert Joseph 1974. "Ending teen homelessness : a case study of Los Angeles Youth Network in Hollywood, California." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65246.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1998.
In subtitle, the copyright symbol appears after the word California on t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-81).
by Gilbert Joseph Contreras, Jr.
M.C.P.

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Lewis, Shane. "Orry-Kelly : an Australian in Hollywood : producing meaning through costume." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1997.

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Costume designer Orry-Kelly has a unique place in Hollywood history as one of the few designers to win three or more Academy Awards and one of the few Australians to succeed in the Hollywood studio system. His work was a major factor in the success of Bette Davis at Warner Bros. However, Orry-Kelly and his work have received little critical attention. This study examines the function of Orry-Kelly's costumes in a selection of Bette Davis vehicles produced at Warner Bros. between 1938 and 1942. In order to assess the value of Orry-Kelly's contributions, the thesis charts the development of the role of the Hollywood studio costume designer and summarises theories relevant to the function of costume in classical Hollywood narrative. Films analysed are Jezebel, Dark Victory, The Letter, The Little Foxes, Now, Voyager, The Great Lie and In This Our Life. Sources consulted for background to Orry-Kelly's life and career include records in the Orry-Kelly File in the Warner Bros. Archives at the University of Southern California, and material gathered in Australia which has not been previously presented in an academic study. The study concludes that Orry-Kelly's costume concepts display an intuitive understanding of processes of human perception and behaviour, and knowledge of the requirements of the film medium, to convey the preferred meanings about characters and aid in story-telling.

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Evans, Victoria Louise, and n/a. "Douglas Sirk, aesthetic modernism, and the culture of modernity." University of Otago. Department of Media, Film and Communication Studies, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20080707.122544.

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In this dissertation, I argue that Douglas Sirk was attempting to dissolve the boundaries of the cinematic medium by assimilating elements of avant-garde art, architecture and design into the colour, composition and settings of many of his most popular studio produced films. While the exaggerated artifice of this director�s formal style has often been remarked upon, it has yet to be interpreted in the light of his detailed cognisance of the major art and architectural movements of the period, which include German Expressionist painting and Machine Age Modernist design. This is a lacuna that my thesis should at least partially fill, since I have shown that Sirk�s highly self conscious visual approach was deeply influenced by the artistic debates that were taking place in Europe during the 1920s and �30s and in America after World War II. To my mind, there is no doubt that this director�s syncretic mise-en-scène was the result of an interdisciplinary, transnational dialogue, and I have sought to illuminate some of the social, philosophical and political meanings that it seems to convey.

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Oltmann, Katrin. "Remake - Premake : Hollywoods romantische Komödien und ihre Gender-Diskurse, 1930 - 1960 /." Bielefeld : transcript, 2008. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2960330&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Vallen, Michael Earl. "Housing...the Hillside, Los Angeles, California." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36539.

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This Thesis is a proposal for a prototypical hillside housing community in Los Angeles, California. As a prototype it is responsible for setting an architectural precedent. In this effort, the Thesis continues with focus on issues of construction methodology, urban planning, and land use relationships concerning the present city. Being clear and uncomplicated is the driving force of this architectural process. On the horizon is the 21st Century. Architecture has become increasingly convoluted rather than enlightened. Here, I have focused my attentions on developing a technologically based, material-driven, compassionate solution to answer the issue of housing on the hillsides of Los Angeles. I have realized a clear system of building using uncomplicated technology and material. However, as demonstrated, this system of building provides only an envelope for space definition. It becomes the architectural precedent, a canvas, through which the inhabitant can define his existence. Enlightened limitations.
Master of Architecture

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Sannah, Bassim. "The characteristic features of Hollywood's scenographical stylization (1930-1939)." [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=972588477.

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Huh, Cheong Rhie. "After-school programs in Koreatown, Los Angeles, California." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2004. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=813763171&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Dammann, Lars. "Kino im Aufbruch : New Hollywood 1967-1976 /." Marburg : Schüren, 2007. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016300992&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Gray, D. Michael. "Redevelopment of the Union Pacific Freight Terminal, Los Angeles, California." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74318.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.
MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH
Bibliography: leaf 98.
by D. Michael Gray.
M.S.

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Joniak, Elizabeth A. ""On the street" and "of the street" the daily lives of unhoused youth in Hollywood /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2010. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2023832501&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Deener, Andrew Scott. "Venice, California community, diversity, and the politics of urban change in a Los Angeles beach time /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1678687511&sid=15&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Schembri, Peter Mark. "The use of genre by the Hollywood film industry to standardize and regulate the manufacture, content, and consumption of genre film commodities : the commercial success of recombinant science fiction films in the United States marketplace 1977-1989." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1996. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36383/1/36383_Schembri_1991.pdf.

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In 1977, Star Wars opened in the United States to become a multimillion dollar blockbuster. Star Wars heralded the arrival of the recombinant science fiction-fantasy film. By the end of the 1980s, recombinant science fiction-fantasy films were the top grossing Hollywood manufactured films of the decade, with E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) becoming the highest grossing film in Hollywood's history. The use of genre by the Hollywood film industry during the 1980s ensured the continued popularity, and therefore financial success as measured by box-office receipts, of Hollywood recombinant science fiction films. This thesis argues that the Hollywood film industry during the 1980s, used genre as it operated through the Hollywood standard, to regulate and control the interrelationship between: the economic structures and practices of the Hollywood film industry; the content of recombinant science fiction genre films and generic cycles as expressed in Hollywood manufactured film texts; and the consumption by American audiences of these texts. The Hollywood standard is essentially a standardized industrial process. The standardized production/manufacturing conventions of the 1980s Hollywood standard, informed the manufacture of science fiction film commodities by studio executives and contracted creative personnel. The Hollywood standard also influenced the science fiction genre's product/content conventions and formulas. Although the science fiction genre was successfully recombined with the fantasy genre, each genre had its own content conventions and formulas. The manufacture, promotion, distribution, and exhibition of Hollywood manufactured recombinant science fiction films entailed relationships between a complex network of organizations. This thesis details four functions, each a stage of an industrial process operating in a consumer-orientated market economy. All four functions were present in the 1980s Hollywood film industry system: manufacture or creation; entrepreneurship and patronage; promotion and marketing; and consumption. These functions transformed a science fiction film from a conception to a commercial commodity. The Hollywood film industry used genre in an attempt to regulate and control each stage of the Hollywood film industry system. 1980s recombinant science fiction films, as commercial commodities manufactured through an industrial process, were cultural products subject to the supply and demand pressures of the American marketplace. The theoretical approach upon which this thesis is based is a synthesis of a number of social science perspectives. Each chapter of this thesis corresponds to a stage of the industrial process. The basic process of communication model is combined with semiotics in the performance model. The performance model acknowledges that the content of film texts are determined by studio executives and creative personnel who manufactured texts according to the Hollywood standard. During the 1980s, Hollywood film manufacturers were unable to predict, or predicted only to a limited extent, what manufactured genre film commodities would be successful in the marketplace. As a coping strategy, Hollywood film studios engaged in overproduction. Once the film commodity was selected for release in the American marketplace, it was subject to differential promotion, with greater financial resources being allocated to expensive science fiction films that were likely to be potential blockbusters. But every recombinant science fiction film was promoted. As a marketing strategy, genre recombinations could be used to develop a unique brand image for each manufactured film commodity so that it could be targeted at different segments of a mass market. A mass audience of American consumers in the 1980s were aggregates of unique individuals and groups of active consumers, making informed and conscious decisions in the marketplace. When individuals paid to see a recombinant science fiction film, they expected to obtain meanings and pleasure from it. Consumers often used genre as an important strategy to gather initial information about a film prior to viewing, and genre was often used as an strategy for evaluating the film after viewing. Using the concept of cultural forum, this thesis argues that Hollywood manufactured recombinant science fiction film texts 'commented' on ideological conflicts. Individuals and groups were capable of creating opposition readings, and could engage the Hollywood film industry at the level of personal actions; individuals were not being ideologically manipulated. It was upon consumer demand and expectations that the Hollywood film industry system during the 1980s was based. Since consumers in the 1980s were notoriously fickle in their selection of films, the Hollywood film industry used genre in an attempt to direct audience reception of film commodities in the marketplace.

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Obenson, Tanyi. "Carbon-Storing Trees and Particulate Matter Reduction in Los Angeles, California." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4749.

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Air pollution is a major concern in heavily populated cities such as Los-Angeles, California. Particulate Matter (PM) pollution in Hispanic and Black American neighborhoods in Los Angeles tends to be higher than adjacent non-minority areas. Research has indicated that certain carbon-storing trees can be used to reduce PM pollution. The purpose of this qualitative, interview research project was to determine the feasibility of using carbon-storing trees to reduce PM pollution in Hispanic and Black American neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Using an ecological theoretical framework, 10 subject matter experts were interviewed about their knowledge of carbon-storing properties and the feasibility of planting 10 different types of trees to reduce PM in the target neighborhoods. The results indicated that oak and pine trees are the most feasible in accomplishing PM reduction within the target areas based on factors like leaf structure, size, and adaptation to Southern California climate and soil. The least feasible trees included California sycamore, Fremont cottonwood, ox horn bamboos, American sweetgum, and yellow poplar. Public health officials may use this study's findings to bring social change to communities by encouraging the development and implementation of tree planting plans that may reduce PM pollution for all populations across the United States. The responsibility of implementing a tree planting strategy would be up to city planners and public health officials (stakeholders) in affected communities. To accomplish this, stakeholders would need to determine the financial costs and specific locations for planting oak and pine trees.

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Cook, Elizabeth Ann. "A Determinant of Child Sex Trafficking in Los Angeles County, California." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3758.

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In Los Angeles County, California, approximately 2,245 victims of child sex trafficking were identified between 1997 and 2012. Several authors believed that poverty was linked to child sex trafficking because it increased the vulnerability of victims. The purpose of this nonexperimental, correlational study was to explore the question of how poverty was related to child sex trafficking in Los Angeles County, California. Intersectionality from the third wave of feminist theory was used as the theoretical underpinning of this study. Using data from the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, information was collected on 97 counties in the southwestern portion of the United States that had a minimum population of 100,000 people and at least 1 arrest of a minor for prostitution between the years of 1997 and 2012. Analysis of the nonnormal data through a Friedman test indicated that differences in the medians existed in the levels of the child sex trafficking variable, but follow up tests did not reveal the sources of the differences. Kendall's W test results indicated a lack of concordance, and Spearman's correlation did not indicate that a monotonic relationship existed between the variables when tested by year, except for 1998. These results failed to provide the evidence needed to reject the null hypothesis. The relationship between poverty and child sex trafficking at the county level could not be measured by income and through a portion of the victim population. Differing measurements of poverty, varying levels of analysis, and diverse applications of intersectionality may yield different results. Ultimately, this study was a first step, rather than a final step, in creating positive social change through increased knowledge and more effective policies against sex trafficking.

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Tillitson, Beth Lorraine. "Falling from favor: The demise of electric trolleys in Los Angeles." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1367.

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Apodaca, Linda M. "Mexican American Women and Social Change: The Founding of the Community Service Organization in Los Angeles, An Oral History." University of Arizona, Mexican American Studies and Research Center, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/219194.

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The Community Service Organization, a grassroots social service agency that originated in Los Angeles in the late 1940s, is generally identified by its male leadership. Research conducted for the present oral history, however, indicates that Mexican American women were essential to the founding of the organization, as well as to its success during the forty-six years it was in operation. This paper is a history of the founding of the CSO based on interviews with eleven Mexican American women and one Mexican American man, all of whom were founding members.

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Sterckx, Laurent S. S. "Systèmes de signification dans le cinéma classique hollywoodien: l'exemple de la comédie sophistiquée." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/212325.

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Widener, Daniel. "Something else : creative community and black liberation in postwar Los Angeles (California)." Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning, 2005. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?res_dat=xri:ssbe&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_dat=xri:ssbe:ft:keyresource:Vann_Diss_05.

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Robinson, Jason L. "Improvising California : community and creative music in Los Angeles and San Francisco /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3170218.

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Nmor, Tina A. "Alcohol Consumption and Cervical Cancer Associations Among Women in Los Angeles, California." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4875.

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Alcohol consumption and cervical cancer caught in the early stages are preventive epidemics, though the incidence of cervical cancer has continued to rise in Los Angeles, California. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to better understand the association between alcohol consumption and cervical cancer incidence using the theory of relationism. California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data collected in 2005 was used to investigate alcohol consumption and cervical cancer incidence among women in Los Angeles, California. The CHIS 2005 surveyed 43,020 adults; of those surveyed, 441 participants reported alcohol consumption and cervical cancer out of 25,548 adult women. Chi-square tests of independent and logistic regression were used to determine the strength of association between alcohol consumption and cervical cancer among women in the CHIS dataset. Chi-square results indicate consuming alcoholic drinks 30 days before diagnoses was not a significant predictor of cervical cancer. The logistic regression results suggest the number of alcoholic drinks consume per day was a significant predictor of cervical cancer incidence (p = .000). A major limitation of this study was the small sample sizes. A larger sample size is recommended. Implementing and enforcing awareness program and behaviors modification polices regarding alcohol consumption specifically among women diagnosed with cervical cancer could facilitate the reduction or elimination of alcohol consumption among women alcohol consumer diagnosed with cervical cancer in Los Angeles, California.

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Pawinski, Lori. "Small School Reform in a Large Urban High School: Does it Make a Difference in Student Outcomes?" Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2007. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/561.

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Since A Nation at Risk (1983), high schools across the United States have searched for answers to address increasing drop out rates and low student achievement. In urban areas, the large comprehensive high school is no longer addressing the diverse needs of the students it serves. The high school reform movement, beginning in 1984, set out to find solutions to solve the problems that these large urban high schools face each day. One reform is the creation of small learning communities within a large secondary school. Small learning communities are groups of teachers sharing and serving small numbers of students centered on a common theme, curriculum, and vision. These small learning communities create personalized learning environments among teachers, students, and parents to mitigate the effects of the large school on student outcomes. The purpose of this research was to investigate one of these small learning communities in a large urban high school in Los Angeles. The study explored how this small learning community set out to implement five identified factors of small schools including: personalization, leadership, authentic curriculum, innovative pedagogy, and accountability. The results show the impact of the small learning community model on student outcomes. Through the examination of quantitative data, the study correlated improved student outcomes with the level of implementation of these five identified factors. Additionally, the study used qualitative date to reinforce the quantitative findings. This research presents a model of an alternative for large urban secondary schools' dilemma in addressing low student academic performance and success.

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Price, Steven Dwight 1961. "Microbial catalyzed acid production in Los Angeles County sewers." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277006.

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Corrosion of concrete sewer crowns will cost the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County approximately $150 million for repairs to their deteriorating sewage system. Other parts of the country are experiencing similar problems. Crown corrosion is induced by microbial oxidation of reduced sulfur to sulfuric acid, which attacks the concrete. Bacteria, of the genus Thiobacillus are generally responsible for catalyzing these reactions. Thiobacillicollected from sewers were used to establish stoichiometry and biochemical aspects of sulfide oxidation. Metals inhibition was studied among the same cultures. Thiobacilli collected from extremely corroded sewers possess a greater tolerance for metals than those from lightly corroded areas. Acidophilic isolates grow at greater rates and oxidize sulfide more efficiently than non-acidophiles. Chemical inhibitor studies indicated that S(-II) oxidation is tightly linked to respiration by T. thiooxidans. It is doubtful that initial steps in bacterially catalyzed S(-II) oxidation are linked to oxidative phosphorylation.

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Tran, Annie M. "Neustonic Plastic in the Los Angeles River." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/54.

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The characterization of neustonic plastic found in the Los Angeles River was completed in this study. 3 water samples were collected from the river on April 30, 2011 in Long Beach, CA using a 0.5 mm manta trawl. The plastic was separated from organic material, divided into 3 class sizes (0.5 mm, 1.4 mm, and 2.44 mm), and identified and sized under a microscope. Plastic was found in all three samples and categorized into seven categories. Paper, plastic, and styrofoam were present in all three samples. Styrofoam contributed the greatest percentage of the plastic found among the samples. Plastic film had the largest mean size.

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Cheung, Hoi-yan, and 張凱欣. "The after-school academic workload in Shanghai and Los Angeles." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31244075.

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Hilliard, Howard (Howard Louis). "The History of Horn Playing in Los Angeles from 1920 to 1970 : a Lecture Recital, Together With Three Recitals of Selected Works for Horn by M. Haydn, Franz, Britten, Mozart, Koetsier, Hindemith, Herzogenberg, Rossini, Stevens and others." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1038828/.

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The History of Horn Playing in Los Angeles from 1920 to 1970 begins with the horn players who played in the silent film orchestras and the Alfred Brain's tenure with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This study details the introduction of soundtracks, the early studio orchestras, the contract studio orchestras, the musician union's role in structuring the work environment, the horn players who played in both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the studios, major figures from the subsequent freelance period such as Vincent de Rosa, and the local and international influence of the Los Angeles Horn Club.

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Granville, Scott. "Mapping the Geographical and Literary Boundaries of Los Angeles: A Real and Imagined City." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2359.

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In Los Angeles, the influence of Hollywood and the film industry, combined with a non-stop barrage of media images, has blurred the line between the real and imaged. The literature reveals a city exploding with cultural, racial and social differences, making Los Angeles a confusing and alienating place. The literature of Los Angeles reflects the changing face of the city. Los Angeles was always a city with a promising future, economic booms and optimism seemed to suggest that here was a place where the American Dream really could come true. Thousands travelled west in search of sunshine, oranges and a life that formerly, they could only dream of having. Yet, the literature of Los Angeles has highlighted the city's actual history together with a realization of undercurrents of violence, prejudice, depression and shattered dreams. The past, present and future is used to reveal a city that is in stark opposition to the Los Angeles, waves of immigrants came to find. This thesis explores the idea of the dreamer coming west to Los Angeles within the literature and the variety of ways in the travellers' romantic notions of Los Angeles as a city of promise, is betrayed, leaving a desperate people in its wake. The literature shows that beneath the shiny surface of a city founded on sunshine and prosperity, corruption reached all levels of society and the 'mean streets' abound. Later, influenced by an overwhelming feeling of powerlessness caused by Post-war nuclear depression, McCarthyism, loss of identity, and living in a city fragmented by racial tension and an ever growing gap between the very rich and the very poor, the literature of Los Angeles reflects not only the fears of that city, but of American society as a whole. The collision of technology, rapid progression and population explosion turned Los Angeles into a disconnected city, where the real and imagined merge in a cityscape that demonstrates a conflicting combination of historical replication, original design and movie-set inspiration. Nothing is ever what it appears to be in Los Angeles.

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Oltmann, Katrin. "Remake - Premake Hollywoods romantische Komödien und ihre Gender-Diskurse, 1930 - 1960." Bielefeld Transcript, 2006. http://d-nb.info/984273557/04.

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Modarres, S. Ali. "Ethnic community formation: An ecological perspective on Iranians in Los Angeles." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185032.

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Ethnicity is a social construct defined not only by socio-cultural variables, but also by the socioeconomic and social structure within which it develops. In this regard, ethnicity is a by-product, and at the same time a contributor to the spatial structure of human communities. The synergistic relationship between ethnicity and socioeconomic variables requires attention to the special environment within which an ethnic community develops, and furthermore, necessitates an awareness of the subgroups of any given ethnic group and their specific spatial and adaptational behavior. Consequently, the superorganic approach taken by most urban/human ecologists and the collective treatment of assimilation studies is questionable. The Iranian community currently residing in the U.S. illustrates that the spatial distribution of post-1965 immigrants and specifically political immigrants is defined by both ethnicity and also socioeconomic factors. The elite characteristics of these groups, including their high educational achievements, occupational status, and self-employment levels, distinguishes them from many of the other ethnic/immigrant groups who migrated in the early part of the century. Additionally, in the case of Los Angeles and Orange Counties, it is demonstrated that Iranians, along with Russians are distinctive based on their high socioeconomic status. The available data indicates the existence of three types of ethnic groups: (a) traditional low socioeconomic groups; (b) elite immigrants with high socioeconomic and educational achievements; and (c) recent immigrants with high educational and medium to high socioeconomic status. Spatially, differences among and within ethnic groups create specific distribution patterns that are explained largely by socioeconomic and ethnicity factors combined. This research illustrates that in studying any ethnic group, two criteria must be considered: (a) socioeconomic and ethnicity factors have a combined effect that differs not only from one group to another, but also varies within each group; and (b) social structure is not an independent variable, and therefore should be identified and analyzed on a case-by-case approach.

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Bereal, Zenobia. "Who am I? a discovery of identity formation in preachers kids in West Angeles Church of God in Christ, Los Angeles, California /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0292.

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West, Patricia A. "Floral richness, phytogeography, and conservation on islandsin Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278789.

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Planners expect infrastructure development underway in Baja California to launch a wave of tourism. Managers will need information concerning the natural environment. This study focuses on the floral richness of the islands of Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico. Results include island plant species inventories; a phytogeographic analysis evaluating the effects of island characteristics on plant species richness; a current human impact analysis, on floral richness; an evaluation of threats to floral richness and environmental health, including a non-native plant analysis; and management recommendations for preventing depletion of the native plant species richness on these islands from increased visitation. Floral richness ranges from 2 to 74 species per island. The best predictors of floral richness are the island area and the seabird presence or breeding. I recommend a combination of careful monitoring, dissemination of educational materials, and increased enforcement of current restrictions on island use to minimize human impacts.

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Westerdahl, Frederick Dane. "Ultrafine particles and associated pollutants on roadways and in community air of Los Angeles California, Beijing China, and the Los Angeles International Airport." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1835634991&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=48051&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Sison, Jonathan M. "An Inquiry of Instructional Coaching in an Urban High School." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2009. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/563.

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This inquiry examined the practice of instructional coaching in a large, low-performing, high-poverty urban high school. The participation of instructional coaches was examined in light of the school's attempt to construct a culture of social justice in a long-marginalized community. This research examined at instructional coaching through the framework of social reproduction theory in order to ascertain specific instructional coaching practices that may substantiate or validate the existence of legitimation, deskilling of teachers, and cultural hegemony, in an urban secondary school. Among key findings were 1) the disconnect between the intended purpose of instructional coaching and the actual interactions between the coach and teachers have the resultant effect of legitimation through the deskilling of teachers; 2) documentary evidence revealed that the curricula promoted by the instructional coaches at the Education Complex results in a cultural hegemony, having the reductionist effect of narrowing the curriculum to only the most basic levels of cognition, and proffering only what is deemed "legitimate" knowledge. Methods included interviews with instructional coaches, examination of documentary evidence, and observations of instructional coaching activities.

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Mills, Jane Kathryn. "Hollywood and its others porous borders and creative tensions in the transnational screenscape /." View thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/19823.

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Thesis (Ph.D) -- University of Western Sydney, 2007.
A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, School of Humanities and Languages, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliography.

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Pasha, Abdurrahman. "The Self-Help Cooperative Movement in Los Angeles, 1931-1940." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/17917.

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This case study examines the Self-Help Cooperative Movement (SHCM). Largely ignored by social scientists for the past eighty years, the movement took place during the Great Depression and, while national in scope, it was concentrated in Los Angeles. This movement combined traditional protest tactics with pre-figurative politics; its goal was to provide full employment for all Americans through the proliferation of worker and consumer cooperatives. Despite a very promising start in 1931, the movement collapsed and disintegrated by 1940. This dissertation examines the reasons for the SHCM's early successes and later its failures. The SHCM's early successes were made possible through their alliances with Japanese farmers (who lived on the outskirts of Los Angeles) and people of color in general, Los Angeles businesses and conservative business leaders, and with sympathetic politicians and state agencies. These alliances were, in turn, made possible by the inherent ambiguity of the SHCM's politics, which incorporated both conservative practices (e.g., self-help) and socialist practices (e.g., workplace democracy). This unique mixture, what the Los Angeles Times called "voluntary communism", generated widespread support among hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers and among conservative, socialist, and liberal political actors. In 1933, the SHCM underwent a profound transformation when Upton Sinclair and the End Poverty in California movement assumed leadership of the cooperatives and the California Democratic Party, promising to place state support behind the cooperative movement and in the process both end unemployment and undermine capitalism. The gubernatorial campaign of 1934 became a referendum on the cooperatives. Over the course of the prolonged bitterly fought campaign the cooperatives became associated with communism, and their liberal and conservative allies responded by discontinuing their support. With the loss of this political and financial assistance the SHCM slowly faded away. While the movement failed to achieve its specific goals, its impact on California politics, along with other Utopian Socialist movements in Los Angeles during this period, was immense. By the 1940s both political parties in California were supporting liberal and socialist initiatives (e.g., universal health-care and mass university education).

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Fenske, Uta. "Mannsbilder : eine geschlechterhistorische Betrachtung von Hollywoodfilmen 1946 - 1960 /." Bielefeld : Transcript, 2008. http://d-nb.info/986757047/04.

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Wolfe, Barrett William. "Movements of the white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus) on the Palos Verdes Shelf, Los Angeles, California." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527425.

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White croaker (Genyonemus lineatus family: Sciaenidae) are a benthic foraging fish associated with soft sediment and wastewater outfalls in Southern California. While they are used as a sentinel species due to their high organochlorine contaminant loads, little is known of their movements in relation to contaminated habitats. Acoustic telemetry was used to characterize the site fidelity, area use, and dispersal of 97 white croaker on the Palos Verdes Shelf, California. White croaker demonstrated generally low, but highly variable residency and recurrence to the Palos Verdes Shelf and exhibit nomadic movement patterns. Although the entire monitored shelf was visited by white croaker, habitats in proximity to wastewater outfalls and between 25–35 m depth were preferentially used. Approximately half of white croaker migrated into Los Angeles Harbor. These data are vital for understanding organochlorine contaminant exposure for planning future remediation and monitoring.

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Garcia, Mayra. "College preparedness program for high school students in South Los Angeles, California| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1584933.

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The purpose of this project was to write a grant proposal to develop and fund a College Preparedness Program to educate students in South Los Angeles about college requirements, process and resources. An extensive literature review was conducted in order to examine the risk factors implementing college attendance for students in South Los Angeles and strategies utilized in the past to increase college enrollment. The Annenberg Foundation was selected as the funder for this program.

The proposed program would be offered to high school students enrolled at Youth Opportunities High School, located in the community of Watts in south Los Angeles. If funded, the program will aid students with college planning, preparedness and workshops. The overall goal of this program will be to increase high school students' knowledge about college, provide guidance and support to increase college enrollment. The actual submission and/or funding of this grant was not a requirement for the successful completion of the project.

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Cooper, Rondale Deshawn. "An analysis of public school administrators' preparation for special education in Los Angeles County, California." Scholarly Commons, 2012. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/80.

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This research examines the difficulties public school administrators face while attempting to support the special education population with the knowledge they have gained through traditional university preparatory programs. In addition, this research examines past and current trends of those legally appointed to support the educational progression of disabled students. The purpose of this study is to analyze public school administrators' special education preparation that work in Los Angeles County, California. The researcher developed a survey to be sent out to one hundred public school administrators, to assist in describing the special education preparation of K-12 public school administrators throughout Los Angeles County, California. The data generated from the survey was coded and analyzed to find commonalities.

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Gomez, Karla. "A Mobile Wellness Program for Homeless in Los Angeles County, California| A Grant Proposal Project." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10977893.

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The purpose of this project was to fund a mobile wellness program for the homeless in Los Angeles County, California. This program will collaborate with service providers in the selected planning areas to promote and support the services of the program to the homeless. The host agency of this proposed project is the John Wesley Community Health Institute, located in Los Angeles County, California.

After conducting a review of the literature, the grant writer designed a program to provide primary care, behavioral health, and case management services to the homeless population. Specifically, this project will fund a mobile health clinic to offer services to four Service Planning Areas (SPAs) in Los Angeles County. The Annenberg Foundation was determined to be the most appropriate match for funding of the project.

The actual submission or funding of this grant was not required for the successful completion of the project.

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Kovitch, Lynn. "Defying marginality from the Third Space: A case study of Salvadorans in Los Angeles, California." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21392.

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This study focuses on the Salvadoran diaspora, by implementing the concepts of marginality, collective action and the Third Space together with hybridity theory. Characteristics of marginality faced by the diaspora and methods used to defy them are explored, through a qualitative analysis of previously published research. The results of this study are that members of the diaspora have challenged their position of marginality, and that the methods of defiance studied are two types of collective action. I argue that is it hybridity which opens a Third Space for defiance to existing power-structures by conjuring new negotiations against marginality.

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Hunter-Moffett, Shaniece Anejo. "Participants' perceptions on the effectiveness of the "Parents in Partnership" program of Los Angeles County." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3325.

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The purpose of this study was to examine participants' perceptions on the effectiveness of the "Parents in Partnership" program (PIP) of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. Parents in Partnership (PIP) is a collaborative effort between the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and parent partner paraprofessionals toward facilitation of safe reunification and permanency through education, support and mentoring of birth parents. The program's sole goal is the timely and safe reunification of children and their families. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with fourteen participants in the PIP program. Both mentors and mentees were interviewed.

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Yaghoubi, Isra. "Traditional Iranian Music in Irangeles: An Ethnographic Study in Southern California." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/305864.

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This study focuses on the musical activities and views of Iranian immigrant artists who perform, teach, and support traditional Iranian music in Los Angeles and Southern California. This geographic area and its interconnected social networks, which I refer to as Irangeles, is part of a diaspora culture industry where music is central to everyday life, but where modern Iranian pop music dominates. Given Iran's historical negative stigma attached to entertainment-oriented music making, and the popularity of entertainment and dance-driven Persian pop in contemporary Irangeles, practitioners of traditional Iranian music express frustration and face challenges in promoting their art, what they feel is an authentic form of Iranian culture. The music they make expresses both personal and cultural values: it is a form of creative expression that presents itself as interwoven with their Iranian identity, reflecting personal and cultural ideals of character in Iranian culture. My findings highlight how Iranian immigrant artists avail themselves of the socio-cultural infrastructure of Irangeles to network with like-minded artists and strategically use satellite TV, online technology and social media to find recognition for, teach, and promote diverse genres of traditional Iranian music in this particular diaspora setting.

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Schweitzer, Na'ama. "Greening the Streets: A Comparison of Sustainable Stormwater Management in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/85.

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Stormwater runoff is one of the main sources of pollution for urban waterways. Stormwater has traditionally been managed through concrete-based storm drainage systems, but the past twenty years have introduced an alternative in the form of green infrastructure. Green infrastructure for stormwater management involves the use of low impact development (LID), often vegetated facilities to mimic natural hydrologic systems that capture and allow infiltration of rainwater where it falls and from impervious surfaces upstream, before entering the drainage system. Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California have adopted green infrastructure into their stormwater management plans. For this project, bioswales, a form of vegetated LID facility, were tested in each city to determine their pollutant retention capabilities. Results from Portland show that bioswales filter out heavy metals effectively, and results from Los Angeles show that bioswales accumulate heavy metals in the soil over the course of the year (also due to filtering out metals from the stormwater). These results raise the question of whether accumulation can reach dangerous levels or saturate the soil with pollutants so that removal efficiency is diminished, indicating a need for further monitoring. However, the success of bioswales up to this point is encouraging and indicates that this method should continue to be employed.

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Lanners, Rebecca K. "Chemostratigraphy of hemipelagic facies of the montery formation and equivalent semimentary rocks, Los Angeles basin, California." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527388.

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The submarine-fan-dominated, proximal Los Angeles basin contains interstratified hemipelagic strata coeval with the widespread Miocene Monterey Formation that accumulated in other California margin basins. Although more detritalrich and containing greater abundance of plagioclase and muscovite than more distal, outboard basins, a four-part compositional zonation is recognized in the fine-grained facies, similar to the stratigraphic succession of the Santa Barbara coastal area. In ascending stratigraphic order, these include a basal interbedded calcareous-siliceous zone, a phosphatic zone, a calcareous-siliceous zone, and an uppermost siliceous zone. To establish these zonations, 125 samples from five wells in a north-south transect across the western basin from East and West Beverly Hills, Inglewood, and Wilmington oil fields were analyzed for bulk chemical composition by XRF and quantitative mineralogy by XRD and FTIR. The mineralogic composition of the fine-grained detrital fraction makes use of geochemical equations for sedimentary components developed elsewhere unsuitable to the Los Angeles basin.

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Padilla, Ilianna. "From Rail Yard to Recreation| New Greenspace Governance for Achieving Environmental Justice in Los Angeles, California." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10839371.

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The thesis focuses on the City of Los Angeles’ acquisition of land at Taylor Yard, a 247-acre site located along the Los Angeles River (LAR), and plans to develop new greenspace projects on this previously industrial site. The Taylor Yard case study provides an example of the opportunities and struggles that face communities as they advocate for the creation of more greenspace within dense, urban Los Angeles. Employing a qualitative mixed methods approach based on media analysis, participant observation at meetings, survey questionnaires, and semi- structured interviews, the study analyzes the historical context, contemporary political ecology, and the socioeconomics that have played a role in the reconfiguration of Taylor Yard. The study examines how community-based organizations are changing the ways people perceive and utilize urban nature, encouraging and embracing local community involvement, and working towards achieving greenspace equity as well as perceptions and utilization of urban greenspace. Results demonstrate that environmental restoration and greenspace projects provide a means to educate and empower the community, and an opportunity for them to reshape their environment in ways that can enhance their livelihoods.

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Martinez, Garcia Mariana I. "Chicanos in education : an examination of the 1968 east Los Angeles student walkouts!" Scholarly Commons, 2008. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/695.

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In 1968 the Los Angeles community witnessed the up rise of thousands of Chicano students when they walked out of their high school on an early morning in March. The purpose of this study was to further understand the 1968 student walkouts as presented by student participants. The study was carried out as a phenomenological study and used a Critical Race Theory (CRT) framework to interpret the students' interpretation of the Walkouts.

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Yeo, Michael G. C. H. "The idea of temporary permanence in architecture." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/935912.

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the intention of this creative project, is to explore the concept of the idea of temporary permanence in architecture. the project is an attempt to put into architectural perspective an understanding, meaning and context of the relative permanence of architecture as a parallel physical and conceptual idea over time. the relationship of the various forces that shape, mold and influence the architectural environment is a major part of the natural evolution of the continuing adaptation to change within our environment. from an architectural and general outlook this means being able to understand the phenomenon of change and respecting its existence. without change the idea of temporary permanence would not exist.the paper is presented in two parts. the first part, consists of the creative project of the paper, presenting the second phase research development and the architectural exploration of the theoretical disposition, temporary permanence. the second part, found in Appendix 1, is the research paper documenting "raw data", personal observation and experience, and examples of site context as a supportive basis for the reasoning of such a disposition.
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Greenfield, Margaret Ann. "Millennial Perceptions on Homeownership and Financial Planning Decisions." Thesis, Portland State University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10825414.

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This master’s thesis investigates the economic factors that are affecting the financial decision-making of educated, middle to upper class Millennials in Los Angeles, California. This thesis explores how economic factors, preferences, and self-efficacy interact to determine housing pathways. This thesis also asks whether Millennials in Los Angeles will be able to afford homes and how the cultural narrative of the American Dream affects preferences. In order to answer these questions, twenty in person interviews are conducted with residents of Los Angeles in which they are asked about their values and preferences regarding housing, and the economic factors they are currently facing. This thesis finds that participants are struggling to navigate through economic factors such as student loans, a changing labor market, urbanization, high cost of living, stagnating wages, and high housing prices. This thesis finds that participants are experiencing low self-efficacy when it comes to finances, which seems to be a proportional reaction to the current economic climate. This thesis also finds that most participants want to own homes, however, in reality very few will be able to afford to buy homes in Los Angeles and will have to rent indefinitely. Lastly, this thesis finds that participants are rejecting the old American dream and that their preferences and values are different from baby boomers', however the housing market has not yet evolved to meet the demand of those changing preferences.

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Chavez, Jacqueline A. "Principal stress analysis of rock fracture data from the Long Beach oil field, Los Angeles basin, California." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1587889.

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Twelve electric borehole-image logs from oil wells located in the Long Beach oil field were used to conduct a fracture analysis of principal stress orientations associated with the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone. The fractures analyzed are located in the Puente, Repetto, Pico, and San Pedro formations. Fractures were grouped based on fracture type, orientation, and formation. In-situ SHmax orientation was interpreted to range between 320? to 40?. Variations form the in-situ stress were observed across every formation and interpreted as paleo-stress. The SHmax orientation begins to change from NW to N-NW in the Pico Formation, which may signal the onset of the dextral movement of the Newport-Inglewood Fault 2.5 million years ago or later. The NE SHmax orientation in the San Pedro Formation may reflect stress trajectory changes as the Newport-Inglewood Fault continues to propagate in the Pleistocene. Additional SHmax orientations indicate a more complex structural evolution of stress trajectories.

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Ashoori, Negin. "Forecasting the Effects of Climate, Population, Price, and Conservation Behavior on Water Use in Los Angeles, California." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2015. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/637.

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In 2015 California entered its fourth year of record-breaking drought which led many to question the sustainability of future water supply in the state, especially in Southern California. With over 90% of its water imported from outside the city, Los Angeles has been greatly impacted by this instability. Due to climate change, population growth, groundwater contamination, and competing demands, Los Angeles’ water sources (Los Angeles Aqueduct, Colorado River Aqueduct, California Aqueduct, local groundwater, and reclaimed water) are subject to various stressors, which make projections of water supply and planning for system sustainability challenging. Reductions in availability from each water source will influence the price and availability of residential water and inevitably lead to greater need for conservation, and for the development of new sources of water supply. Understanding the future Los Angeles water system in the context of a growing population and climate change thus merits careful investigation. The overall objective of this work was to evaluate the factors that impact water demand in Los Angeles as well as apply and compare various modeling techniques to forecast water demand. This was accomplished by (1) assessing the sustainability of each of the water sources that supply Los Angeles under present and future conditions using a system characterization and analysis. (2) Analyzing the importance of various factors influencing water demand in Los Angeles using multiple linear regression and artificial neural network models. (3) Projecting water demand in Los Angeles until 2050 under various scenarios of price, precipitation, temperature, conservation and population. (4) Developing an agent based model of Los Angeles iii water demand that provides insight into interactions among consumers and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) water management system. First, the sustainability of each of the water sources that supply Los Angeles under present and future conditions was analyzed using a system characterization and analysis. The results of the study showed that of the five main water sources that supply Los Angeles, a majority will be impacted by climate change, water quality, energy, and cost stressors. While the expansion of water demand management and agricultural water transfers can help address the challenge of increasing demand, the impacts of climate variability and competing demands are likely to limit their potential. Next, multiple linear regression (MLR) and artificial neural network (ANN) models were used to evaluate historical (1970-2012) water demand data for Los Angeles to assess the importance of water price, population, conservation methods, temperature, and precipitation on influencing water demand. Results indicated that the multiple linear regression models were comparable to the artificial neural network models in ability to describe historical water demand data. Models developed for and fitted to monthly data were more accurate in estimating water demand compared to models based on yearly data. Temperature, precipitation, conservation, population, and water price were all significant in impacting monthly water use in Los Angeles. Additionally, fitting of the data with the MLR models revealed that price and conservation impacts have significantly counteracted the impact of population growth on water demand. iv After the variables significant in impacting water demand were identified through the modeling of the historical water demand data, MLR modeling with the same variables, water price, population, temperature, precipitation, and conservation, were used to project Los Angeles water demand until 2050. The model used projections of four global climate models with two CO2 emission scenarios, as well as high, medium, and low scenarios of population, water pricing, and conservation to generate an envelope of forecasts of water demand in Los Angeles from 2013 to 2050. Results of the forecasting with the MLR models under the various scenarios indicated that the effects of climate change on water demand (not supply) are projected to be modest. Without the introduction of increased water pricing and conservation methods, water demand in Los Angeles has the potential to nearly double from 130 billion gallons per year in 2013 to 250 billion gallons in 2050. However, more likely scenarios of population growth, conservation implementation, climate change, and pricing structures yielded predicted increases in water demand of approximately 30 percent, to a level of 170 billion gallons per year by 2050. Finally, an agent based model for water demand was developed to understand the interactions between Los Angeles water consumers and management actions by the LADWP. The model was calibrated with historical (1970-2012) data for water demand. In the model, consumers react to changes in water supply variability and adjust their conservation levels. These changes in conservation help reduce the dependability of imported water in Los Angeles. Projections of various water variability scenarios showed that consumers respond to advertisement intensity and shifts in contact rates with other consumers, which allows for more system resiliency. This is evident in the present day drought in Los Angeles in which water demand is being reduced. Results of the agent based model also demonstrated that high variability in water supply can v increase water demand by up to 2.67 times from 2013 to 2050. Validation of the model indicates the agent based model can adequately project water demand in the future under changes in population, climate, and water supply reliability. Water management in Los Angeles needs to be understood as a highly integrated social, engineered infrastructure, economic, and ecological system. Previously, research efforts in Los Angeles have been focused on understanding the hydrological components of the problem without the consideration of social impacts and human behavior. Consideration of the human decision making and adaptive responses involved is important because it affects water resources management and planning. Adaptive agent modeling can provide insights into how consumer-manager-supplier interactions impact overall water system performance and evolution. The projection models proposed in this research offer a means of assessing potential impacts of water conservation initiatives, restrictions on water demand, pricing incentives, and other water system management options. They also provide insight into the relative importance of environmental conditions that affect water supply on water demand. By viewing the Los Angeles water supply system as a complex system, identification of areas in which there are problems as well as possible solutions can be evident. The city of Los Angeles is still growing and dependency on transferred water is inevitable, so understanding the complexity of the system is imperative to develop sustainable solutions to water scarcity and reliability.

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