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Day-to-Day Travel Variability in the Commute Atlanta, Georgia, Study

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2007
Traditional travel diary surveys collect 1 or 2 days of travel data from participant households. Although useful in determining the overall average travel behavior of a regional population, cross-sectional travel diary surveys provide little insight into intrahousehold and intraperson trip variability.
Vetri Venthan Elango, Randall Guensler, Jennifer Ogle   +2 more
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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Atlanta University Studies on the Negro*

The Journal of Negro Education, 1957
In 1897, W. E. B. Du Bois was called to Atlanta University by President Horace Bumstead. The young Harvard Ph.D. was employed to supervise the sociology program and to direct a series of conferences on Negroes which Atlanta had newly sponsored. The institution was an unusual Negro school because it operated contrary to many of the Southern conventions.
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Intensive Study of Ambient Carbon Dioxide Variability in Urban Atlanta

2011
Urban areas contain multiple sources and sinks of carbon dioxide, yet spatial and temporal information explaining its variability, diurnal patterns, and effects from human activity are limited. The city of Atlanta, due to conflicting air masses, geographic location, and population growth, is as an excellent location to study carbon dioxide ...
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Collaborative planning – A neoliberal strategy? A study of the Atlanta BeltLine

Cities, 2015
Abstract Collaborative/communicative planning theorists have engaged Habermas’s idea of communicative rationality to offer a framework for a more democratic decision-making process. However, critics of communicative rationality and its underlying assumptions raise fundamental questions about the very possibility of an actually existing collaborative ...
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A Pilot Study of Halal Goat-Meat Consumption in Atlanta, Georgia

2008
Atlanta is a relatively large market for goat meat. As in most metropolitan areas around the U.S., goat-meat consumption has grown steadily in Atlanta over the past decade (Northwest Cooperative Development Center 2005; Nettles and Bukenya 2004). This growth is attributed to the influx of immigrants from goat-meat-eating countries into the U.S.
Ibrahim, Mohammed, Liu, Xuanli, Nelson, Mack C.   +2 more
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The Intraurban Distribution of Corporate Activities: A Case Study of Atlanta

Southeastern Geographer, 1996
The intent of this study is to assess the relative importance of suburban areas in terms of corporate activity. Data from Dun and Bradstreet's America's Corporate Families were utilized to test the ability of the Semple-Phipps hypothesis to predict the distribution of corporate activities in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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Diversifying Environmental Advocacy in Atlanta: A Case Study of Atlanta's African American-Led Community-Based Groups Working Against Environmental Injustices

2019
An assumption that marginalized communities are not interested in the environment is one barrier to diversifying environmental affairs. Barriers like this one have shaped the ways that these communities respond to both enduring and emerging injustices.
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UPS and Zoo Atlanta: A Case Study on Corporate Social Responsibility

2008
This thesis is designed to explore consumer attitudes and behaviors toward corporations that engage in socially responsible practices. The goal of this project was to determine if there was a relationship between a company?s perceived reputation for social responsibility and attitudes and behaviors that would favorably impact the company. Specifically,
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Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Case Study: A Tale of Two Schools

2013
This study concerns the effects of public school redistricting on communities in Atlanta. It is based upon interviews with people in two neighborhoods which are part of the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) system directly affected by redistricting. All schools slated to close are located in low-income, minority areas and serve similar populations.
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Linguistic Landscape in Elementary Schools in Atlanta; A Case Study

This thesis research investigates the linguistic landscape in elementary schools in Atlanta while analyzing the visual representation of language in school spaces and their impact on linguistic inclusivity, identity formation and cultural representation. This study examines classroom signs, hallway posters, school’s bulletin boards, among others. with
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