Thesis

The master's thesis is intended to provide the opportunity for independent scholarly research and should be the length and quality of a publishable journal article. The thesis project should familiarize students with the literature of their field of specialization, and enable them to formulate, investigate, and test or explore a hypothesis of significance to their field and to report on the results in an organized and coherent form.

Academic credit for thesis preparation is given through UP 208C, required of students selecting this option, and UP 598 (four units). Theses are on file at the Young Research Library. For instructions on how to locate a thesis from the YRL catalog click here [1].

Recent thesis project topics are listed below:

Innovation & Economic Development in the Southern California Water Industry ('12)
The Taxi: Friend or Foe? Understanding Planner's Perceptions of the Taxi Industry ('12)
HOT or Cold: Analysis of Congestion Pricing Implementation in the United States [2]('11)
How Do You See the City? Exploring the Personal Geographies of Transit Passengers [3] ('11)
Community Cultural Wealth, Mexican Laborers & the Barrio: A Look into El Monte, California, Since 1910 ('11)
The Role Latin Americans Play in Global Governance: A Collection of Interviews with Latin American Diplomats('11)
The Social Psychology of Social Justice Social Networks: A Perspective on Coalition Formation, Community Development, and Urban Social Change ('11)
Immigrant Labor Organizers and Social Innovation in Los Angeles [4]('11)
Examining Commercialization in Ontario and the Barriers to Innovation: Effective policy for encouraging Commercialization of Public Research ('11)
The Creative Economy in Latin America('11)
Meter Payment Exemption for Disabled Placard Holders as a Barrier to Managing Curb Parking('10)
Virtual Public Spaces ('10)
Neighborhood Change in a Time of Uncertainty: The Response of Community Organizations Fighting Gentrification Amidst a Recession('10)
Carbon Costs: Household Electricity Expenditures from a $15 Per Ton Cost on Carbon Dioxide Emissions [5] ('09)
Do Income and Commuting Explain Housing Appreciation? An Analysis of Housing Appreciation in Los Angeles County, 2000-2005 [6] ('09)
The Dynamics of Multiracial Integration in Santa Monica's Pico Neighborhood [7]('07)
Gardena's Korean American Hostess Bars: Externalities of Korean Corporate Location in the Los Angeles South Bay ('07)
How We Move Images and How Images Move Us: Autonomy and Captivity in Representations of Driving and Transit ('07)
Accessing Church Land for Affordable Housing ('07)
Props and Prop-House Geography: One Aspect of the Film Industrial Complex in Los Angeles [8]('05)
[9]The Miracle Mile Arts Cluster in the City of Angels:A Study of Neighborhood [9]Economic Agglomeration [9]('05)
Have Section 8 Vouchers Increased Tenant Mobility in Los Angeles? Comparing Locational Distribution of Section 8 Households from 1997 to 2002 [10]. ('04)
White Flight Leaves Good Schools ('04)
Information Technology: Patterns of Industrial Growth in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1988-1997 ('04)
Out of Many, One Neighborhood: Mapping and Understanding Neighborhoods as Aggregates of Individuals' Cognitive Maps ('04)
The Influence of Grassroots Organizing on Public School Facility Siting Decisions. [11] ('04)
In Search of 'P-Town': Filipino American Place(s) in Los Angeles ('03)
Building the Dream City: Image, Power and Limits at Playa Vista ('03)
Comparing Attitudes in Los Angeles County by Race and Attendance in a Religious Congregation ('03)
Measuring Social Equity of Public Transit Finance: A Synthesis and Reinterpretation of the Literature ('03)
Soft City: Information Industries and Regional Growth ('03)
Rethinking Vancouver's Chinatown: Planning in A Global Neighborhood ('03)
Creating Opportunities for Cooperation - Co Management of the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras ('02)
The Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 and Citizen Participation: An Evaluation ('02)

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