Crossing Over: Sustainability, New Urbanism, and Gentrification in Austin, Texas

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Murine Typhus in Austin, Texas, USA, 2008

In August 2008, Texas authorities and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigated reports of increased numbers of febrile rash illnesses in Austin to confirm the causative agent as Rickettsia typhi, to assess the outbreak magnitude and illness severity, and to identify potential animal reservoirs and peridomestic factors that may have contributed to disease emergence. Thirty-thr...

A functional approach to riparian restoration in Austin, Texas

Extending Security/Sustainability through Pervasive Spider Web Networks in Urbanism

 Corresponding Author; E-mail: [email protected] (Li-Yen Hsu), [email protected] (Shin-Shin Kao) AbstractFor sustainable growth and security of dominant cities, the radial-ring traffic pattern has been applied in adjacent areas. Moreover, reliable, real-time communication or operations on infrastructures for counter-terrorism or handling vulnerable outdoor/transportation environments...

Designing Place-Based Interventions for Sustainability and Replicability: The Case of GO! Austin/VAMOS! Austin

Place-based health efforts account for the role of the community environment in shaping decisions and circumstances that affect population well-being. Such efforts, rooted as they are in the theory that health is socially determined, mobilize resources for health promotion that are not typically used, and offer a more informed and robust way of promoting health outcomes within a community. Comm...