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Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning

# overview
Dr. Ivis Garc?a received her Ph.D. in Urban Planning & Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2015. Dr. Garc?a will join the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University as an Associate Professor Fall of 2022. Dr. Garc?a previously taught graduate and undergraduate community engagement in planning, planning communication, and studio courses in Chicago, Puerto Rico, and Salt Lake City. She also led the Westside Leadership Institute, an innovative undergraduate course that residents and students take together to develop a community project. Dr. Garc?a's research focuses on engagement, housing, and community development. She has received over $1 million in external research funding, including EPA, National Science Foundation, and the Natural Hazard Center. Dr. Garc?a has written 38 peer-reviewed journal articles, five book chapters, and 37 technical reports--including the first American Planning Association PAS Report on diversity, "Planning with Diverse Communities." Ivis has given 56 keynote or invited talks--including funded addresses at U. de Guadalajara, Columbia University, and Georgia Tech. Dr. Garc?a has chaired 15 master's committees and served on 11 Ph.D. committees. For her housing justice work in Puerto Rico with disaster victims, Ivis received the Ford Fellowship in 2022.

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Associate Professor and Master of Urban Planning (Mup) Program Coordinator

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3 Prevention Of Disease And Conditions, And Promotion Of Well-being

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3.1 Primary Prevention Interventions To Modify Behaviours Or Promote Wellbeing

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Us Department Of Housing And Urban Development

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3 Prevention Of Disease And Conditions, And Promotion Of Well-being

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3.1 Primary Prevention Interventions To Modify Behaviours Or Promote Wellbeing

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3509 Transportation, Logistics And Supply Chains

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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Homeless Management Information System (hmis)

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Homeless Management Information System (hmis)

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University of Illinois at Chicago - (Chicago, Illinois, United States)

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Health-related nonprofit response to concurrent disaster events

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Residential Green Infrastructure: Unpacking Motivations and Obstacles to Single-Family-Home Tree Planting in Diverse, Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods

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Latino Urban Ethnography and the Work of Elena Padilla

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Active Transportation and Perceptions of Safety: A Case Study of a Regional Trail and a Transit Corridor in Salt Lake City, Utah

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When the Map Does Not Tell the Whole Story: Integrating Community Voices into GIS Gentrification Analysis

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The Poorer the Neighborhood, the Harder It Is to Reach the Park: A GIS Equity Analysis from Salt Lake City

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Harassment of low-income women on transit: A photovoice project in Oregon and Utah

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The Silver Linings of Asset-Based Community Development

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"Many of Us Have Been Previously Evicted": Exploring the Relationship Between Homelessness and Evictions Among Families Participating in the Rapid Rehousing Program in Salt Lake County, Utah

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Rights Amidst Commercial Gentrification: A Comparative Case Study of Latinx Business Zones in Chicago and Santa Ana.

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Advocating for Latino equity: Oral histories of Chicago women leaders

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Natural Hazards Governance Practices and Key Natural Hazards in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Recovery Capacity of Small Nonprofits in Post-2017 Hurricane Puerto Rico

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Symbolism, Collective Identity, and Community Development

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The Value of Reentry Housing, Zoning, and "Not in My Back Yard" (NIMBY) Obstacles, and How to Overcome Them

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Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

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Where Are We Going? Where Have We Been?: The Climate for Diversity within Urban Planning Educational Programs

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In Chicago, A Village Takes Over the Education of the Puerto Rican Community

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KnowledgeBehavior Gap in Tap Water Consumption in Puerto Rico: Implications for Water Utilities

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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Students examined Housing in Primarily Latino Areas during Housing Summit 2018

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(Un)healthy places: social inequality and healthy aging from an ecological, developmental perspective

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Dream Play Build: Hands-On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and Places

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Visits to social and community establishments and services by persons experiencing homelessness after shelter decentralization

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More than 60% of Puerto Ricans seeking FEMA aid after Hurricane Maria had their applications denied  will the agency approve more this time?

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Repurposing a historic school building as a teachers village: exploring the connection between school closures, housing affordability, and community goals in a gentrifying neighborhood

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Hurricane season is here, but FEMAs policy change could leave low-income areas less protected

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People without Homes, Homes without People: Abandoned Properties as Opportunities for Affordable Housing in the Post-Disaster Reconstruction Environment

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Center for Community Progress, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Moving the Needle: Early Findings on Faculty Approaches to Integrate Culturally Competent Pedagogy into Educational Spaces

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Diversity climate survey moving from aspiration to action: reorienting planners values towards equity, diversity, and inclusion

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American Planning Association and Association of Collegiate Schools of Planners - Planners of Color Interest Group

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Smart cities and smart communities: Empowering citizens through intelligent technologies

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Engaging Spanish-Speaking Latinos with Urban Parks in Salt Lake City

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A Case Study of Story Mapping, Neighborhood Change, and Community Assets of Ballpark, Salt Lake City

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Transportation needs and mobility patterns of persons experiencing homelessness following shelter decentralization.

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Low-income homeowners hit by disasters may get less help from the government, as Trump administration nixes rules on fairness, community input and resilience

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Feeling Like an "Odd Duck" The Experiences of African American/Black and Hispanic/Latin/o/a/x Planning Practitioners

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Rural communities challenges and ResilientSEE:Case studies from disasters in Florida, Puerto Rico, and North Carolina

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Learning about Neighborhood Identity, Streets as Places, and Community Engagement in a Chicago Studio Course

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Neighborhood Environment, Active Commute, and Healthy BMI in Adolescents

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Community participation as a tool for conservation planning and historic preservation: the case of Community As A Campus (CAAC)

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Beyond Recruitment: Comparing Experiences of Climate and Diversity between International Students and Domestic Students of Color in U.S. Urban Planning Programs

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An Activists Response to School Closing: A Residential Teachers Village in a Gentrifying Puerto Rican Community

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Home Elevation Decisions in Post-Disaster Recovery: Social Vulnerability, Policy Gaps, and Lessons from Houston

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Anti-Racist Futures: Disrupting Racist Planning Practices in Workplaces, Institutions, and Communities

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American Dreams, American Nightmares: Culture & Crisis in Residential Real Estate From the Great Recession to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Portland State University, University of Utah

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The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Recovery of Public Housing Residents Following Compounding Disasters: Case Study of Ponce, Puerto Rico

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Comparison of Transportation Use Among Older and Younger Persons Experiencing Homelessness

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University of Western Ontario, Western Libraries

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Evictions and housing instability among Latina and immigrant mothers in Salt Lake City

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Public Transit and Gender-Based Harassment: A Photovoice Project

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Human Ecology and Its Influence in Urban Theory and Housing Policy in the United States

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Cultural Insights for Planners: Understanding the Terms Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx

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Bring Zoning Back Into the Planning Curricula

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Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD): core principles

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Active Commute to School, Physical Activity and Health of Hispanic High School Students in the United States

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Understanding the Impact of Decentralizing Homeless Services on Transportation and Mobility in Salt Lake County

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Adaptive Leadership and Social Innovation: Overcoming Critical Theory, Positivism, and Postmodernism in Planning Education

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Four Plans for Shaping the Future of Puerto Rico

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Ease of Recycling in Glendale, Salt Lake City, Utah: Dissecting Recycling Efforts by Household Size, Age, Income and Gender

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The People That Represent the Region and the Year of Change

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Leadership training as an alternative to neoliberalism: A model for community development

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Building a Self-Determination Gateway: The Story of Paseo Boricua

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Enhancing the Role of Government, Non-Profits, Universities, and Resident Associations as Valuable Community Resources to Advance Equity, Access, Diversity, and Inclusion

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Historically Illustrating the Shift to Neoliberalism in the U.S. Home Mortgage Market

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Our interests matter: Puerto Rican older adults in the age of gentrification

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4 urgent lessons for Jamaica from Puerto Ricos troubled hurricane recovery  and how the Jamaican diaspora could help after Melissa

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Community perspectives on how decentralising an emergency shelter influences transportation needs and use for persons experiencing homelessness.

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One of Hurricane Katrinas most important lessons isnt about storm preparations  its about injustice

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Community Engagement in an Urban Daylighting Project: A Case Study of a Salt Lake City Creek

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LIFE SPACE MOBILITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS: HOW HOME MODIFICATIONS IMPACT AGING IN PLACE

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Participatory Land Planning, Community Land Trusts, and Managed Retreat: Transforming Informality and Building Resilience to Flood Risk in Puerto Rico's Cao Martn Pea

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Mexican and Puerto Rican women in Chicago

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An Asset-Based Perspective of the Economic Contributions of Latinx Communities: An Illinois Case Study

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The Two-Income Debt Trap: Personal Responsibility and the Financialization of Everyday Life

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Nonprofit Response to Concurrent and Consecutive Disaster Events in Puerto Rico

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Concrete and Countryside: The Urban and the Rural in the 1950s Puerto Rican Culture

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Aida Maisonet Giachello: A career transforming health for Puerto Ricans in Chicago

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Spatial Relationship Between Eviction Filings, Neighborhood Characteristics, and Proximity to the Central Business District: A Case Study of Salt Lake County, Utah

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On the Outside Looking in: Latina/o/x and African American Student Perspectives on Community-Engaged Courses

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Deemed Ineligible: Reasons Homeowners in Puerto Rico Were Denied Aid After Hurricane Maria

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Connectivity and Usership of Two Types of Multi-Modal Transportation Network: A Regional Trail and a Transit-Oriented Commercial Corridor

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Socioeconomic and Housing Vulnerabilitys Role in Decision Time for Reconstruction in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Paseo Boricua . Identity, symbols and ownership

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Understanding the Housing Preferences of Older Adults: Insights from a Study on Micro-Housing in Salt Lake City, U.S.

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How Spaces Become Places: Place Makers Tell Their Stories

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All Talk No Walk: Student Perceptions on Integration of Diversity and Practice in Planning Programs

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The Lack of Proof of Ownership in Puerto Rico Is Crippling Repairs in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria

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Active and Public Transportation Connectivity between North Temple TOD and Jordan Park River Trail

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Maui wildfires: Extra logistical challenges hinder governments initial response when disasters strike islands

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They're just trying to survive: The relationship between social vulnerability, informal housing, and environmental risks in Loza, Puerto Rico, USA

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Beyond Urban-Centered Responses: Overcoming Challenges to Build Disaster Resilience and Long-Term Sustainability in Rural Areas

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Many Texas communities are dangerously unprepared for floods  lack of funding plays a big role

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Why Do Homeless Families Exit and Return the Homeless Shelter? Factors Affecting the Risk of Family Homelessness in Salt Lake County (Utah, United States) as a Case Study.

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Healthy Places and the Social Life of Older Adults

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"I Felt Safe": The Role of the Rapid Rehousing Program in Supporting the Security of Families Experiencing Homelessness in Salt Lake County, Utah.

# organizations[]
Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning