Date of Award

8-1-2005

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Public Administration

First Advisor

Dr. Russell Smith

Abstract

Omaha by Design’s (OBD) initiative, Neighborhood Omaha, identifies groups of neighborhoods as planning units. Objective methods can be used to identify alternative groupings of neighborhoods into alliances for sub-area planning. For alliances to be successful, neighborhoods need to be drawn together based on similar characteristics, specifically neighborhood demographics. This study asserts that neighborhood, business and miscellaneous associations can be analyzed using two-step cluster analysis to determine demographic, problem and identity similarity. An analysis of the neighborhoods east of 72nd Street, as identified by the City of Omaha Planning Department, resulted in the creation 11 multi-neighborhood alliances.

Comments

A Thesis Presented to the Department of Urban Studies And the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Urban Studies University of Nebraska at Omaha. Copyright Heather L. Bloom August, 2005

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