MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

I would like to thank Pat D. Taylor, my thesis advisor and committee chair, for encouragement and counsel. Special thanks are also due to David Hopman, Gary O. Robinette, and Taner R. Ozdil, thesis committee members, for their contributions and positive feedback. I extend deepest thanks to my mother, Rosemary Mathews, for her encouragement and support during the course of this thesis effort, and during my enrollment in the landscape architecture program at UTA. I would like to extend sincere thanks and appreciation to Steve Nussbaum for being a sounding board for ideas and the many hours engaged in discussion on the thesis topic. Special thanks to my friends who encouraged me through the thesis writing process, especially Will Selman, a tireless listener and moral booster, and Lori Molitor, for providing a fabulous roll model of the perseverance required to complete a master’s thesis. Finally, my sincere gratitude goes to my supervisor, FM Carroll, for his understanding and support without which this thesis might not be possible, and to LOPEZGARCIA GROUP for allowing me the flexibility necessary to complete this thesis