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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-03-01)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Starting in the late 19th century, Southern California saw the first of several waves of explosive population growth that have resulted in today's mega-region. While many early settlers were attracted by the city's famous ...
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The Greatest Generation : a new retail store model for delivering energy efficiency in Massachusetts (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHG) and reduced energy consumption in the United States has proven to be a great challenge in the face of climate change. While technological innovation and renewable energy continue ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This thesis investigates the current situation of public space in the city of Seoul through public libraries. The public library has been one of the most Important civic spaces since the invention in the 19th century in ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Equitable TOD is an integrated approach to community development that links affordable housing production and preservation strategies to regional transportation and economic development planning. This approach has strong ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Blight has plagued Philadelphia for the better part of a century, though the understanding of blight has changed dramatically over time. Originally used to describe neighborhood overcrowding, the term retained its currency ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Hong Kong has seen several social movements emerge since 2003 that have focused on saving quotidian public spaces, such as traditional shopping streets and markets, from redevelopment. This thesis explores how the most ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This thesis will review how public spaces in Kabul, Afghanistan will be affected by plans for development and formalization under proposed city plans. The core argument is that these processes of development under guises ...
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The next great American station : Union Station and Downtown Los Angeles in the twenty-first century (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Ideas about a city are powerful forces, and have lasting impacts on the built environment. While not every vision is realized in the built form, every aspect of urban development is the reflection of a vision about what ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Aging in Place allows seniors to remain in their choice of residence for as long as possible, using local services and conveniences to live safely and independently. The Village Model is a component of this movement, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The last eight decades of urban transportation planning and engineering in the United States have been dominated by the hegemony of the automobile. Auto-oriented planning of the transportation and land use system has had ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The Olympic Games represent an unparalleled fast-track urban development opportunity for Olympic host cities. Taking the premise that the transformational effect of the Olympics has a potential to drive long-term urban ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This thesis seeks to deploy landscape design as a regional economic development strategy. It investigates the relationship between economic activity and the built environment. Economies transition from one trend to the ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The Internationale Bauausstellung or International Building Exhibition (IBA) is a planning methodology implemented over the course of the 20th century and into the 21st century in Germany. The IBA is unique and characterized ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)The current fiscally conservative climate on Capitol Hill, as the next surface transportation bill is being negotiated, may possibly carry over to a greater dependence on fiscal federalism for funding public transportation. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Distributed energy resources (DERs) are a considerable research focus for cities to reach emissions reduction goals and meet growing energy demand. DERs, consisting of local power plants and distribution infrastructure, ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)With an increasing number of cities experiencing chronic violence and conflict within their boundaries, the question of how architecture can effectively intervene to create a secure public realm in pluralistic and fractious ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)What is the present role of technical change - particularly change in integrated Information-Communication Technology (ICT) - in facilitating sustainable urbanism in the developing world? Technological advancements are ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Massachusetts is the only state in the US to maintain an emergency shelter entitlement for homeless families with its own dedicated line item in the state budget. However, in the last decade that line item has increased ...
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