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The people in the city of the nation : re-viewing Islamabad's fifth function
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This thesis is about Islamabad's center. Islamabad is a city built from scratch. It was the "dream" of Ayub Khan-Pakistan's gregarious and globe-trotting general-cum-president-and the product of its chief master planner, ...
A study of the factors affecting the sustainability of community managed rural water supply schemes in Sri Lanka
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Disparities in water supply coverage in urban and rural areas are high in developing countries, with rural coverage being much lower. The inability of governments to provide the service because of resource constraints, and ...
Lessons from science city projects and their success factors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Globalization has drastically improved latecomer countries' access to advanced technologies. To the extent that technology upgrading is important for development, it provides a unique opportunity for latecomer countries ...
Higher occupancy humanism : the trade-offs for encouraging middle income housing in a global city
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
In high density urban areas where the land acquisition and construction cost components are significant relative to total development costs, the market typically supplies a high-income housing product in order to justify ...
The rental and occupancy performance of historic office buildings rehabilitated for tax credit as compared against their modern counterparts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Prior to the mid-1970's enactment of federal tax incentives designed to dove-tail the interests of developers and preservationists, the plight of historic structures seemed bleak. Recognizing that preservation had become ...
Analysis of Japanese land prices using prefectural data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The purpose of the thesis is to examine what economic factors determined or strongly influenced the Japanese land prices especially in the Bubble Period using prefectural data. This paper provides a Land Price Table which ...
Does it have to be so complicated? : municipal renewable energy projects in Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis examines municipal implementation of renewable energy projects in Massachusetts. It explores projects that have been planned and completed, drivers for municipal adoption of renewable energy, the implementation ...
Commercial real estate debt security market in Japan : a comparative study with the U.S. CMBS market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
After the economic bubble burst, the Japanese economy has been inactive over the past ten years. Land price has dropped drastically and Japanese commercial banks have a huge amount of NPLs. Many borrowers have over-borrowed ...
The intermodal connection : integrating new rail lines with existing transit services
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Many North American cities have recently opened or extended existing heavy and light rail systems to provide high-quality public transport alternatives. Due to the high capital and operating costs of rail transit, however, ...
Rating agencies in the below investment grade commercial mortgage-backed securities market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
As the assigners of credit ratings and subordination levels, rating agencies play a critical role in the whole CMBS market. In an effort to investigate their influence in this market, we analyzed the business models, ...