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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, ...
Building skills : a construction trades training facility for the eastern Canadian Arctic
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
On April 1, 1999, the Inuit of the Eastern Canadian Arctic achieved sovereignty over a new territory, Nunavut, envisioning economic self-reliance, political self-determination, and renewal of confidence in Inuit community. ...
Using land value capture to fund rail transit extensions in Mexico City and Santiago de Chile
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The effects of rail rapid transit on land uses and land values are discussed. Rail transit can enhance accessibility, and can raise the demand for locating in areas around stations, increasing land value, and in some cases ...
Regional parking fee : a potential funding source for transit?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
From a regional mobility perspective, Chicagoland is in serious trouble. The current Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) funding shortfall is just the most recent evidence of major flaws in the region's transit governance and ...
Dominion Geometries : Colonial construction and Postcolonial persistence of the Imperial in the New Delhi Plan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
New Delhi is not only the capital of India but the capital of the world's largest democracy. Conceived and built by the British, the New Delhi plan translated British India's home policy in sandstone. The government's ...
Paying for transit operations : challenges and solutions for the Chicago Transit Authority
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
This research identifies the challenges Chicagoland must confront to maintain a quality transit system. It analyzes the organizational and funding structure of the Regional Transportation Authority and its three service ...
Imaging and re-imaging public housing : from modernism to new urbanism
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
When public housing was first introduced as a program on the heels of the Great Depression, its image was a largely positive one, resulting as it did from the confluence of modernism, marketing, and media representation. ...
Building China's high-tech telecom equipment industry : a study of strategies in technology acquisition for competitive advantage
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Over the past decade, China has witnessed a rapid growth in its information and communications technology (ICT) sector. The subject of this thesis specifically focuses on the telecommunications infrastructure equipment ...
Historicizing the landscape : recovering the aesthetics of the Alhambra
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
The thesis explores the conception and evolution of the Alhambra as a monument during the 19th and 20th centuries. The contemporary monument encompasses a vast landscape complex saturated by nine hundred years of continuous ...
Designation : the use of information-based strategies in planning and preservation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis explores one tool of government action - information - and its influence on local policy and planning. This thesis is not a comprehensive account of information-based strategies, which would require far-reaching ...