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City design and social exclusion : Abuja, Nigeria in review
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis investigation explores the relationship between city design and social exclusion, and more specifically, how modernist principles of urban design and development policy have contributed to social exclusion in ...
La Casita -- housing designed for Latinos : two cases from Southern California
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
As the nation's fastest growing minority group, Latinos are expected to be the main engine of household growth over the next decade. This demographic trend is most apparent in Southern California. While much attention has ...
Unequal development : decentralization and fiscal disparities in the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This study is about the impact of decentralization in metropolitan areas. Studies of fiscal decentralization have largely centered on the formal tiers of government, without looking at the effects of this process on the ...
Using public/private partnerships to develop renewable energy : an economic development analysis for the Cleantech Cluster in San Francisco
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Although state and federal financial incentives have made solar energy more cost effective in California, there still are real or perceived barriers to developing large scale, wide spread solar deployment. The City of San ...
Realities and perceptions : HOPE VI poverty deconcentration and implications for broader neighborhood revitalization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
HOPE VI was developed in 1992 as program to demolish and revitalize the nation's most severely distressed public housing. One element of the HOPE VI program is to move low-income households out of an environment of ...
Cultural policy, state politics, and rural economic development : lessons from Maine
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This thesis explores how political actors utilize studies of the arts' impact on state economies to boost -the significance of cultural policy within a given political environment. Specifically, this thesis explains how ...
Towards a global consensus on matters of science : how process and membership can generate valid and sustainable science advice in multilateral environmental treaty negotiations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In most multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), science advisory bodies (SABs) are tasked with producing guidance on scientific aspects of the problem. SABs are a necessary infrastructure of global environmental ...
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 ...
Between hot opposition and lukewarm support : innovation and community in land planning and development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Research on two innovative developments in the Mountain West region of the United States validates an argument by Donald Schon that effective "coordination of conflicting frames" represents a "more promising line of attack" ...
Determinants of energy intensity in industrialized countries : a comparison of China and India
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The amount of final energy per unit of economic output (usually in terms of gross domestic product, or GDP), known as energy intensity, is often used to measure the effectiveness of energy use and the consumption patterns ...