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The planning and real estate implications of North American retirees moving to Mexico : A study of Bucerías, Nayarit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Over the past decades, thousands of U.S. and Canadian retirees have moved to Mexico in search of better living conditions. Although the total number of foreign retirees in Mexico represents a small fraction of the total ...
Building on lessons learned : too high hopes without HOPE VI?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
By providing substantial grants to public housing authorities to demolish and rebuild distressed public housing and provide services to public housing residents, the HOPE VI program has helped transform these developments ...
Innovative strategies for managing the increasing costs of paratransit operations under the Americans with Disabilities Act
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990, transit agencies saw a fundamental shift in the requirements of service for the disabled. Among other obligations, they were required to provide door-to-door ...
Impact of commercial development on inner city revitalization : an analysis of projects in Boston
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
During the last two decades community development corporations (CDCs) have expanded their inner city revitalization efforts from affordable housing to other activities such as commercial real estate development. In the ...
Getting there is half the problem : removing obstacles to accessing rail transit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
People can arrive at a station using a variety of different transportation modes including walking, biking, taking a bus or driving. Each access mode interfaces with transit in a different way. The layout and design of the ...
An analysis of the impact of wireless technology on public vs. private traffic data collection, dissemination and use
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
The collection of data concerning traffic conditions (e.g., incidents, travel times, average speed, traffic volumes, etc.) on roadways has traditionally been carried out by those public entities charged with managing traffic ...
The impact of multifamily development on single family home prices in the Greater Boston Area
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The impact of large, multifamily developments on nearby single-family home prices was tested in five towns in the Greater Boston Area. Case studies that had recent multifamily developments built near transit nodes or town ...
Engaging the private sector : using public-private partnerships to meet the facility needs of public school districts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
The United States is in the midst of an educational facility crisis that is affecting educational achievement and teacher morale. This crisis has resulted from decades of neglect of the country's stock of public school ...
Community Benefits Agreements : an evolution in public benefits negotiation processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Urban redevelopment projects involve three parties: (1) the public sector (e.g. public officials), (2) the private sector (e.g. developers), and (3) the community (e.g. residents and community groups). Traditionally, ...
Financing alternative development through double bottom line private equity funds & a real estate social investment framework
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The post-WWII period has seen a radical change in the growth patterns and composition of American cities, as a decentralized form of real estate development, conventional development, has become the dominant real estate ...