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Structured financial solutions for green affordable housing projects
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Environmentally responsible buildings are increasing gaining recognition in the building industry because they address objectives such as conserving natural resources, improving energy efficiency and indoor air quality and ...
The feasibility and functioning of public mortgage insurance models : an international comparison
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Public mortgage insurance (MI) is one type of supply-side government intervention in housing finance. It is an important component of the modem housing finance market, employed to expand homeownership and provide credit ...
Economic advancement or social exclusion? : less-educated workers, cost-of-living and migration in high-tech regions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Several high-tech regions today show signs of displacement and exclusion of low-skill workers from the employment and wage benefits of a booming economy. Whether high-tech activities are responsible for these trends or if ...
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 ...
The urban economic development impacts of ethnic entrepreneurship : a case study of Dominican entrepreneurs in Lawrence, Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This thesis examines the process through which ethnic entrepreneurship impacts urban economic development. In many urban places across the United States, demographic change has led to the rise of ethnic communities and the ...
The pros and cons of corruption of firm performance : a micro-level study of businesses in Indonesia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Over the past 10 years, different international organization and NGO's have given birth to a whole host of different anti corruption programs in response to the recent "endemic" of corruption which is seen to plague ...
Evaluation of supportive services for homeless women
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Every evening over 20 women are bused to a basement of a schoolhouse, where they will spend the night and wake up at 5:00 a.m. to face the streets as a homeless woman. These women feel as if they are invisible and their ...
Information and communication technologies in downtown revitalization : an international survey
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The Technology & Downtown Revitalization International Study surveyed downtown management organizations in Canada, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States regarding attitudes, challenges and utilization ...
Understanding urban assets : using remote sensing to manage stormwater run-off
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Many small suburban and rural communities have experienced increased growth as businesses and families leave city center is search of affordable land prices available at the cities periphery. As one might expect this ...
Effects of housing policies on intra-urban inequality in transitioning China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In the People's Republic of China, housing reform was launched in the 1980s as a component of the overall economic reform. In the 1990s, housing policies, privatization and subsidies combined, were found to contribute to ...