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Quantifying and stratifying the spatial patterns of residential clusters : a socioeconomic and geographic comparisons of metropolitan areas
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
What activities are located where and why? This is a fundamental question in urban studies, which should be answered before planning. In urban economics, fine mathematical models have been developed and have provided an ...
From marginalized to optimized : re-envisioning urban highway corridors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The past century of highway construction has assumed relentless growth of vehicular traffic capacity. Yet today is an era of highway rationalization, aging facilities, strained finances, peak oil concerns, climate change, ...
The urban waterfront in flux : accommodating uncertainty in Brooklyn
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Urban waterfronts are host to every shade of a city's development. Once pulsating with trade and production, the very reason for the city's existence, the mid 20th century brought jarring macroeconomic shifts and technological ...
Urban adaptations observed : the politics of governing climate resilience in Indian cities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
An increasing number of international policymakers and funders have strongly advocated for programs that integrate and support both climate change adaptation and urban development, arguing that combining these two objectives ...
The urban design of distributed energy resources
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Distributed energy resources (DERs) are a considerable research focus for cities to reach emissions reduction goals and meet growing energy demand. DERs, consisting of local power plants and distribution infrastructure, ...
The evolution of passenger accessibility in the US airline industry, 1980-2010
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Since deregulation, passenger air travel and the airline industry as a whole have changed dramatically. While most previous research has focused on the changes experienced by the airlines, this thesis seeks to understand ...
New directions for assisted housing mobility in America
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Assisted housing mobility programs aim to help low-income families leverage tenant-based rental assistance (TBRA) to move to areas that provide basic ingredients for security and socioeconomic mobility. Although attractive ...
Vulnerability of What? Vulnerability of Whom? : evaluating and communicating vulnerability to extreme floods in Houston, TX using a novel web-based platform
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The global climate is changing and these changes will continue to have adverse effects on cities and their residents. Coastal cities in particular, which contain the majority of the global urban population, are becoming ...
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 ...
A policy story of continuity and change : reflections on the Obama Administration's Metropolitan Agenda
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
President Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009 and within the first month of his presidency, against a backdrop of staggering concerns about financial reform, energy efficiency, and the need to allocate $787 ...