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Downtown development as a strategy for revitalization in Providence, Rhode Island
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This thesis examines the incidence of benefits resulting from downtown development in Providence, Rhode Island. Despite the acclaim accorded to the recent downtown development, there have been very few assessments of the ...
An image and multimedia database for Tren Urbano : application to technology transfer programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Information systems can be expected to play a major role in urban infrastructure projects that require technology transfer. The volume of information that is addressed and the greatly increased accessibility to that ...
Complete "and" cooperate through industry cluster public policy : a Connecticut case
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Even though the cluster-led economic development has received wide attention among policy makers since the 1900s, the ways it is implemented has been questioned by several researchers. One of the criticisms is that policy ...
Linking housing and capital markets in the former Soviet Bloc : the status of residential mortgage bond and secondary markets in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation ("Russia") and former soviet satellite countries and republics of Central and Eastern Europe ("Soviet Bloc") have struggled with privatizing housing ...
Planning for economically and environmentally sound electricity in Shandong Province, China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This thesis specifies, simulates and examines a number of electricity service expansion scenarios for Shandong Province, China. In this exercise it communicates how a selected assortment of generation and end-use efficiency ...
Upgrading spontaneous settlements : an alternative view of gecekondu "self-help" housing in Istanbul
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This thesis analyzes the self-help upgrading process of three gecekondu (spontaneous) settlements in Istanbul, Turkey. It describes the complex web of relationships between local and national government, community leaders, ...
The viability of the REIT structure as a vehicle for real estate development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Little, if any, research has been published on development-oriented real estate investment trusts (REITs), as a category. This thesis examines the viability of the REIT format for the real estate development process. Capital ...
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 beyond the lowest common denominator : Developing countries in global environmental negotiations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This study explores the collective negotiation behavior of the developing countries of the South in international environmental politics. The so-called 'South'-represented in global negotiations by Group of 77 (G77)-is an ...
Towards a practice of narrative planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
The author explores the constitutional qualities of place, the role of narratives in framing land-use controversies, and the possibilities of narrative-focused dialogue as a placemaking activity. She suggests planners ...