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The blame game : how colonial legacies in Hong Kong shape street vendor and public space policies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Hong Kong has seen several social movements emerge since 2003 that have focused on saving quotidian public spaces, such as traditional shopping streets and markets, from redevelopment. This thesis explores how the most ...
Fiscal federalism and its potential effects on public transportation in mid-sized cities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The current fiscally conservative climate on Capitol Hill, as the next surface transportation bill is being negotiated, may possibly carry over to a greater dependence on fiscal federalism for funding public transportation. ...
Sustainability transformations in Olympic host cities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The Olympic Games represent an unparalleled fast-track urban development opportunity for Olympic host cities. Taking the premise that the transformational effect of the Olympics has a potential to drive long-term urban ...
The Massachusetts HomeBASE Program : lessons learned from a statewide housing-first policy for homeless families
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Massachusetts is the only state in the US to maintain an emergency shelter entitlement for homeless families with its own dedicated line item in the state budget. However, in the last decade that line item has increased ...
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 ...
Winning, losing, and breaking even : new casinos' effects on economic development impacts of existing casinos
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The number of casinos has grown substantially since 1990 as states and localities try to find new tax revenue and jobs. After some initial successes across the United States and Canada, the strategy has become even more ...
Balance : Lancaster County's tragedy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania residents are proud of their agricultural heritage. They do not want to see their farmland disappear. But the County continues to be developed into residential subdivisions. This thesis ...
Community in the garden in the community : the development of an open space resource in Boston's South End
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Now a permanently protected type of open space, the community gardens in Boston's South End began in the early 1970's as an effort to utilize vacant land in what was a predominantly low-income neighborhood. Since then, the ...
Placelogging : mobile spatial annotation and its potential use to urban planners and designers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
With the rise of 'Mobile 2.0,' digital telecommunications are beginning to provide deep resources of information to mobile city dwellers. Particularly striking among recent applications is placelogging, defined here as the ...