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Is planning failing? : the impacts of decision making processes on the Green Line Extension
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Research was conducted on the proposed Green Line Extension, a light rail corridor from Cambridge through Somerville and Medford, Massachusetts. The project is being undertaken by the Massachusetts Executive Office of ...
Where have all the brownfields gone? : lessons for Chicago 15 years in
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The Chicago Brownfields Initiative was born of a high profile and well-respected public planning process to change the "brownfields" project from one that relied on liability to one that relied on private investment to ...
The people in the city of the nation : re-viewing Islamabad's fifth function
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This thesis is about Islamabad's center. Islamabad is a city built from scratch. It was the "dream" of Ayub Khan-Pakistan's gregarious and globe-trotting general-cum-president-and the product of its chief master planner, ...
Finding ways out of congestion for the Chicago Loop : a microscopic simulation approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Over the past two decades, the City of Chicago, as many of its counterparts in the U.S., has experienced a great increase in traffic congestion, which limits regional mobility, induces a huge amount of energy waste and ...
The experience and image of American elevated railways : rapid transit infrastructure in the urban consciousness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
At the turn of the twentieth century, elevated railways were built out of a practical need to literally "elevate" traffic above the street. In most cases, these lines served two distinct purposes. They served existing ...
A study of the factors affecting the sustainability of community managed rural water supply schemes in Sri Lanka
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Disparities in water supply coverage in urban and rural areas are high in developing countries, with rural coverage being much lower. The inability of governments to provide the service because of resource constraints, and ...
lndoor recreational walking in semi-public spaces : assessing demand and design standards
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Encouragement and facilitation of walking for health and community benefits has recently become an important focus in the city planning and public health fields. Urban design guidelines have increasingly highlighted ...
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 ...