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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 ...
Approximate translation : media, narrative, and experience in urban design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Approximate translation is developed as a design process through which the place-embedded history of an urban environment can be understood, allowing for better design and intervention in that urban environment. Generally, ...
The residential energy map : catalyzing energy efficiency through remote energy assessments and improved data access
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Although energy efficiency has potential to be a significant energy resource in the United States, many energy efficiency projects continue to go unrealized. This is especially true in the residential sector, where efficiency ...
Dr. StrangeBox or : how I learned to stop worrying and love urban big box retail
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Over the past decade, Big Box retailers have been trying to tap into urban markets after years of explicitly avoiding them in favor of suburban environments. In the past few years, retailers have begun experimenting with ...
Climate change adaptation in the U.S. electric utility sector
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The electric utility sector has been a focus of policy efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but even if these efforts are successful, the sector will need to adapt to the impacts of climate change. These are likely ...
MIT commuter common : measuring and improving the transportation footprint of an urban institution
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This thesis develops a system for observing, visualizing, and understanding transportation behavior at the scale of an urban institution's entire population. In particular, the Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT) ...
Capturing the impacts of land use on travel behavior : comparison of modeling approaches
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Most urban planning literature suggests that compact and mixed-use neighborhoods correlate with lower vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT), and accordingly, lower energy consumption and transportation-related emissions. ...
Urban narrative and reinvention in Hicks-Logan-Sawyer : creating an effective gateway to a vital New Bedford
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
New Bedford, Massachusetts famously experienced two major waves of prosperity, as the worldwide capital of the whaling industry in the early 19th century, and then as a major textile production century decades later. It ...
Stree Mukti Sanghatana : exploring the work of an Indian NGO through gender, economy, and civil society
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Learning how to use multiple tools to develop a rich and complex base of knowledge is at the core of the planning profession. While it is easy to acknowledge the importance of such integration in the development of a ...
Challenges in implementing green workforce development training
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
To meet the labor demands of green economic development, workforce development programs are increasingly training low-income workers for living wage jobs that contribute to environmental services or benefits. Yet, effectively ...