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Holistic revitalization in small post-industrial cities : tools for urban housing development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
For generations, housing programs have sought to utilize redevelopment projects to accomplish broader community revitalization goals. Contemporary affordable housing practice embodies this idea in large housing development ...
How can social compact's neighborhood drilldown data spur more retail development in Miami's difficult to develop neighborhoods?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The inner-city neighborhoods of America continue to struggle with the economic blight they have faced ever since American urban growth began to abandon the urban city core fifty years ago. One of the most salient characteristics ...
Modeling metropolis : clean energy guidelines for neighborhood design in rapidly urbanizing China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
In China's current landscape the paradigm for urban development is the rapid creation of whole neighborhoods instead of the conventional piecemeal approach of creating individual buildings that gradually aggregate over ...
The transit oriented basis boost : adapting the LIHTC to finance affordable housing near transit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit is arguably the most successful and important program in American history for the creation of affordable housing. The program leverages private investment in affordable housing, through ...
Emerald cities : the emergence of mega developments in the 21st century
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
This thesis examines the recent worldwide boom in megacity development. Its basis is a global survey of megacity building that quantifies the amount of current development and qualifies the various city types and themes, ...
Public policy through negotiations : the Mark-to-Market experience
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The traditional policy making process includes problem setting and solving; agenda setting, agreement getting and implementation. These stages take place chronologically through a top-down process in which public policies ...
Brownfield financing in the United States : from social benefit-cost perspective
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Since 1995, the government has launched brownfield financing programs to promote brownfield cleanup and redevelopment in the United States. These programs have lowered financial barriers for brownfield developers and ...
Public market development strategy : making the improbable possible
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Public markets were once central components of the urban food system in American cities, but declined in number and importance by the middle of the 20th century. Despite a diminished role in feeding the city, public markets ...
Risk management with residential real estate derivatives : strategies for home builders
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
This paper examines why and how publicly-traded home builders might use index-based residential property derivatives to manage risk. After describing a number of alternative reasons for hedging, I argue for a paradigm for ...
Buying green
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Green development has received much attention over the past decade, with the greatest interest coming from designers. However, the development and investment communities have been slower to adopt green principles, and the ...