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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Business districts"”.
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The Influence of Economic and Political Conditions on Revitalizing Downtown and Neighborhood Business Districts.
… success of a city's program to revitalize its business districts depend more on local economic conditions or on political conditions? Political scientists have debated this question of whether political structures and processes or socio-economic needs and resources are more influential in …
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Utilizing economic theories of retail to revitalize inner-city neighborhood business districts : the case of Uphams Corner Main Street
… the task of revitalizing inner-city neighborhood business districts, and 2) to provide an example of how this framework can be used by applying it to the Uphams Corner neighborhood in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Four economic theories of retail provide the backbone of this framework. Economists use …
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How Central Business Districts Manage Crime and Disorder: A Case Study in the Processes of Place Management in Downtown Cincinnati
… research and theoretical development on central business districts despite the fact these areas are critical in the functioning of cities. In fact, studies often exclude them because of the lack of residential population from which to draw statistical inferences. As a result, theories of urban …
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Employment Decentralization and Bus Rapid Transit in an Edge City Corridor: Veterans Boulevard in Greater New Orleans
… centers outside of traditional Central Business Districts. Edge Cities in particular, with their high office space densities, significantly influence surrounding land uses and regional commuting patterns. However, existing transit systems tend to be oriented to historic Central Business …
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The growing pains of global cities : struggles in the urban environment of Dubai and Singapore
… of the commercial, entertainment and central business districts of these two cities.
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The Transformation of Place: Historic Theme Development in Small Town Commercial Districts
… towns have found it difficult to maintain their business districts as important community centers, given that economic restructuring has undermined the traditional economic and social roles of main street. In the face of past decline, communities across the United States are in the process of …
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An overview of the volcano-tectonic hazards of Portland, Oregon, and an assessment of emergency preparedness
… downtown area, including the government and business districts, is at risk of ground shaking infrastructure damage, liquefaction and landslides due to earthquakes. Additionally, the city is within 110 km of three active Cascadia stratovolcanoes, two of which pose hazards from tephra and …
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Locational Distribution of Global Advanced Producer Service Firms in the Polycentric US Metropolis
… of centrality, in which the traditional central business districts and suburban centers differ from each other in terms of spatial clustering patterns and sectoral distributions of transnational advanced producer service firms. Spatial clustering patterns of advanced producer service firms are …
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Understanding special economic zone policy in China : a conceptual framework and two cases
… such as enterprise zones, industrial parks, and business districts widely exist in other parts of the world, but studies of such PBP's effects in the United States and Europe show both positive and negative outcomes. Recent studies on China's SEZs and industrial parks show a positive …
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A Comprehensive Decision Support System(CDSS) for Optimal Pipe Renewal using Trenchless Technologies
… continuing to repair it. In addition, expanding business districts, indirect costs, and interruptions including protected areas, waterways and roadways require examination of trenchless technologies for pipe installation. In this thesis a new threshold break rate criterion for the optimal …
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The Impact of Public Investment on Urban Revitalization: A Case Study on the Redevelopment of Downtown Norfolk, Virginia 1935-1985
… for older cities with deteriorating Central Business Districts. The analysis examines planning and implementation in downtown redevelopment and conservation activities and identifies those programs in Norfolk that have been the most effective in achieving the goal of a revitalized …
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Historic Preservation Leading to Heritage Tourism as an Economic Development Strategy for Small Tennessee Towns.
… district that coincided with the towns' central business districts. The results of the logistic regression analysis on the individual predictor variables indicated that 5 were statistically significant--median age, distance to a major city, restaurant beer sales, Grand Division, and merchants' …
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Measuring Place-Based Transit Service Equity in Chicago
… (e.g. residential neighborhoods versus Central Business Districts), and what a sufficient level of transit service should be for an area to be considered equitably served. The goal of this thesis is to develop a new method for assessing place-based equity on a city-wide level, using Chicago and …
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Boston's settlement housing: social reform in an industrial city
… of industrial slums on the edges of expanding business districts. These industrial slums were widely believed to breed disease, crime, intemperance, and immorality – external costs that were being born by the entire society. Yet American society and American philanthropic institutions were not …
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Inclusive urban centres
… reflected in its spatial exclusion from central business districts within cities around the country and within the township centres themselves. The Khayelitsha Business District is a township urban centre that finds its SMME economy operating on the centre's periphery while large scale …
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Taking downtown to the next level: an assessment of the downtown Chattanooga plan for sustainable development
… management schemes are inefficient. Central business districts have become abandoned and damaged areas. Revitalization has been the key to making positive changes. Chattanooga, Tennessee is one of the cities that has revitalized its central business district to bring new life, new …
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The seed: Planting renewal by recentering and reconstructing downtown Midland,TX
As changes in social structure, communication, and interaction cause increased separation, indifference and anonymity, the needs of individuals, families, and cities also change. Private and public spaces must integrate these new cultural norms to update the existing post-war typologies that no …
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Creating a platform for transit-oriented development (TOD) through integrated land use and transport planning in Cape Town: a study of Bellville station
… and leisure opportunities away from the Central Business Districts of the city. Due to a multitude of negative social, environmental and economic effects associated with urban sprawl, spatial planning practices have been aimed at reversing this trend and ultimately creating a more compact urban …
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Demographic differences in exposure to toxic trace elements in urban South Africa during the 20th century.
… were situated in and adjacent to the central business districts of both cities and are the areas associated with high traffic. Black residential areas were located on the urban periphery, often near industrial areas and mine dumps. The result is a lead exposure pattern by which white …
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Comparative study of urban redevelopment in the United States and Great Britain.
… in subsequent years the revival of central business districts acquired primary status in this nation's renewal priorities. The United States' urban renewal programs and policies are examined from legislative, executive, and judicial perspectives. The thesis also attempts to trace the …
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