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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Downtowns"”.
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Wal Mart: New stratedy in urban scale for American downtowns
Wal Mart, which contains nation's largest private employers (1.2 million workers), sellers of retail goods($280 billion), and owner of corporate real estate(911 million square feet), is now locally and globally getting more dominant. Its simple but straight forward strategy is enough to make …
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Promoting retail to revitalize downtowns : an examination of the business improvement district idea
… is that where the BID approach has been adopted, downtowns have become vibrant retail destinations. However, there is no evidence to support or dispute this claim. This study supports using retail as a strategy to revitalize downtowns. It draws on literature, personal interviews, and case studies …
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Back to the city : differences in economic and investment performances between downtowns and suburbs
Recently, we have observed significant changes in which corporate offices and residential buildings have been relocated from the suburbs back into the city. Does the observation mean that there is a real economic movement back into the cities by firms or households? If there is any movement, how …
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Live the Local: Exploring the Relationship between Local News Media and Cities Undergoing Downtown Revitalization
… rise in suburban development has caused many downtowns across the United States to lose residents, businesses, attractions and community engagement. City officials and planners work to create policies, designs and urban development that help to revitalize downtowns. However, how do we bring …
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Downtown living: for families? : the Vancouver, BC urban livability experience and lessons for other cities
Across North America, downtowns are experiencing revitalization and population growth, as "urban pioneers" are making their homes in city centers. While downtowns are typically thought of as places for empty nesters and young, single professionals, some North American cities are experiencing recent …
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The Transformation of Place: Historic Theme Development in Small Town Commercial Districts
… States are in the process of re-orienting their downtowns to new roles and functions. The process of downtown revitalization often involves the conservation of historic resources in an effort to attract tourists as well as local residents. While much scholarly attention has been paid to the …
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Redefining urban design through public-private partnerships
… on the way projects were implemented and how downtowns revitalize themselves. The search showed that the expanded framework of urban design should be thought of as both a product and a process. As a product, urban design addresses the urban environment's hardware (the physical attributes and …
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Specific Plans: An Implementation Tool for Downtown Revitalization. A Specific Plan Proposal for Downtown Delano, California
… This study builds off the assumption that downtowns are socially and economically important to cities and the people who live, work, and visit them. For these reasons, many suffering downtowns are pursuing revitalization strategies. The strategies summarized in this paper represent …
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A place for us : the territory of the quotidian in suburban downtown redevelopment-- Needham, Waltham, Watertown
… of the contemporary redevelopment of suburban downtowns appear to modeled on early nineteenth century downtowns, three case-studies with historic downtown districts were chosen for study. The downtown districts' businesses were tabulated by type, compared over time and analyzed through the …
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Information and communication technologies in downtown revitalization : an international survey
… ICTs are necessary for effective management of downtowns, and are positive about the use of ICTs in downtown. Although they view ICTs as necessary, few DMOs have integrated ICTs into downtown revitalization strategies. A differential exists from perceptions of the value of ICTs and the actual …
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Clarendon: The Reurbanization of a Suburban Area
… As more people are brought into these miniature downtowns, the life of a neighborhood can be strengthened.
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Antiterrorism design and public safety : reconciling CPTED with the post-9/11 city
Urban downtowns have changed since September 1 1, 2001, sprouting bollards, planters, and barriers installed on the pretense of improved safety and security. While these interventions protect buildings from vehicle bombs, they have not been properly integrated into the fabric of the downtown, and …
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Habitable Walls, Courtyard Homes in Urban Places
… place to work, and the suburbs a place to live. Downtowns have become ghost towns during the evenings, while little communal interaction can be found in the suburbs due to its inhuman scale and automobile dependence. Developers have marketed suburban living for their profits, offering no other …
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Festival modernism : downtown plans & pedestrian malls, 1956-1974
… pedestrian malls, once a panacea for struggling downtowns, had become the quintessential failed urban project. The rise and fall of the pedestrian mall marks a critical moment in the trajectory of modernism and the history of the American city. The recent and controversial demolition of one of …
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Renewing Spokane: A study of motivating forces behind downtown revitalization projects
… further renewal work within mid-sized urban downtowns. Issues with neoliberal policies in addressing contemporary urban issues are also discussed.
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Design guidelines for downtown shopping centers
… design of shopping centers in the context of downtowns. The intent of this study is to formulate design guidelines that address the problems of implementing this suburban retail model in the context of a downtown. These guidelines are then applied to a specific site in the form of a sketch …
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The mall society : illusion, exclusion, and control in the urban center
… space is rapidly replacing the traditional downtowns of our communities and increasingly, the centers of our largest cities--in the form of the shopping mall. This thesis explores some of the powerful implications of this shift: 1) the deepening of a consumer culture; 2) a heightening of …
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Shifting gears : redeveloping the downtown's cultural approach
Downtowns of small cities and towns are often overlooked when thinking of cultural and gathering spaces. Unlike a large city that usually has a vibrant historical and cultural history represented by clustering of museums, theaters, and other gathering spaces, most small cities do not have these …
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Downtown revitalization in Japan : examination of the Town Management Organization model
Downtowns have experienced decline since the 1990s in Japan and several strategies have been implemented to deal with it. This research focuses on one of such strategies-the Town Management Organization (TMO) model. Although the model was expected to achieve downtown revitalization through managing …
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Spatial stratification of street vendors in downtown Mexico City
… commerce. Trying to renew and upgrade their downtowns, city administrators of most urban areas have attempted to relocate street vendors from central areas to peripheries, from the streets to indoor public markets. That attempt has almost always found fierce opposition among street vendors, …
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