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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Infill Development"”.
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The Impact of Design upon Urban Infill Development
Within the context of the contribution that urban infill development makes to urban wholeness, this thesis examines three specific sites in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. The thesis tests the impact upon these sites of certain environmental design theories and principles developed primarily …
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Assessment of Mansionization and Residential Infill Development on Stormwater Runoff
Residential infill development and the associated increases in impervious cover and stormwater runoff have the potential to overwhelm aging infrastructure causing erosion, flooding, and ecological degradation of waterways. The lack of greenfield sites available for new development around urban …
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Issues in infill development : a case study of the Strauss Tannery, Peabody, Massachusetts
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1986.
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Improving in place : a passive solar design approach to public housing redevelopment
… and energy-efficiency of its public housing developments. This thesis suggests that passive-solar design strategies can influence a more sustainable approach to public housing revitalization, integrating site-sensitive infill development with existing building upgrades. Focusing on the …
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Preserving Change, Changing How We Preserve
This thesis investigates how infill development within a historic urban setting acts as part of the continuous spatial evolution of cities through time and views buildings as a living, changing artifact of human use imbedded in a complex, stratified and interconnected environment. As an addition to …
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The role of Integrated spatial planning in restructuring Cape Town : the redevelopment of Wingfield
… dissertation argues for strategic integrated infill developments on well located, vacant land parcels which are believed to serve as the restructuring mechanisms and urban management tools for reversing Cape Town’s inefficient urban form. This dissertation presents a spatial framework for the …
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Re-thinking highest and best use : implementing smart development in support of smart growth : a case study in Santa Fe, NM
… of questions to ask when determining appropriate development location from a smart growth, double bottom line perspective. Using this framework it is determined that four of the top priorities for development in Santa Fe are affordable/moderate income housing, water conservation, greenhouse gas …
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A Cost Comparison of a Low Impact Development to traditional Residential Development along the South Carolina Coast
<p>Low Impact Developments (LID) are an untraditional form of land development which face skepticism due to lack of knowledge of the costs, implementation, and long term effectiveness. LIDs have shown to produce environmental benefits through reduction in sprawl, management of stormwater runoff, …
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Improving Urban Watershed Health Through Suburban Infill Design and Development
… inward or into more compact, mixed-use suburban developments (Nelson, 2004). If this assertion is even nearly true, and if the goals of the Clean Water Act are to be met in the next generation of American cities, then we must find feasible and effective ways of improving urban watershed health …
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Rural Subdivision Planning in Missoula County, Montana: a Planner's Perspective
… including public transportation, brownfields and infill development, and enhancement of the urban core. The latter areas, by virtue of their rural nature, are the subject of an entirely different series of land use planning conversations. The unincorporated areas of the county, in towns such as …
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Rural Subdivision Planning in Missoula County, Montana: a Planner's Perspective
… including public transportation, brownfields and infill development, and enhancement of the urban core. The latter areas, by virtue of their rural nature, are the subject of an entirely different series of land use planning conversations. The unincorporated areas of the county, in towns such as …
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Affordable housing in a "high-tech Mayberry" : site selection and policy tools for San Mateo County, California
… offers gap financing to affordable housing developments and infrastructure projects that demonstrate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Funded through revenue from the state's carbon cap-and-trade market and motivated by statewide requirements to incentivize compact infill development …
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Essays on the behavioral political economy of housing
… knowledge on the political economy of urban development and housing by revisiting existing debates through a behavioralist lens. The first paper develops the theory that a noticeable change in the built environment serves as a reminder to vote when housing issues are salient. I analyze …
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The repurposing of the Bellville Marshalling Yard: Achieving an spatially efficient and equitable Metropolitan Cape Town
… sprawl. It was also acknowledge that separate development and modernist planning ideals still permeate through the urban form and significantly limits the urban experience. This dissertation identified key interventions which attempted at bringing back a sense of place to soulless communities. …
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Advancing TOD in Boston's suburbs : advantages and obstacles in the entitlement process
… creating new compact, mixed-use transit-oriented development (TOD) within existing suburbs. I have focused on the entitlement phase of projects, during which land is rezoned, permits are granted and development agreements are struck. Municipalities and developers must work together during this …
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Does energy follow urban form? : an examination of neighborhoods and transport energy use in Jinan, China
… to the "superblock", focus on strategic infill development, possibly encourage e-bike use as substitute to larger motorized vehicles, improve the efficiency of public transport, and examine preference-shaping possibilities to influence more energy efficient lifestyles.
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Relationship between growth patterns and planning practices: a case study of the city of Roanoke
Land use pattern and plans influence future urban development. More desired urban forms can be created through land use decisions and policing power. Unfortunately, land use data is rarely analyzed, and researchers rely on a few historical, morphological studies for any information on land use …