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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Low-income People"”.
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Home ownership for low-income people.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1968. M.C.P.
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Formal informal sector responses for housing low-income people in Colombia
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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Feasibility study for the implementation of a logistics network for distribution of dry food to low income people
… Santiago where there is a high density of low-income communities and no large chains of supermarkets. The project's return on investment is 18.5%, based on a 5-year period, a 15% discount rate, and CH$87 million of initial investment. Results of the urban model for Santiago demonstrate that …
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The Relationships Between Social Capital and Economic Well-Being---an Individual Level Analysis
… consider potential financial barriers faced by low-income people when helping them to develop bridging capital.
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Governing through Health: The Biomedical and Public Health Management of Drug Using Bodies
… in the conceptualization of health among low-income people who inject drugs in New York City. Using qualitative in-depth interviews with 40 people who inject drugs, 13 health care practitioners who provide care for drug-using patients, and 4 researchers of drug use, the governmentality of …
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Micro-econometric studies of how government programs affect labor supply and saving in Mexico
… the impact of increasing financial access on low-income people saving rates and on different informal savings instruments. It considers an exogenous expansion of a Mexican savings institute that targets low-income people and uses the 1992 and 1994 National Surveys of Income and Expenditures. …
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Opposing Viewpoints for Addressing Public Housing in Post-Katrina New Orleans
… four public housing projects in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina was a highly contentious issue for people throughout the city and even the nation. This thesis investigates the tensions between those who supported and opposed public housing demolition by highlighting the work and history …
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Unaffordable fare : the cost of public transportation for low-income commuters working at three airports
For airport employers, making sure the many low-income people they employ as baggage handlers and retail salespeople, amongst others, can get to work ensures the continued efficient operations of the airport and the prosperity of the regional economy. However high and increasing costs coupled with …
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An Institutional Analysis of the Chinese Land Conversion Process
… governments and villages, and benefiting some low-income people. As far as economic efficiency is concerned, the Chinese land system functions reasonably well given the existing institutional arrangements, though at high transaction costs. However, the land conversion process, governed largely …
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Developing a Training Manual for Aaidro's Communities Micro Credit Scheme in South Meru, Arusha, Northern Tanzania
… activities is an important option for the low income, unemployed, disadvantaged society, in rural and urban areas of Tanzania. These low income people need to seek assistance from micro enterprise development programs because they cannot obtain technical skills, loans or credit from …
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Estudo das encostas ocupadas desordenadamente na cidade do Rio de Janeiro: a favela do Vidigal
… swampy areas have been gradually occupied by the low income people who try to solve their prompt livin and transportation problems. As a consequence, natural problems which exist in such areas have become more serious with even the risk of life of the population. This work presents a contribuition …
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The relationships between social capital and economic well-being — an individual level analysis
… consider potential financial barriers faced by low-income people when helping them to develop bridging capital.
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When the train comes : exploring the use of property and land acquisition funds to ensure affordability in future transit station areas
… housing in this type of neighborhood increases, low-income people already living in or who would like to live in these areas can be "priced out" of these desirable locations. Planners, policy makers and advocacy organizations recognize this situation and have identified a standard set of tools …
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An evaluation of the USDA program, Make Your Food Dollars Count
… of Agriculture (USDA) published to help low-income people improve their nutritional status and maximize the use of their food dollars. This program was implemented in Roanoke City at Mountain House, a special rehabilitation program sponsored by Mental Health Services of the Roanoke …
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Evolving building system for expandable housing by means of corrugated metal sheets
… materials are likely to be too costly for low-income people. Such housing would have to be subsidized or allocated to middle-income groups. For this reason, some governments provide sites and services that allow low-income families to live in temporary units. This intervention has enabled …
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Equitable economic energy efficiency : creating good jobs in low-income efficiency programming
… at funding "energy efficiency retrofits" for low-income households could be an important step in increasing the overall efficiency of energy use in America. If each eligible household reduces the amount of energy it currently wastes by weatherizing, the US could save 127 billion pounds of …
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Decolonize Your Diet
… for some populations than for others. In low-income communities of color, fast and processed foods are often the most accessible and affordable source of sustenance. Critical indicators of status and well-being, health disparities are one example of the social barriers faced by …
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A blueprint for building a multi-generational movement for social transformation in Boston
… recommendations for how to better connect young people to efforts that grassroots community-based organizations are taking to foster economic democracy and transform the political economy of society in Boston. Using a mixed methods approach of participant observations, interviews, and an academic …
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The Human and Environmental Health Impacts of Food Quality Among Emergency Food Providers
… California that provides organic meals to low-income people facing serious illness, to begin researching the impact of the industrial food system on food insecurity in the United States. Ceres research highlighted the need for the organization to take on a leadership role in a national …
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Keeping mom and pop fresh : strategies for getting produce into corner stores
Availability of fresh, healthy produce for low-income people is a growing concern for advocates and public officials concerned with health disparities and diet-related disease. Healthy corner store conversions are a promising strategy to address issues of food access. To be successful, conversion …
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