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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Neighborhood change"”.
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Neighborhood change in metropolitan America
… that was developed to examine trajectories of neighborhood change, mechanisms of suburban diversity, and the relationships between neighborhood change and employment accessibility. First, this dissertation extends the study of neighborhood change to a greater time and spatial span, …
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Neighborhood analysis : locating neighborhood boundaries and measuring neighborhood change.
Thesis. 1975. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Local Economic Investment and Crime: Neighborhood Change in Washington, DC
… economic investment and crime in Washington, DC neighborhood clusters (N=39) from 2001 to 2007. Using panel data and a two-way fixed effects analytic strategy, results indicate that investment in large scale economic development projects (in millions of dollars) and crime rates (per 1,000) are …
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Evaluation of the effect of rail intra-urban transit stations on neighborhood change
… with the promise of economic development and neighborhood revitalization around station areas. However, the literature on the effects of rail intra-urban transit stations on neighborhoods is relatively thin, particularly on the socioeconomic effects. This quasi-experimental study evaluated the …
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Deconstructing places : a data-driven ethnography of neighborhood change for one New York city block
Neighborhoods are complex and dynamic. An attempt to tease out how and why neighborhoods change requires interdisciplinary study that reflects the layers of interrelated people, places and things that make up an urban neighborhood. Urban data science aims to measure neighborhood change, yet it is …
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Managing neighborhood change around new transit stops : community planning over four decades in Somerville, MA
… seek to influence the extent and nature of neighborhood change around new transit stops. My interest is in how transit investment can be used to ensure economically prosperous and environmentally sustainable communities while avoiding displacement and exclusion of less wealthy community …
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Socioeconomic Neighborhood Change In Local Historic Districts Of Large American Cities, 1970-2010: A Mixed Methods Approach
… designation to preserve sites, streets, and neighborhoods they value. Recent population gains and increased inequality in America’s largest cities have placed increased scrutiny on the relationship of local historic districts to socioeconomic neighborhood change. Critics argue that local …
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The impact of office, retail, and industrial development on neighborhood change : evaluating development alternatives for the Cambridgeport Industrial District
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1981.
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"""Everything around me has skyrocketed"": Using qualitative GIS to understand middle-income renters’ perceptions of housing price, neighborhood change, and (im)mobility in New York City"
… experienced by renters who want to stay in their neighborhood but cannot afford a rent increase or a different apartment in their neighborhood, due to changes since they moved there. Using a qualitative GIS analysis of study participants' perceptions of affordable and desirable places to live in …
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Brooklyn of Korea: Place branding as a process in production of space
… process can be one of the driving forces of neighborhood change and that place brands play an active role in producing sense of place along with physical and social changes. As cities increasingly choose images to communicate outwards and reposition themselves after the decline of industry, …
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New Urbanism and Neighborhood Revitalization: A Case Study Analysis of Urban Design, Economic Development and Social Equity in HOPE VI Neighborhood Revitalization Projects
HOPE VI neighborhood revitalization grants focus limited government resources in distressed communities to facilitate neighborhood change and transform urban neighborhoods into vibrant communities. HUD collaborated with the Congress for New Urbanism to develop principles for urban design to guide …
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Already in my back yard : community opposition to social service agencies in gentrifying neighborhoods
… controversial social service agencies in their neighborhoods. Traditional NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) literature outlines not only the forces at work in NIMBY dynamics, but also proven strategies that social service agencies have used in order to overcome such opposition. There is little …
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The Life and Death of Urban Ethnic Enclaves: Gentrification and Ethnic Fragmentation in Brooklyn's 'Polish Town'
… gentrification in a fragmenting ethnic neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn– once home to a vibrant Polish community, now at risk of losing its social character as a traditional ethnic enclave. Extending Albert O. Hirschman’s theory of action to the Polish community in Greenpoint, I …
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Space and *Representation in Chicago's Near West Side: A Discourse Analysis
… legitimate the hegemonic ideotopic renderings of neighborhood change and the pursuit of the objectives of a project that is transforming the inner city according to the material interests and ideological conceptions of powerful political actors. In effect, the mobilization of discursive eutopias …
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Zoned out: Conflict and perceived threat in a rural-urban fringe area
… enacted as a response to the rapid growth and change within a city or county. Past research on zoning has primarily examined the positive and negative consequences of zoning ordinances, often focusing the analysis on neighborhood change. This study inductively examines the conflict that emerged …
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"Don't Destroy Our Neighborhood": Neighborhood Imaginaries and the Politics of Upzoning / Displacement through Development: Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Residential Eviction and Capital Investment
… examine different facets of urban land use change in the Seattle region, exploring both the causes and consequences of specific development patterns. The first paper utilizes Natural Language Processing techniques on public comment data to reveal patterns of support and opposition toward …
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University-community relations and the need for a representational discourse : exploring town-gown at the University of Pennsylvania
… to inform the ever-evolving discourse around neighborhood change in relation to "anchor institutions," and offers recommendations for points of intervention on the part of communities, planning practitioners, university officials, and theoreticians.
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Resident-Led Urban Agriculture And The Hegemony Of Neoliberal Community Development: Eco-Gentrification In A Detroit Neighborhood
… in hyper-abandoned and disinvested urban neighborhoods. Using a case study of resident-led neighborhood development in the low-income neighborhood of Brightmoor in Detroit, Michigan, I show how “everyday discourse” of urban decline in Detroit and the possible rehabilitation of the city …
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The Overlooked World of Elderly SRO Tenants: A Geographical Exploration
… how this elderly SRO population copes with neighborhood change and its impact on their lives. The exploratory nature of this research demanded that a broad and flexible approach be adopted. Data was collected in a case study location, over a two-year period, using participant observation. …
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