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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Vacant Land"”.
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Problems of vacant land in the in-town area
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, 1949.
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The gift of good, vacant land : urban agriculture and redevelopment in the city of Baltimore
… has historically been treated as an interim land use, deemed only appropriate when real estate markets do not support the development of vacant land. However, urban agriculture in the 21st century has emerged in an era when cities have begun to embrace sustainability as a guiding principle, …
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The post-disaster shrinking city : vacant land types, patterns, and strategies in post-Katrina New Orleans
There were approximately 17,000 vacant lots in New Orleans in 2012, amounting to over 11 percent of total parcels in the city. Many of these lots have become vacant since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, but many were already empty. The population in parts of the older core of the city …
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Cultivating Curriculum: How Investing in School Grounds, the Streetscape and Vacant Land as Urban Ecosystems can Address Food Security, the Community and Institutions of Public Education
… urban agricultural programs and transform vacant land into agricultural use. Specifically, this has become increasingly common in many lower income and disadvantaged communities affected by a lack of access to fresh food stores. Additionally, in response many public schools have …
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Reimaging vacant urban land as green infrastructure: Assessing vacant urban land ecosystem services and planning strategies for the City of Roanoke, Virginia
A typology of urban vacant land was developed using Roanoke, Virginia, as the study area. Because of its industrial past, topography and climate, Roanoke provides a range of vacant land types typical of those in many areas of the Mid-Atlantic, Eastern and Midwestern United States. A comprehensive …
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From subprime loans to unwanted greenspace: An urban political ecology of economic crisis in Cleveland, Ohio
… between the ecology and political economy of land vacancy in former industrial hubs of the US Rust Belt. Following the 2007-2009 economic crisis, Rust Belt cities undertook sweeping demolition campaigns and have sought to repurpose the resulting vacant land for ecosystem services. Yet, calls …
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The effect of an urban growth boundary on property prices: the case of Virginia Beach, Virginia
… effect of urban growth boundary on the value of vacant land. The case of Virginia Beach was studied. In 1979 a green line policy was enacted in this city. This study was dedicated to assess the effect of this policy on the value of the vacant land. A hedonic price model was used to isolate the …
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Hak kepemilikan atas tanah kosong: Komparasi Undang-Undang Pokok Agraria no. 5 tahun 1960 dan hukum Islam
… jangka waktu pengolahan, subjek. ENGLISH: Land is a gift from God Almighty to the Indonesian people. According to the mandate of Article 33 paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution which reads: "Earth, water and natural resources contained in it are controlled by the State and used for the …
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Binghamton's missing teeth: a study of city-owned vacant lots in Binghamton, New York
<p>Vacant land prevails in shrinking cities that have experienced urban outmigration and economic decline. Low-income neighborhoods and blight lead to conditions where vacant lots exist, consequently producing disamenities for the residents that live near them. Considered magnets of crime and …
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Analysis of locational factors affecting high increases in value of residential houses in the northern and southern suburbs of Cape Town
… The influence of internal factors such as: land extent, building area, location, number of bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom amongst others, on property prices is well-known. However, the influence of external-locational factors, on residential property prices in the context of South Africa, …
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Redevelopment Decisions for Commercial and Industrial Properties
… costs, is less than or equal to the price of vacant land. The study follows the work of Rosenthal and Helsley, "Redevelopment and the Urban Land Price Gradient" (1993), which empirically examines the redevelopment of single-family dwellings. In contrast to Rosenthal and Helsley, this study …
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Governing urban land : the political economy of the ULCRA in Mumbai
… I look at the political economy of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act (ULCRA) in Mumbai, India. Enacted in 1976, the stated aim of this legislation was to prevent speculation in the urban land market, and to make land available for affordable housing. The legislation imposed a …
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“Perennial Growth” in a Shrinking City: A Case Study of Urban Agriculture Policy and Planning in Cleveland, Ohio
… cities are challenged by the growing presence of vacant land and the need to find new policy and planning strategies for managing this land. This paper examines the role of urban agriculture as one such strategy within the local context of Cleveland, Ohio. This paper presents an analysis of the …
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The role of Integrated spatial planning in restructuring Cape Town : the redevelopment of Wingfield
… 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 Wingfield site that will include a …
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Tenure in transition : case of the LSM Cooperative Housing Estate, Lublin, Poland
… the LSM Cooperative Housing Estate in Lublin, Poland, has resulted in conflicts in tenure claims to land and building. The tenure options that evolve from these conflicts are in effect choices that open up for the community. This thesis recognizes the fact that there are other development models …
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An Assessment of the Potential for Urban Rooftop Agriculture in West Oakland, California
… locally sourced food. Barriers such as access to vacant land and contaminated soil make it difficult to implement urban agriculture projects on the ground (i.e. at grade). Rooftop farming is a feasible solution to such barriers of forms of urban agriculture at grade.</p> <p>The small Business Mix …
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Community in the garden in the community : the development of an open space resource in Boston's South End
… in the early 1970's as an effort to utilize vacant land in what was a predominantly low-income neighborhood. Since then, the South End has experienced steady gentrification and is now one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Boston. Despite these changes, the South End, due in part to its …
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Critical Analysis of Station Area Development on PRASA owned land: The case of the Northern Corridor Railway Line Cape Town
The presence of well-located vacant land parcels within a city plays a contributing factor towards undermining the urban form and purpose of a well-run city. Property developers who seek out land for development in South Africa are limited to options of well-located small vacant land parcels or …
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(Re)envisioning Land and Power: A Fight for Community Ownership + Control in Massachusetts
… day conditions that produced one parcel of vacant land in Boston as a way of adding contextual information to the toolkit. Second, I facilitated Learning and Innovation for Neighborhood Change (LINC) Lab working sessions with resident researchers, members of the HNSRC and who served as my …
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A view of the Green Line: a renewal plan for visual experience in Chicago’s South Side stations
… organized, the shape of the city`s skyline, city land use, and most important, how the city relates to itself. This thesis uses a phenomenological approach to visual theory that expands upon the seminal work of Appleyard, Lynch et al (1962), Halprin (1966), Venturi, Brown et al (1972) and Dorfles …
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