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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"housing strategies"”.
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Toward successful housing strategies in Egypt
… was to develop a framework for Egyptian urban housing strategies, based on an understanding and consideration of critical factors that affect the success or failure of strategies. It is intended as a contribution toward modeling and demonstrating a necessary pattern of holistic strategic …
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Engaging Neighbors: Housing Strategies and Political Mobilization in Moscow's Renovation
… Inevitably, the interests, aspirations, and strategies of these people differ. In this thesis, I explore how these different aspirations and different life experiences clash, overlap, and develop into collective strategies, which can transform the relationships of the urban political field. …
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Energy conservation : its potential impact on future R.A.P. housing strategies.
Thesis. 1977. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Extending the limits of self-help housing strategies in Lima
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.
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Urban housing constraints and civil society engagement in Cape Town, South Africa : an analysis of the N2 Gateway project
… rectify decades of inequality and injustice. The housing backlog continues to grow as planners reevaluate prior housing development plans and launch new housing strategies. At the same time, the vibrant activist community, which took root during the oppressive apartheid years, rallies around the …
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Rethinking homeownership : why alternative tenure strategies are needed to stabilize neighborhoods in Lawrence, MA
… rely on Lawrence, MA as a case study to examine housing tenure and homeownership strategies-particularly within the current economic climate and foreclosure crisis. The primary goal of this thesis is to combine first-hand observations with quantitative analysis in order to address the question: …
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Growth and expansion in post-war urban design strategies: C. A. Doxiadis and the first strategic plan for Riyadh Saudi Arabia (1968-1972)
… growth and change was addressed by urban design strategies as applied in the master plan for Riyadh Saudi Arabia, undertaken between 1968 and 1972. The Riyadh master plan commission is important within Doxiadis' career, occurring in the midst of his prolific writing projects and approximately …
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Of squatters and schemes : considering city-level strategies for housing the poor in India
This thesis examines two approaches to housing the urban poor in the city of Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat - the Slum Networking Project, an attempt to institutionalize slum upgrading at the city-level and the Development Plan-Town Planning Scheme mechanism, an enabling approach similar …
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Slum Upgrading and the Rental Housing Sector: A study of landlord-tenant relationships in a Lagos (Nigeria) slum
The prominence of the inadequate housing conditions found in slums has compelled most governments in developing world and international organisations, notably the World Bank, to invest in several housing strategies, namely the provision of housing and self-help housing, in order to improve the …
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The forgotten class : reconceptualizing contemporary middle-income housing in New York City
New York City's costly real estate poses housing affordability challenges for not only low- or even moderate-income households, but also for the so-called "middle class." Because New York is predominantly a renter's market, federal home ownership supports that disproportionately benefit middleto- …
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The application of evaluation : an institutional perspective
… between these techniques and the various housing strategies I believed had been espoused over time by international donors. Secondly, it was originally intended to seek to juxtapose the quantitative-qualitative debate, and to inquire into th e relative worth, effectiveness, and contextual …
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Planning for low income settlements in the Blaauwberg Administration Area
… of the ANC government's popular promises of "Housing for All" and "Jobs for All", informal dwellers in South Africa expect to receive formal housing and tend only to accept such services as are associated with subsidised housing. However, poverty in urban environments is a deeper issue that …
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The economic and social burden of population loss across Irish regions
… to local needs, such as land-use planning, housing strategies, and economic support, are essential for sustainable growth and reducing peripherality.
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From Conflict to Collaboration: Nongovernmental Organizations and their Negotiations for Local Control of Slum and Squatter Housing in Mumbai, India
… This is particularly true in the arena of housing provision for residents of slums and squatter settlements. The recent pursuit of collaboration between NGOs and government housing agencies in large urban agglomerations such as Mumbai, India marks a significant shift from the adversarial …