Green rebuilding the South Bronx : mapping the capacity to promote sustainable development in New York

In this thesis I present a map, intended for the short-term, to begin the process of change in development and environmental policy in New York City with the promotion of green building practices. I focus on the low-income minority communities of the South Bronx to ensure all of NYC-even historically marginalized neighborhoods-is part of the journey towards sustainable development. This green building study of New York suggests the potential of new policies and organizations to further the green building movement. By including and supporting historically disinvested communities like the South Bronx in green building policies and projects, we will have moved beyond the mistakes of past environmental, social and economic policies to ones that integrate the three to create holistic tools to guide our journey.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Rosenberg, Ariella, 1976-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• William Shutkin.

• Urban Studies and Planning.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77436

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/77436