Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD)
OUR VISION
The Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) helps society achieve a sustainable, equitable, superior quality of life through sound planning, policy, and design.
OUR MISSION
CQGRD produces, disseminates, and helps implement new ideas and technologies that improve the theory and practice of quality growth.
OUR WORK PROGRAM
CQGRD is an applied research center, studying solutions that communities can implement in order to foster quality growth and development. The Center serves communities—particularly those in the Southeast United States—through extensive public outreach efforts. The Center also works to model sustainable business practices in all of its activities. Its work focuses on five complementary programmatic areas:
- Community Design & Architecture
- Air Quality & the Natural Environment
- Healthy Places
- Land Development
- Transportation & Infrastructure
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Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development Proceedings [79]
Conference and workshop materials on the topic of quality growth
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Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) Research and Studies [16]
Reports and studies on the array of quality growth issues.
Recent Submissions
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Health in all Policies: Addressing the Legal and Policy Foundations of Health Impact Assessment
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011)The concept of Health in all Policies aims to improve the health outcomes associated with policies in an attempt to mitigate health disparities and provide optimal environments for healthier living. This multidisciplinary ... -
Transport and Megaregions: High-Speed Rail in the United States
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011)This lead paper examines the status of high-speed rail in the United States within the context of emerging megaregions. It reflects on the current state of high-speed rail planning globally and examines its link to economic ... -
Preliminary Assessment for Community Revitalization at 10th and Monroe
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-10)The purpose of this report is to assess opportunities and barriers to revitalization and redevelopment at 10th and Monroe. It strives to identify likely stakeholder concerns. Additionally, it interprets the character and ... -
Aerotropolis Atlanta Brownfield Redevelopment Health Impact Assessment
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-12)HIA is a process that uses a variety of methods and approaches to identify and measure potential health impacts, both positive and negative, that may result from a particular policy or project. Furthermore, an HIA seeks ... -
Estimating the Safety Benefits of Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-12-31)Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS), also commonly known by the original name Context Sensitive Design (CSD), is an alternative approach to the conventional transportation-oriented decision-making and design processes. The ... -
Health Benefits of the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail: A Pre-Impact Assessment
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-01-31)The objective of the research is to measure the impact of the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside trail on the physical activity, mental health, behavior, and characteristics of the population located along the Eastside Trail section ... -
Collaboration in Connectivity: Focus on Regions
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Response to Keynote Speaker / Mayor Ron Littlefield
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Wide Station Deployment: Introducing the GE EV Charging Stations
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Preparing for Innovations in Transportation: Plug-In Electric Vehicles
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Response to Keynote Speaker / Mayor Robert Reichert
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-11-15)How do I put the puzzle together when I lost the boxtop and don't know what it looks like? 1. Co-location of different modes of travel 2. Adapting principles of transit oriented design into land use planning and planning ... -
Complete Mobility: Integrated Solutions for Metro and Intercity Transportation and Logistics
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Panel with Taylor, Stevens, Wyatt
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Panel with Smith, Littlefield, and Reichert
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Closing Remarks
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Panel with Palmieri, Rowland, and Caillavet
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Response to Dr. Taylor
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High Speed Ground Transportation
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Reconnecting the MegaRegion
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Transit Policy and Planning
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010-11-15)
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