Browsing School of City and Regional Planning (SCaRP) by Title
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2017 Urban Design Studio (Urawa Misono)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-05)Urawa Misono is a sub-center of Saitama City, the most populous city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. While Saitama City boasts a population of 1.26 million, Urawa Misono has remained largely rural. Only 45 minutes from Tokyo ... -
A methodological assessment of extreme heat mortality modeling and heat vulnerability mapping in Atlanta, Detroit, and Phoenix
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-11-12)Extreme temperatures pose an increasingly high risk to human health and are projected to worsen in a warming climate with increased intensity, duration and frequency of heat waves, further amplified by the urban heat island, ... -
A statewide assesment of areas trending urban in Georgia and the implications for transit funding
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-01-22)There are two main sources of funding for public transit that depend on Decennial Census populations. Rural (urban) transit funding is for areas with populations less than (more than) 50,000. Urban funding is further ... -
An Academic Addendum for the Sandy Springs Wayfinding System: An Option Paper Report
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)As the City of Sandy Springs develops and grows into its own identity by developing its first downtown district, the need for efficient navigation and city branding became a priority for Assistant City Manager Jim Tolbert. ... -
Accessible housing for the physically disabled in North Fulton County
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Accuracy of a Heat Vulnerability Index for Estimating Heat Mortality in Dallas, Texas
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04)Significant research has been done to explore the effects of heat on human health and comfort, particularly as this relationship becomes more pronounced in the face of increasing temperatures due to global warming and urban ... -
Action Plan for the Fort McPherson Community
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011)Fort McPherson army base is situated in the South Atlanta area and borders East Point. It connects two MARTA rail transit stations and is bordered by three arterial streets. After being targeted for closure in 2005 under ... -
Activate Atlanta: Reignite East Point
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-12)The Planning Studio from Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of City and Regional Planning program conducted a twelve-week studio on several portions of the MARTA Red Line Corridor in Atlanta. The intent of the studio ... -
Activating the Alleys of Austin
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-05)A wealth of converging forces has created a situation in which downtown Austin, Texas is losing some of its greatest historic and cultural assets. At the same time, this prominent and recognized core of the city is rapidly ... -
Activists in City Hall: The Progressive Response to the Reagan Era in Boston and Chicago
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-01-26)Pierre Clavel is Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. His research and writing has been on planning, administration, and politics with particular application to regionalism and nationalism ... -
Activity-Based Parks Typology: A Strategy for Addressing the Parks and Recreation Needs of Residents in an Urban Environment
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-08)Park systems across the United States have historically been organized and planned around a typology of parks. Underlying this traditional parks typology is a land intensive approach to providing parks and recreation ... -
Adaptive efficiency in coffee clusters: Resilience through agglomeration, global value chains, social networks, and institutions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-18)This dissertation builds and tests a model of economic and environmental resilience in developing country agricultural clusters. Borrowing from economic geography, institutional economics, global change, and environmental ... -
The administrative organization required for urban renewal programs in small communities
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Advancing strategic focuses through performance-based evaluation – the growth of state dot approaches
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-08-01)As a result of the enactment of the 2012 national surface transportation legislation, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), performance-based approaches have substantially grown in importance and use. ... -
The Affordability of New Urbanism in Atlanta
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-04-27)New Urbanism is a burgeoning development pattern in cities across the United States, including Atlanta. The purpose of this research is to determine to what extent New Urbanism has lived up to one of its key principles, ... -
Affordable Atlanta
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020)Since the 2008 housing recession, American cities have been undergoing a reversal period where people who once fled the city center are now drawn to its alluring qualities. The period of “white flight” that decentralized ... -
Affordable Housing Readiness Tool
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-05-03)The U.S. is experiencing a shift in expectations fo r provision of affordable housing: HUD has rolled out new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housin g guidelines; mixed income developments are replacing former public ... -
Affordable Urbanism: Developing Transit-Oriented, Mixed-Income Housing & Light Industrial Facilities in Atlanta
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)The long-term recovery and sustainability of the American economy relies on expanded opportunities, protections, and political accountability to our low- and moderate-income citizens. Strengthened financial regulations, ... -
Agricultural land use in metropolitan areas
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Air freight terminals in metropolitan areas
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1969-08)