School of City and Regional Planning Applied Research Papers
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Extending homeownership opportunities to prospective borrowers burdened by student loan debt
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-07)Since 2006, Student loan debt has ranked second in national consumer debt, falling second only behind household debt and exceeding debt from auto loans and credit cards (Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2018). While there ... -
Modeling Transit Dependency Index and the Analysis on the Intersecting Transit-Dependent Groups: A Spatial Microsimulation Approach
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-12)This research is primarily focused on building a methodology framework to model a Composite Transit Dependency Index (CTDI) that incorporates various Transit-Dependent groups. The application of Spatial Microsimulation in ... -
School Closures and Their Impact on Local Communities
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016)Due to a number of factors, traditional school closings and consolidations have become very common in cities across the United States. Many forces at play cause a public school district to shut down or merge neighborhood ... -
Information Theory as a Measure of Sociodemographic Change
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08)The current discourse around gentrification has been primarily focused on an economic understanding of gentrification. That is, that the gentrification can be primarily viewed through changes in housing prices in an area. ... -
What statistical and spatial relationships exist between health insurance, race, income, and education in the state of Georgia immediately before and after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08)What statistical and spatial relationships exist between health insurance, race, income, and education in the state of Georgia immediately before and after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act?”. To answer this ... -
Highways, Urban renewal, and patterns in the Built Environment: Exploring Impacts on Atlanta Neighborhoods
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08)During the mid-twentieth century, cities across the United States underwent drastic changes known broadly at the time as “urban renewal.” In many cases, these changes included widespread demolition of varied neighborhoods ... -
Economic Shifts Along the US-Mexico Border: Investigating the Changes in Location Quotient at the Block Level in Four US Border
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08)US border cities are often considered “city-pairs” with coinciding Mexican industrial cities. Current literature suggests that the export economy of these Mexican cities increases employment in US border cities for the ... -
Calculating Change in Regional Accessibility Due to Autonomous Vehicles
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08)The following project tries to answer the question “How will autonomous vehicles affect growth in the Metro Atlanta region?” We attempt to do this through calculating how accessibility will change based on traffic conditions. ... -
Historic Preservation & Progress in Atlanta: Zoning Strategies for Adaptive Reuse & Revitalization
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)Atlanta is experiencing a resurgence in population and significant changes to the built environment. Where do Atlanta’s historic and cultural places fit into Atlanta’s future land use patterns? As Atlanta experiences ... -
Modifying and Extending the Geodesign Framework for Eco Campus Design Project
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)Geodesign is a theory proposed by Carl Steinitz in 2012 to integrate the scientific complexity and the participation of stakeholders into design profession in different types of projects. The framework of geodesign is a ... -
Resilient Black Neighborhoods in Urban Environments Through Effective Community Planning
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)This report is broken into two areas: a discussion of the neglect and needs of Black neighborhoods;; and propose ways to improve and revitalize Black neighborhoods through an Atlanta case study, Bankhead. The term resilient, ... -
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. ... -
Classification of Informal Settlements Based on their Susceptibility to Climate Change: Case study of Ahmedabad, India
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)The aim of this study is to assess susceptibility of slum communities to four key climate stressors: 1) heat wave, 2) flooding and inundation, 3) water scarcity and 4) vector borne deceases. The study explores the context ... -
The Impact of Gender, Race, and Income on Transit Travel Behavior in Boston and Atlanta
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)This paper examines the relationship of gender and race to transit trip length. These factors are critical to planning practitioners and transportation policy-makers as they work to achieve equitable systems. In the past, ... -
Contesting Conventional Wisdom: The Link Between Subsidy Layering and Legal Expenses in the LIHTC Program
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)Conventional wisdom in the affordable housing industry and among affordable developers holds that subsidy layering is a source of disproportionately increased legal expenses in LIHTC deals. In this paper, I discuss the ... -
The Great Retail Metamorphosis: How Americans Shop is How Americans Live (Metro Atlanta Case Study)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)This paper will address factors to guide decision makers in anticipating future retail space demand and how this shift will affect the networks of cities and their associated suburbs. By focusing on Metro Atlanta and ... -
A High-Injury Network for Atlanta: How are severe and fatal-injury crashes concentrated on Atlanta’s streets?
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04)Following the lead of Sweden in 1997, 32 US cities have adopted Vision Zero policies that aim to eliminate all traffic deaths on their streets (Vision Zero Network 2017). After New York City in 2012, numerous cities in the ... -
Transit fare structure and equity: Case of MARTA, Atlanta
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)Public transit in the US is heavily used by captive riders who depend on transit for their mobility. Studies have shown that the poor and minority groups live in the inner-city areas, travel shorter distances to downtown ... -
Atlanta's Urban Ecosystem Services: A Neighborhood Comparison Analysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)The aim of this work is to perform a literature review exploring methods of quantifying ecosystem services and then apply a methodology to identify and map regulating ecosystem service provision in the City of Atlanta. ... -
Planning for Local Agency Transportation Asset Management An Analysis of Knowledge and Resource Shortcomings within Local Georgia Agencies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05)Many local cities and counties lack the tools, resources, guidance, and funding necessary to effectively and efficiently manage transportation assets. Local Governments (LGs) in the United States are currently managing the ...
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