Browsing School of City and Regional Planning Applied Research and Option Papers by Issue Date
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A Changing Paradigm? Measuring Urban Decentralization through the Great Recession
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-05)In the early 2000’s leading up to the Great Recession of 2007, many in‐town and urban neighborhoods across the United States began to experience somewhat of a renaissance. Residential development in central cities and core ... -
Future Considerations of the Maddox Park Greenhouse: An Exploration of Urban Food Production and Education as a Means to Community Revitalization in Atlanta's West Side
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-05)The intention of this research project is to produce a report that investigates this question by understanding the implications of a proposed installation and operation of an urban farm/aquaponics campus and food ... -
Parking: Its Effect on the Form and the Experience of the City
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-05)This paper argues for the rethinking of parking policy to maximize social interaction in the public realm. This proposal is framed by three questions. First, what are the recent findings from urban design and planning ... -
Variables that Influence Public Support for Transportation Referendums
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-05)The Atlanta region has experienced tremendous growth in its recent history, and with that has come increased traffic volume and congestion. Between 1990 and 1996, the region's population grew 16% (GRTA, 2003). In that same ... -
An Investment Product for the Times: The Case for Creating a Real Estate Investment Trust that Fosters Sustainable Cities
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-05)The well-known axiom “location, location, location,” guides real estate investment decisions around the world for developers and owners alike. Yet, investors – particularly retail investors – have relatively limited input ... -
Small Area Plan for Dekalb County's NE Expressway's Wetland Reserve and Green Corridor
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-05)Today the design and construction business has implanted a demand for a new market, returning altered waterways to a more natural condition; undoing the harm and damage that have accumulated with years of over and misuse ... -
Using Public Spaces Freely: Ownership and Management of Public Spaces
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-05-04)Several interpretations exist of what it means to be a public space and the purpose of such spaces. One interpretation focuses on the legal and political interpretation of public space, which relates to who has a right to ... -
Land Values Impacts of Subway Stations: A Case Study of Beijing City
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-05-04)This paper reviews researches regarding the impacts urban rail transit system on real estate development and examines the subway system in Beijing, China. Using land transaction prices published by Beijing Land Consolidation ... -
Implementing Electric Vehicle Usage in Atlanta, Georgia: Policy and Planning Approaches for Public Officials
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-05-04)Electric vehicles (EVs) have a viable and prominent role to play in America on a relatively mass scale. Over the last decade, the automobile industry has increasingly manufactured and marketed electric vehicles to meet ... -
Decentralization and Recentralization: Changing Paradigms of the Narrative of Metropolitan Demographics and Historiography
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-12)This paper is a discussion of the ongoing discourse between scholars of multiple ideologies concerning the commuting aspects of metropolitan decentralization and diversification, whilst concomitantly engaging works from ... -
Leveraging the 'Creative Class' for Local Economic Development: Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-12)Due to an expanding concern for economic development and social sustainability, many cities are directing their efforts towards place-making to improve neighborhoods, cities and regions. This paper seeks to become a tool ... -
Georgia Tech: The Evolution of an American Campus
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-12)Through the first 75-plus years of its history the growth of Georgia Tech was deliberately incremental. Lots for new buildings were acquired one after another, within the larger urban street and block structure that existed ... -
Notes from the field on NSP1, NSP2, AND NSP3: policy alternatives for mitigating the effects of foreclosed and abandoned properties on neighborhoods
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012-12-10)This paper will present an analysis of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 1 (NSP1 ), one of three iterations of a federal housing program first adopted in 2008 to address the fallout of the 2007-2008 foreclosure crisis ... -
The Effects of Spatial Community Design on the Quality of Education in Urban Schools: Research and Application to Two Elementary Schools in Atlanta with Large Latino and Low-Income Student Populations
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)This paper examines the link between spatial community design and the quality of neighborhood schools, with a particular focus on schools with high Latino student populations. Latinos are the fastest growing population, ... -
Insights for Atlanta's Airport Area Planning and Development: Case Study Research and Findings
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)This paper examines what four international and four domestic airports and their environs are doing to spur economic development. Each case study will include information on the types of planning and organizational structure ... -
A National Transport Strategy Framework for Jamaica: Implications for Financing the Sector
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04)This research incorporates a comparative approach which examines strategic planning within the United States’ transport sector, also noting some of the strategies that have been used by the United States to finance its ... -
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, ... -
Improving Bicycle and Pedestrian Accessibility across DeKalb Ave Corridor: A GIS Analysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04-16)Over the course of the mid-twentieth century, the American people rapidly adopted complete automobility as a lifestyle. While this newfound mobility resulted in the post-war economic boom and widespread urbanization, many ... -
Transit-Oriented Development: An Urban Design Assessment of Transit Stations in Atlanta
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04-25)In the late 1980s, Peter Calthorpe reintroduced and codified the idea of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). While other designers and planners had supported similar ideas, it was Calthorpe, who popularized and coined the ... -
Urban Agriculture and the Sustainable City: How Policy Changes Concerning Infrastructure and Urban Agriculture Can Economically and Environmentally Benefit Atlanta
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-04-26)The intent of this paper is first to assert that urban agriculture provides numerous economic and environmental benefits to cities, and second to identify ways that the City of Atlanta could take advantage of these benefits. ...