Search Results - subject:"Redevelopment"

Land reclamation policies and strategies : historical review and prospects

Lup, Aurel; Miron, Liliana; Alim, Indira Deniz - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 70-77). 2016

This paper describes the evolution of land reclamation works in Romania, from the second half of the twentieth century and until today. Given that over two thirds of the farmland was affected by unfavorable phenomena, such as frequent drought, waterlogging and soil erosion, the totalitarian...

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Bestandsersatz 2.0 – Potenziale und Chancen : Studie zur aktuellen Bewertung des Wohngebäudebestands in Deutschland unter Berücksichtigung von Neubau, Sanierung und Bestandsersatz

Walberg, Dietmar; Gniechwitz, Timo - Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Zeitgemäßes Bauen - 2016

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Regenerating Urban Land : A Practitioner's Guide to Leveraging Private Investment

Altman, Andrew; Amirtahmasebi, Rana; Orloff, Mariana; … - 2016

Regenerating Urban Land draws on the experience of eight case studies from around the world. The case studies outline various policy and financial instruments to attract private sector investment in urban regeneration of underutilized and unutilized areas and the requisite infrastructure...

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Neoliberalization and the Changing Roles of Stakeholders in State-Led Shantytown Redevelopment in Shenyang City, China

Li, Xin - 2016

society in urban restructuring. Since 2008, the central state has initiated the Shantytown Redevelopment Projects (SRPs) to … central government has replaced local governments in the initiation of redevelopment projects in disadvantaged neighbourhoods … marginalized in SRPs and residents have become more empowered in the land expropriation taking place in urban redevelopment …

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The Welfare Effects of Slum Improvement Programs : The Case of Mumbai

Takeuchi, Akie - 2016

The authors compare the welfare effects of in situ slum upgrading programs with programs that provide slum dwellers with better housing in a new location. Evaluating the welfare effects of slum upgrading and resettlement programs requires estimating models of residential location choice, in...

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Assessing Benefits of Slum Upgrading Programs in Second-Best Settings

Lall, Somik V. - 2016

Slum upgrading programs are being used by national and city governments in many countries to improve the welfare of households living in slum and squatter settlements. These programs typically include a combination of improvements in neighborhood infrastructure, land tenure, and building...

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L3CS : An Innovative Choice for Urban Entrepreneurs and Urban Revitalization

Thompson, Dana - 2016

Social enterprises offer fresh ways of addressing seemingly intractable social problems, such as high levels of unemployment and poverty in economically distressed urban areas in the United States. Indeed, although social enterprises have deep and longstanding roots, the recent iteration of the...

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More Private Equity, Less Government Subsidy, and More Tax Efficiency in Urban Revitalization : Modeling Profitable Philanthropy and Investment Incentives

Groves, Roger M. - 2016

In hopes of revitalizing depressed urban areas, US tax policy has been to use tax credits as a major incentive to induce private equity re-investment. But those give away subsidies to private investors have failed to have transformative effects, and come at a price in the billions to the public...

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Bestandsersatz 2.0 - Potenziale und Chancen : Studie zur aktuellen Bewertung des Wohngebäudebestands in Deutschland unter Berücksichtigung von Neubau, Sanierung und Bestandsersatz

Walberg, Dietmar; Gniechwitz, Timo - Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Zeitgemäßes Bauen - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015200690

Renewed Energy : Sustainable Historic Assets as Keystones in Urban Center Revitalization

Widener, Michael N. - 2016

This paper argues that historic preservation, in addition to preserving sensory memories, must balance protecting heritage assets with urban center growth objectives to enable high-quality built environments and community sustainability. Preservationists, whether private enterprises or public...

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