Search Results - subject:"Redevelopment"

Is there a way for old industrial districts to become attractive for cultural industry? : the case of media businesses in Halle (Saale), Germany

Rosenfeld, Martin T. W.; Hornych, Christoph - 2008

Policy makers from many regions where old industrial structures in the field of manufacturing have collapsed are trying to stimulate entrepreneurial activities of businesses in the cultural industry. The question is whether this strategy could be successful. This article examines the strategy of...

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Willingness-to-pay for energy conservation and free-ridership on subsidization : evidence from Germany

Grösche, Peter (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008

Understanding the determinants of home-efficiency improvements is significant to a range of energy policy issues, including the reduction of fossil fuel use and environmental protection. This paper analyzes retrofit choices by assembling a unique data set merging a nationwide household survey...

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Voluntary cleanups and redevelopment potential : lessons from Baltimore, Maryland

Alberini, Anna; Guignet, Dennis - 2008

redevelopment of contaminated sites, but little is known about the effectiveness of such policies. An example of such legislation is … compare to other eligible but non-participating sites, and what is the redevelopment potential of VCP properties and …

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

Takeuchi, Akie; Cropper, Maureen L.; Bento, Antonio - 2008

This paper evaluates the welfare effects of in situ slum upgrading and relocation programs using data for 5000 households in Mumbai, India. We estimate a model of residential location choice in which households value the ethnic composition of neighborhoods and employment accessibility in...

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Housing Externalities

Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - 2008

Using data compiled from concentrated residential urban revitalization programs implemented in Richmond, VA, between 1999 and 2004, we study residential externalities. Specifically, we provide evidence that in neighborhoods targeted by the programs, sites that did not directly benefit from...

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The Community Development Block Grant : Does it Work?

Norcross, Eileen - 2008

The federal government operates hundreds of programs intended to stimulate regional economic development and revitalize communities. The largest of these, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), has awarded $118 billion since 1974 to thousands of localities. Where communities lack...

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Redevelopment in California: Its Past, Present and Possible Future

Black, Stewart - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 471-506

Abstract On February 1 2012, in a remarkable development, California’s 400 redevelopment agencies were dissolved. This … article (1) traces the agencies’ evolution and the wider 67-year history of redevelopment in California; makes comparisons … with other states’ use of redevelopment and tax increment finance to support redevelopment; assesses the position …

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The spatio-temporal pattern of housing redevelopment in suburban Chicago, 2000â€“2010

Charles, Suzanne Lanyi - In: Urban Studies 51 (2014) 12, pp. 2646-2664

This study examines the process of housing redevelopment, using data of single-family residential redevelopment that … spatial data analysis techniques, I identify the magnitude and the spatial locations of redevelopment, revealing the different … types of suburban neighbourhoods in which redevelopment occurs. I then examine how the location and extent of redevelopment …

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Externalities of Urban Renewal: A Real Option Perspective

Chau, K.; Wong, S. - In: The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 48 (2014) 3, pp. 546-560

it reduces their redevelopment option values. In this study, we develop a number of hypotheses on how an urban renewal …

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A decision-making support model for enterprises localization strategies

Morena, Marzia; Luisa Del Gatto, Maria; Gornati, Anna - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 16 (2014) 1, pp. 33-59

Purpose – The paper aims at describing a supporting model for the decision-making process that may steer the location decisions of international businesses. This is made possible by a measurement system where the characteristics of a territory are assessed with reference to some key factors...

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