Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Hous. M.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Geography, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-168).

Since post-war reconstruction, Beirut has been experiencing a building boom, which spreadrapidly outward from the city's historic and war-torn centre to the rest of the Lebanese capital. In the process, old houses and buildings have been systematically demolished to make space forlarge towers, excluding much of the urban population. State policies and market forcesconverge to make real estate a pillar of the neoliberal economy, while offering no housing,social or economic policies to redress its gentrifying effects. This thesis scopes the conditions thatproduce decayed residences since the mid-1990s. It asks: What have these circumstancesprompted urban dwellers to do with their houses in decay? How are dwellers in differentpositions of entitlement to property differently enabled to respond to decay and impendingrenewal, in the quest for continued dwelling in the city? What sentiments and strategiesemerge from this interplay? And how have social relationships and notions of dwelling, and ofdecay been reconfigured in the process? From fieldwork among downwardly mobile tenantsand landowners, urban practitioners and a cultural collective in neighbourhoods where urbanrenewal is approaching, I propose, "institutionalised neglect" as a concept to capture thecircumstances that expedite the decay of old houses. I argue that this neglect keeps landavailable for real estate profit making while making urban renewal inevitable. In chaptersthat deal with inheritance, eviction, material decay, nostalgia and the exceptional conditionsof a commoning experiment, I reveal that dwellers' sensibilities are oriented towards prolongeddwelling close to the city centre, whether by endurance of the neoliberal building regime orattempts to extract gains from its straining conditions.

This case study examines the relationship between agriculture and urbanization in the context of Oregon's comprehensive land use planning system. The first article assesses the historical relationship between rural real estate development and investment in agriculture in Jackson County southern Oregon. The second article uses the theory of global urbanization to reflect on the patterns of urbanization in Jackson County and suggests that global urbanization might provide a useful framework for connecting urban political ecology and exurban political ecology. The third article focuses on the political economies of farmland preservation in Jackson County where there have been repeated calls for increased local control of land use planning. / 2016-09-29

This thesis aims to increase the sensitivity of foreign tourists who want to rent a flat on Airbnb and let tourists and households take their responsibility of Airbnb through explaining the relationship between Airbnb and social environments. In recent years, Airbnb has been one of the top choices for short-term accommodation renting. However, an issue needing to be cared about is subconsciously affecting the social environment, which is contrary to sustainable development.  The text can be divided into two parts. In the first part, the impact of Airbnb on the social environment of big cities will be analyzed from two aspects - sharing economy and gentrification. Social networks and the negative effects are the main content that will be discussed in sharing economy. At the same time, gentrification will respond to it through a typical case study in Barcelona.  In the second part, the design project will be analyzed in order to support my theoretical part. Critical design as the core element in my design projects will be analyzed through a communication plan. This plan will become my design proposal to realize the creation of a common network platform in order to attract more attention to this issue.

Os projetos de revitalização urbana possuem grande relevância para a gestão pública e são atualmente foco de discussões internacionais sobre como devem ser ajustados às necessidades de um mundo mais veloz, globalizado e capaz de proporcionar uma melhoria de qualidade de vida à sociedade civil. Cidades como São Paulo que possuem um urbanismo complexo e um centro comercial dinâmico e forte, exigem uma gestão pública que acompanhe seu ritmo e que supra as necessidades e expectativas urbanas de uma sociedade civil acostumada a realizar negócios com o mundo inteiro e a um alto nível de eficiência. Estudos e pesquisas estão sendo realizados pelo governo para compreender quais as tendências visionárias que precisam ser consideradas em um modelo de gestão pública para atender ao público atual e suas expectativas em relação à cidade, porém as deficiências na estrutura gerencial prejudica a identificação de como estas mudanças podem ser realizadas na prática. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo propor uma estrutura de gerenciamento de projetos de revitalização urbana identificando as melhorias e ajustes que podem ser realizados em uma estrutura existente, considerando a inclusão de novos conceitos urbanos. A metodologia utilizada foi a comparação da estrutura da empresa pública de São Paulo, responsável pelo gerenciamento dos projetos de revitalização urbana, com a estrutura de gerenciamento de projetos do Guia PMBOK 5ª edição. Como resultado da aplicação da metodologia foi possível reconhecer e organizar um conjunto de ações fundamentais para abrigar o desenvolvimento de projetos de revitalização urbana em geral e, em especial, nos órgãos que tem essa função na cidade de São Paulo, de forma que os capacite a servir de forma eficiente aos seus propósitos, podendo também ser replicados a outras escalas de cidades e empresas. / Urban Renewal Projects (URP) have a great relevance in public management and are currently the focus of international discussions and debates on how they should be planned and adjusted to the needs of a faster, more dynamic, and more integrated world, and also capable of providing a better quality of life for civil society. Cities like São Paulo which have a complex urban planning and are a strong and important business centre, require a public administration as efficient as its environment. Researches are being carried out by the government to identify the new urban concepts and trends that must be part of their public management model, but the weaknesses in management structure affect the identification of how these changes can be realized in practice. Thus, this work aims at developing a urban renewal project management structure by identifying improvements and adjustments that can be performed on an existing structure, also incorporating new urban concepts. The methodology used was a comparison of São Paulo`s public company structure, responsible for the urban renewals projects management, with the structure of project managent PMBOK Guide, 5th edition. As a result of the application of the methodology was possible to recognize and organize a list of key actions for the development of URP`s structure in gereneral and, in particular, in the bodies that have that function in São Paulo, in order to enable them to efficiently serve their purposes , and can be replicated to other scales of cities and company.

Dissertação(mestrado)-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia, Instituto de Ciências Humanas e da Informação, 2011. / Submitted by Caroline Silva (krol_bilhar@hotmail.com) on 2012-07-16T13:34:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertao tau al-alam.pdf: 6817843 bytes, checksum: 79b17c1fd6b0a4f70350468b3fce2d0e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Bruna Vieira(bruninha_vieira@ibest.com.br) on 2012-07-28T17:52:23Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertao tau al-alam.pdf: 6817843 bytes, checksum: 79b17c1fd6b0a4f70350468b3fce2d0e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-07-28T17:52:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertao tau al-alam.pdf: 6817843 bytes, checksum: 79b17c1fd6b0a4f70350468b3fce2d0e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Adotando o método regressivo-progressivo elaborado por Lefebvre, o trabalho busca entender as transformações do bairro Porto do município de Pelotas no Rio Grande do Sul. Primeiramente, é realizado um passeio virtual no bairro em estudo destacando a paisagem atual do mesmo, local abandonado pelo poder público e simbolizado por vivências singulares de seus moradores construiu um imaginário popular de bairro operário e excluído do abastado centro da cidade. Logo após, fora realizado a pesquisa histórica do bairro, destacando o seu passado produtivo, devido a inúmeras indústrias saladeris, têxteis e alimentícia, agregado ao porto fluvial existente nas proximidades do Canal São Gonçalo e que tem ligação com o porto internacional de Rio Grande, dando nome ao bairro: “Porto”. Finalizando com observações relativas as modificações ocorridas no mesmo devido, principalmente, a iniciativa da Universidade Federal de Pelotas que apoiada no programa REUNI do governo federal consegue comprar e restaurar inúmeros prédios que antes permaneciam ociosos e abandonados. Entre as análises realizadas está a comprovação de que esta nova dinâmica aplicada pela inclusão das inúmeras unidades acadêmicas resgatou a vida econômica do bairro e facilitou os investimentos públicos e privados na área em estudo. E, consequentemente, está ocorrendo uma alteração no modo de vida da população, pois os estudantes costumam ter suas relações sociais no período noturno prejudicando os trabalhadores diurnos, e ainda, nota-se um processo lento e gradual de gentrificação devido ao aumento do custo de vida e também a valorização das habitações e seus terrenos. / Adopting the regressive-progressive method developed by Lefebvre, the work seeks to understand the changes in the neighborhood of the port city of Pelotas in Rio Grande do Sul. First, it held a virtual walk in the neighborhood in a study highlighting the current landscape of the same, the abandoned site symbolized by public authorities and individuals experiences of its residents built a popular image of working-class neighborhood and excluded from the affluent city center. Soon after, the historical research conducted outside the district, highlighting his past production, due to numerous salt industries, textiles and food, added to the existing seaport near the São Gonçalo Channel and has links with the international port of Rio Grande, naming the neighborhood: "Port". Ending with comments on the changes in the same, mainly due to the initiative of the Federal University of Pelotas that supported the program brings together the federal government can buy and restore many buildings that once stood idle and abandoned. Among the tests carried out is proof that this new dynamic applied by the inclusion of numerous academic units rescued the economic life of the neighborhood and facilitated public and private investment in the study area. And, consequently, a change is occurring in the way of life of the community because the students often have their social relations during the night hurting the day laborers, and yet, there is a slow and gradual process of gentrification due to the increased cost of living and also the appreciation of their homes and land.

The purpose of this study is to examine the second-home owners of three peripheral parts of Gotland; Fårö, Östergarnslandet and Storsudret. Who they are, what consequences their presence give the local society and if they have contributed to a process of gentrification. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods have been used to answer the research questions. There have been five semi-structured interviews and the quantitative research was a sample- study intended to show the age, income, and primary residence of the second-home owners. The results showed that the second-home tourism of peripheral Gotland has led to a set of consequences; the creation of a seasonal society, a decrease in local taxes and loss of municipal services. There is however uncertainty that the houses would be inhabited by year-round residents if the second-home owners were not living there. The second-home owners are elderly people, many in retirement age. They have high incomes and most of them have their primary residence in metropolitan Stockholm. Many of them are willing to help with local projects and use their knowledge from their professions and are seen as a resource by the interviewees. There are indications that gentrification have indeed happened in the areas when looking at income-levels, but more research variables need studying, such as levels of education and housing prices.

Development of heavy rail intra-urban public transportation systems is an economically expensive policy tool for State and Local Governments that is often justified with the promise of economic development and neighborhood revitalization around station areas. However, the literature on the effects of rail intra-urban transit stations on neighborhoods is relatively thin, particularly on the socioeconomic effects. This quasi-experimental study evaluated the effect of heavy rail intra-urban transit stations on surrounding neighborhoods, using Atlanta, Georgia and its transit authority, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), as a case study. Atlanta is an expansive American city, with a large public transportation system, but low population density and no large-scale policies promoting growth around MARTA rail stations. The study period, 1970 to 2014, covers the entire period of MARTA’s existence – stations opened between 1979 and 2000. Neighborhood change was operationalized with a neighborhood change index (NCI), built on the Neighborhood Life-Cycle framework, with an adaptation that incorporates both the filtering (negative NCI) and gentrification (positive NCI) models of neighborhood change. The study differentiates between an initial effect of new MARTA rail stations, and a long-term effect. Control groups were formed using one and three mile buffers, as well as a matching strategy. Difference-in-difference (DID) models find very little evidence of a positive relationship of NCI with the opening of new MARTA rail stations. The economic recovery that began in 2010 is of special interest for housing research. To address this time-period this study utilized two models, with mixed results. The DID model suggested a negative effect of stations on the NCI. To control for selection bias in the 2010 to 2014 economic time-period, this study utilized propensity score matching to balance the treatment and control group on observed characteristics. A time and tract fixed effects model using the matched treatment and control groups found a significant positive effect of stations on neighborhood change. To test the long-term effect, a time and tract fixed effects model (1970-2014) with the NCI as the dependent variable found a positive NCI effect of MARTA stations on neighborhoods. Therefore, overall, positive neighborhood change (on the NCI scale) can be attributed to MARTA transit stations. Since 2002 MARTA ridership has slightly declined; therefore, the study concludes that given stagnant ridership, lack of supporting policy, and the finding of a positive relationship between MARTA transit stations and gentrification, the stations are a positive amenity, and are a significant contributor to neighborhood change. However, neighborhoods are heterogeneous on many dimensions, and the effect of rail intra-urban transit stations on neighborhoods may depend on the tract’s location, service characteristics, accessibility, and many other unobserved characteristics. Future research will supplement this methodology with additional data and compare the effect of intra-urban transit stations on neighborhood change in other cities to better address potential neighborhood heterogeneity.