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This study presents an overview of Edgewood Land and Improvement Company's early suburban development in Knoxville, Tennessee. It discusses the history of the Washington Avenue Addition and Lincoln Park, developed by Edgewood between 1888 and 1910. The evidence suggests that Edgewood evolved its marketing strategies for both suburbs: Washington Avenue Addition was first planned as an exclusive enclave for the upper-middle class, while Lincoln Park was initially designed for the middle class. Due to national and local economic problems, which caused poor land sales, Edgewood shifted strategies in both suburbs. Ultimately, the Washington Avenue Addition became a multi-class suburb. Lincoln Park was developed as a working-class suburb. / Department of Architecture

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 98-103).

Thesis (M. Hous. M.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2008. / Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 16, 2009). Thesis advisor: Patricia Freeland. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Hous.M.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Tomando a cidade de Porto Alegre como estudo de caso, esta dissertação reflete sobre a reestruturação da cidade contemporânea, supondo que tal processo é marcado pela emergência de novas centralidades, e pode ser observado a partir do estudo da ação dos promotores imobiliários. O objetivo geral da pesquisa é descrever a distribuição espacial da oferta de imóveis novos na cidade, visando analisar, compreender e refletir sobre sua estrutura urbana e, em particular, sobre sua geografia de centralidades. Para tanto, o trabalho utiliza como principal fonte de dados, os censos do mercado imobiliário de Porto Alegre produzidos pelo Sindicato da Indústria da Construção Civil no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, SINDUSCON-RS no período 1999 – 2010. Os resultados mostram que, do ponto de vista do mercado imobiliário, Porto Alegre apresenta uma nova centralidade, ou seja, um novo referencial de atuação para os promotores, que não se dá mais a partir do Centro Histórico, mas sim, a partir dos bairros Petrópolis e Bela Vista, seguindo em direção leste. / Taking the city of Porto Alegre as a case study, this work reflects on the restructuring of the contemporary city, assuming that such a process is marked by the emergence of new centralities, and can be seen from the study of the action of the developers. The aim of the research is to describe the spatial distribution of new housing supply in the city, in order to analyze, understand and reflect on its urban structure and, in particular, its geography of centrality. In this sense, the study uses, as its main source of data, censuses of the real estate market of Porto Alegre, developed by the Union of Building Industry in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, SINDUSCON-RS, period from 1999 to 2010. The results show that, from the point of view of the real estate market, Porto Alegre has a new centrality, or, in other words, a new framework for action by developers, that do not occur anymore from Historic downtown, but, from the neighborhoods of Petropolis and Bela Vista, heading east.

This dissertation deals with the effect of value-added tax on small to medium-sized developers of residential properties in South Africa. Firstly, the way value-added tax is applied to residential properties in South Africa was established. It was ascertained that no special concessions exist with regard to housing. Secondly, the application of value-added tax to residential properties in the United Kingdom was discussed. It was ascertained that supplies relating to new residential premises are zero-rated. Thirdly, the application of goods and services tax to residential properties in Canada was discussed. Canadian goods and services tax and harmonious sales tax legislation contains a broad range of special concessions relating to residential property developments. The harmonious sales tax which applies in some provinces, is a combination of goods and services tax and a provincial sales tax. Fourthly, the way goods and services tax is applied to residential property developments in Australia was determined. Australian legislation provides for a margin scheme to be applied to the development of residential properties. In terms of the margin scheme, goods and services tax is payable on the basis of profit rather than turnover. Transfer duty as applied in South Africa was examined as an alternative to the value-added tax being applied on residential properties developed by developers registered for value-added tax purposes. The legislation with regard to developers of residential properties registered for value-added tax, goods and services tax and harmonious sales tax purposes was measured against the principles of taxation. On the basis of these results, an alternative to the current application of value-added tax relating to developers registered for value-added tax purposes in South Africa was proposed that would be in line with that of the selected countries. / Economics / M. Com. (Accounting)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:10:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EugenioRS_DISSERT.pdf: 4302323 bytes, checksum: 9a6264246b2d8316916522091fe70676 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-02 / The model of strategic city planning is applied to Latin American and Brazilian cities since the 1990s. Notwithstanding, in many cities, the production of space has not followed the international model stricto sensu, but a variation of the model, here called, strategic city planning without a plan or peripheral (or yet incomplete) urban entrepreneurialism . This seeks to build city attributes in order to qualify cities for the competitive international and/or regional markets. This includes the production of iconic buildings and structures, here called urban icons. They rapidly become symbols in the contemporary city landscape, facilitating the promotions of the city for tourism and business. This also helps produce charismatic leaderships. However, what it does best is to promote real estate development. This dissertation seeks to understand the role of iconic buildings in the promotion of real estate business in Natal, especially how it helps to fuel prices in the market. The research is done by use of interviews with civil servants and private entrepreneurs related to real estate business / O modelo de planejamento estrat?gico de cidades chegou ? Am?rica Latina e passou a ser adotado no Brasil com a formula??o de planos estrat?gicos desde a d?cada de 1990. Em muitas localidades, por?m, o padr?o de produ??o da cidade n?o se deu de acordo com o modelo adotado internacionalmente, mas foi desenvolvido uma esp?cie de planejamento estrat?gico sem plano ou empreendedorismo perif?rico , o qual buscam construir atributos para qualificarem sua inser??o no cen?rio competitivo internacional e regional. Dentre esses atributos, destaca-se a produ??o de ?cones urbanos destinados a variados usos. Antes de qualquer coisa, esses ?cones servem para a constru??o de uma imagem contempor?nea da cidade, para a promo??o da cidade para o turismo e os neg?cios, para a constru??o da imagem carism?tica de figuras pol?ticas, bem como para a dinamiza??o do mercado imobili?rio. O trabalho ora proposto objetiva compreender a import?ncia dos ?cones urbanos, sobretudo a valoriza??o imobili?ria das ?reas do entorno dos quais s?o constru?dos. Para isso, ser?o estudados ?cones urbanos da cidade de Natal e os seus rebatimentos na din?mica imobili?ria, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com t?cnicos, gestores e agentes p?blicos e privados envolvidos na promo??o da cidade e/ou relacionados ao mercado imobili?rio