Some streets tend to lack a social sense of place. Since the invention of the automotive assembly line and post World War II development, street designs have shifted from centering around people and social situations to vehicular traffi c solutions. Streets are typically not thought of as social places, but rather as a means to effi ciently move automotive traffi c. The environment of these unlivable streets discourages social interaction. The majority of buildings are disconnected from the street with often nothing more than a parking lot. A new model of streets is necessary, one that transforms streets into places that encourages social liveliness. Establishing the street as a social place through walkable conditions will regain lively interaction that is currently absent. This thesis will begin to explore the conditions of the unlivable street and establish theories to transform them into socially interactive public places. The goal is to hierarchically re-orient the street in order create a sense of place that fosters social interaction. Research by means of case studies and observation will examine the ways in which people interact within their built environment. Ideas will be derived from research and incorporated into the scheme in a way that is unique to Tampa. Ultimately, this thesis will conclude in a project that illustrates the potential of a street as a lively public place that is centered toward pedestrians rather than automobiles.

When undertaking the renovation of large-scale road infrastructure, there is a unique design opportunity to reconsider the role of road networks and their effect on our contemporary urban landscape. This study analyses Montreal’s trenched Décarie Expressway to explore the potential space created by road infrastructure and its role as a key element in urban renewal. The urban design takes shape according to the specific characteristics of the neighborhoods adjacent to the Décarie axis. Remediation of these neighborhoods occurs here by introducing public spaces and inserting real-estate development over the expressway. The design concentrates on connecting pedestrian paths along a new public plinth. Since we have inherited the road infrastructure developed by modern car culture, we must begin to envision transportation infrastructure as an opportunity for public spaces with real three-dimensional connectivity that would marry civic needs with cultural amenities and ultimately symbolize the physical rehabilitation of the Décarie axis.

In film, the construction of Los Angeles as a character has been defined through a series of specific theories that have seemingly misrepresented the unique and diverse nature of the city. Broken into two discussions, my paper will attempt to address 1) the way in which urbanization has influenced the landscape of the city of Los Angeles and how the creation of a heavy materialist culture in Amy Heckerling’s Clueless, the illusionary nature of Hollywood in Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, and corruption and abuse of power within the LAPD in Curtis Hansen’s L.A. Confidential manifest themselves as products of the this process and 2) the dominant narratives and themes that have been used to construct Los Angeles as a character in film.

Réalisant un croisement de regards entre l’Europe et l’Amérique Latine, cette thèse étudie le caractère d’un nouveau type de voie - le boulevard - qui a été redéfini à l’occasion des travaux d’Haussmann à Paris et s’est transformé tout au long de ce dernier siècle et demi. Un nouveau type de boulevard s’affirme ainsi au cours du XXe siècle, caractérisé par une répartition de la chaussée favorisant l’ordonnancement des différentes formes de mobilité en couloirs réservés par fonctions (piétons, vélos, bus, voitures). Ce nouveau boulevard est aussi le reflet d’une stéréotypie dans le projet de la voirie résultant d’un aménagement davantage techniciste de l’infrastructure. Il fait référence à des espaces qui adoptent et adaptent des modèles exogènes sans vraiment réussir à produire des configurations urbaines en accord avec les caractéristiques paysagères identitaires des villes, tout en créant des espaces de voirie fragmentés. Au XXIe siècle, cette configuration a été renforcée par l’introduction des nouveaux dispositifs de bus (BSP, BRT, BHNS). Les exemples du boulevard Magenta à Paris transformé en "espace civilisé" et de la avenida de las Américas à Cali avec l’implantation du BRT MIO illustrent cette problématique. / Taking into account different perspectives from Europe and Latin America through a crossing view methodology, we have studied the birth and transformation of a new type of boulevard developed since Haussmann. This boulevard derives from a roadbed distribution favoring the organization of various forms of mobility into dedicated corridors according to their function (pedestrians, bicycles, buses, cars). It also reflects a form of stereotyping in the urban project, contributing to an even more technical street planning. It refers to a road space pretending to adopt and adapt exogenous models without really succeeding on producing urban configurations in accordance with the city’s particular landscape, whilst creating fragmented road spaces. In the 21st century, this composition has been reinforced by the introduction of new bus devices (own-site bus service, BRT, BHLS). The example of the Magenta Boulevard in Paris transformed into a civilized space and the las Américas avenue in Cali with the introduction of the MIO BRT illustrate this issue.

The city district Praha 13 – Nové Butovice has changed over the last 40 years. From the land of villages and fields have become the housing estates and bussiness centers. That is why the territory is still looking own identity. One of the tools to achieve it, is building a monunent. The project focuses on urban integration and architectural design of the new dominant in this district. The proposal is based on theoretical analyzes of the area and experimental process for determining the location and form of the building with its surroundings. It also solves operational, disposition and architectural expressions of the exterior and interior of the building.

This diploma project shows development possibilities of the former Brno fortification circle, related to the historical centre and its former suburbs, with emphasis on public spaces. It offers general strategy for the Brno Ring Boulevard and detailed solution of one of its segments.

The following Market Analysis is an analysis of the Franklin Boulevard Redevelopment Project Area. The analysis is divided into the following four sections: ♦ Planning Context ♦ Real Estate Market Conditions ♦ Emerging Market Opportunities & Case Studies ♦ Conclusion The report serves as an opportunity to aide stakeholders of the Franklin Boulevard Redevelopment Project Area. Stakeholders include residents, business owners, the City of Sacramento, County of Sacramento, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA), and the North Franklin District Business Association (NFDBA). The stakeholders are continually searching for data and creative examples of how to transform the area into a premier “urban” destination in the Sacramento Region.

Handel är en central del av en stads funktion och utveckling. Den bidrar till stadsliv och lockar människor till staden. Köpcenter påverkar och formar städers handelssituation och är ofta placerade i städers centralare delar. Undersökningar visar dock att köpcenter står inför utmaningar som hotar att lämna tomma lokaler, vilket påverkar stadens stadsliv och drivkraft. I denna uppsats undersöks hur svenska kommuner kan påverka köpcenters markanvändning och resiliens. Resiliens är, bland annat, den egenskap eller process som beskriver möjligheter och flexibilitet till att förutse och svara på olika former av kriser i förhoppning om att vidareutvecklas. Kommuners möjlighet till påverkan diskuteras främst utifrån teorier kring handel, köpcenter och det fysiska planeringssystemet. De ger en samlad förståelse över ett köpcenters situation och gör det möjligt att analysera dem och deras resiliensstrategier. Inom ramen för studien har två fallstudier genomförts, den ena behandlar köpcentret Entré i Malmö som fallstudieobjekt och den andra behandlar Galleria Boulevard i Kristianstad. Analysen visar på hur omständigheter så som e-handel, konkurrens mellan köpcenter och samarbetet mellan kommun och ägare påverkar fallstudieobjekten och deras nivå av resiliens. Analysen visar att förståelse över köpcentrets situation är en viktig del i en resiliensstrategi samt att kommuner och ägare samverkar i viss mån, men utan större inverkan. Uppsatsen belyser att kommuner visar på en vilja att öka köpcenters resiliens men att beslut inte alltid baseras på relevanta underlags rekommendationer. Därtill visar uppsatsen indikationer på att lagar som reglerar den kommunala fysiska planeringen ibland hindrar kommunen från att hantera köpcenters resiliens. Slutligen antyder analysen att kommuners främsta verktyg för att hantera resiliens är det fysiska planeringsarbetet och kommunikation med viktiga aktörer kopplade till det aktuella köpcentret. Sammanfattningsvis verkar ansvaret för köpcenters resiliens ligga hos deras ägare, men att kommuner kan bidra genom en ökad flexibilitet.

Submitted by Cássio da Cruz Nogueira (cassionogueirakk@gmail.com) on 2017-07-11T11:57:35Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Tese_RumoBoulevardRepublica.pdf: 111388003 bytes, checksum: f4764de09915ba3973e1bb223149f1a1 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Irvana Coutinho (irvana@ufpa.br) on 2017-07-11T14:46:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Tese_RumoBoulevardRepublica.pdf: 111388003 bytes, checksum: f4764de09915ba3973e1bb223149f1a1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-11T14:46:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Tese_RumoBoulevardRepublica.pdf: 111388003 bytes, checksum: f4764de09915ba3973e1bb223149f1a1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-05 / A tese tem por objeto investigar a urbanização às margens da Baía do Guajará, do Boulevard da República. O objeto da pesquisa será entender qual é o sentido dessa transformação e mostrar como esse espaço tomará nova forma. Como essa rua que fica ao lado de um porto vai adquirindo sentidos diferentes em momentos diversos na vida da cidade. Demonstrar a importância na reorganização do espaço, onde a nova ordem econômica formada por comerciantes, seringalistas, financistas e profissionais liberais direcionou a remodelação da cidade, sendo o poder público responsável em atribuir a tarefa de disciplinar e embelezar a cidade criando mecanismos que interferiram na vida cotidiana das pessoas. Um boulevard que está inserido na modernidade de sua época sendo equipado com materiais e edificações carregado de significados, se sobrepondo à cidade imperial e se pondo à uma cidade civilizada como o próprio período republicano. / This thesis aims to investigate the urbanization on the banks of the Guajará Bay, of the Boulevard da República. The research object is to understand the sense of this transformation and to show how that space will take shape. How that street that stays beside a harbor acquires different senses in diverse moments of the city life. To demonstrate the importance in the reorganization of space, where the new economic order, formed by marchants, caoutchouc businessmen and liberal professionals directed the remodeling of the city, being the public power responsible in assigning the task to discipline and embellish the city by creating mechanisms that interfered in the everyday life of people. A boulevard that is inserted in modernity of its time being equipped with materials and edifications full of meanings, overlapping the imperial city and becoming to a civilized city as the proper republican period.

Portland's Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard illustrates commercial gentrification in progress. Once a declining service district, "Hawthorne" is now one of the city's most popular shopping streets. Tracing and classifying businesses, using address listings from city directories, gives an accurate picture of changes since 1980. Three parallel trends can be distinguished in the makeup of the business mix: a shift from services to retailing; a move towards a regional, rather than a neighborhood, market area; and a cultural upgrading associated with the influx of increasingly expensive stores. Classification also aids in the definition of a tipping point at which revitalization became gentrification. The actions of individual entrepreneurs in the revitalization process were complemented by the Hawthorne business association's participation in the Main Street program, a national project to improve declining retail districts. The program helped the Hawthorne district become more successful by encouraging physical improvements, special promotions and greater communication among merchants. Hawthorne has experienced dramatic increases in the numbers of restaurants, gifts shops and clothing stores, and a decline in convenience and household goods. Its changing role and evolving image exemplify the national trend towards specialized, recreational retailing. The district has retained its longstanding reputation as a focus for used books and stereo equipment and, in spite of becoming a regional magnet, still reflects the character of its surrounding neighborhoods. The commercial was accompanied by a shift in business orientation. The conspicuous consumption and high prices usually associated with gentrification are moderated by a large number of stores that advocate "political correctness" and promote recycling. Hawthorne is typified by the presence of alternative subcultural groups such as bohemians and gays. The district's continued accessibility to poorer sectors of society is apparent in the large number of stores se11ing secondhand goods. Coincident with its bohemian image, many stores have a strong feminist slant. Hawthorne as a whole serves as a focus for Portland's lesbian community. Hawthorne's multi-faceted image is created by the stores and their advertising, and by planned ventures of the business association. The well-educated, low-income, female-focused nature of many stores reflect the character of neighborhood while drawing like-minded people from all over the city. Hawthorne's neighborhoods have a lower rate of owner occupancy, more non-family households, and a higher percentage of women than the city as a whole. The five census tracts adjacent to Hawthorne have above average education levels but lower household incomes than the city median. The significance of gentrification lies in it being a manifestation of broader changes affecting society as a whole. Changes in gender divisions, the break-down of the traditional household, the evolution of lifestyle-based neighborhoods, and the increasing appeal of diverse central city neighborhoods are all creating new places and new forms of consumption. The Hawthorne district is an effective example of successful commercial revitalization and the creation of a gender-based commercial landscape.