Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1986. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographies. / by Jonathan Gottlieb and Elisabeth Youngerman. / M.S.

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1984. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography: leaves 102-109. / by Rochelle A. Bates Lee. / M.C.P.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Urban Sociology and Urban Planning)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2012. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-151). / While the particularities of public housing residents' hardships often capture the attention of the national media, less recognized and understood is how public housing residents work to address the instabilities they encounter. Much of the existing literature on public housing provides an inadequate narrative for envisioning public housing residents as actors not simply as victims. Contextualized within an analysis of the evolving sociopolitical landscape of New York City, and through the study of resident activism at the James Weldon Johnson Houses in East Harlem, I examine how institutional arrangements affect public housing residents' agency. I found that it is the particular institutional arrangements that public housing residents reside within-as opposed to a culture of poverty-that greatly inhibits their ability to exert control over their living environment. My findings provide an account of the poor that challenges conventional depictions of their culture and behavior. I argue that the residents at the Johnson Houses resist the effects of the institutional arrangements they reside within by trying to simultaneously have their ideas incorporated into government established processes for shaping their immediate environment as well as trying to establish their own system for exercising control over their living environment. / by La Tonya M. Green. / Ph.D.in Urban Sociology and Urban Planning

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-142). / Modern society faces a range of difficult resource management problem like climate change, acid rain and soil depletion. To confront problems like these successfully, educational institutions, along with all other public and private entities, must do their part. Universities, in particular, need to reflect on whether they are managing their campus environments in a sustainable fashion, since the professionals they seek to train will be influenced as much by the everyday practice of campus management as by what they are taught in the classroom. The main objective of this study is to generate proposals for the implementation of a sustainable resource management program at the Guadalajara campus of the "Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey" system (ITESM) in Mexico. ITESM is well known as an innovative institution. Its thirty-two-campus system made a commitment to greater sustainability in 2004. Subsequently, while efforts have been made to transform resource management practices at ITESM, there is still a lot to be learned before a truly sustainable resource management program can be put in place. To help generate ideas for ITESM, an analysis of efforts to promote sustainability at two prestigious American universities -- MIT and Harvard - has been generated. Both campuses have had to confront, and are still confronting, obstacles of various kinds including confusion about what is and is not sustainable, resistance to change, and concern that investments in sustainability are not recoverably. Harvard has designed an integrated approach to all the "green initiatives" on its campus (i.e. the Harvard Green Campus Initiative). MIT has pursued a series of independent and opportunistic projects. / (cont.) Practical ideas that would complement efforts already underway on the Guadalajara campus can be drawn from both American campuses. What is essential to effective sustainable resource management at any university, regardless of its size, financial power or prestige, is the commitment of its core staff and administration to continuous quality improvement. This must be undertaken in collaboration with all stakeholders on the campus and involve extensive outreach that facilitates widespread involvement and public learning. Other important preconditions for sustainable resource management are a comprehensive audit that can help to benchmark existing conditions and careful consistent monitoring. / by Randall Gregory Jesus Coffie. / S.M.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-130). / by Hoda A.F. Tolba Sakr. / Ph.D.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-92). / by David George Bloore, Stephen Everett Fowler. / M.S.

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-120). / by Peter Howard Schwartz. / M.C.P.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1973. M.C.P. / Bibliography: leaves 176-179. / M.C.P.

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1983. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Beverly Anne Miyares. / M.C.P.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture; and, (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1983. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Altaf Mulla. / M.S. / M.C.P.