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Evaluation of Implementation Strategies of On-site Water Conserving Technologies in Three Urban Neighborhoods

2019-06-27 , Leigh, Nancey Green , Lee, Heonyeong

This paper addresses a knowledge gap that exists for city- or neighborhood-wide applications of on-site water-conserving technologies, such as rainwater and gray-water systems. We develop a framework for evaluating policies requiring on-site rainwater and gray-water systems in residential units. Our framework incorporates housing stock dynamics, fixture retrofitting, and water demand models. It assesses costs and benefits of policy implementation strategies for three urban neighborhoods selected according to their built environment and socio-economic characteristics. Evaluation results identify a potential 5.4 to 37.2 percent reduction in future neighborhoods’ water demand. With the most cost-efficient water-conserving technologies, a household is expected to save $160 – $393 from their annual water bills. The cost-benefit analyses indicate substantial variation in water-saving potential and the cost-efficiency of on-site water-conserving technologies across neighborhoods. Our findings present that to maximize effectiveness, the specific choice of water conserving technology and implementation strategy needs to account for local conditions of land-use characteristics, household structure, and water fixture conditions.

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DeKalb County Industrial Land and Economy Study

2016-08-31 , Leigh, Nancey Green , Kraft, Benjamin

Study for DeKalb County, GA on industrial land and the local economy

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City ReAssembly: When the Auto Plant Closes: Redevelopment Opportunities for Hapeville, Georgia

2006 , Cerere, Jeri , Foard, Andrea , Mai-Lombardo, Nathan , Owen, Jeff , Perlmutter, Jay , Sheriff, Ryan , Tuley, Jon , Leigh, Nancey Green , Skach, John , Dagenhart, Richard

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Do Robots Increase Wages?

2019-02-11 , Leigh, Nancey Green , Lee, Heonyeong , Kraft, Benjamin

Paper published in the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) 58th Annual Meeting.

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Friendship Village Final Studio Presentation

2008-12-03 , Anderson, Claudius , Arkin, Chelsea , Blaiklock, Philip , Branum, Cassie , Caimbeul, David , Drake, Thomas , Collums, Joe , Conville, Lane , Dagenhart, Richard , Doyle, Jessica , Drake, Thomas , Duong, Binh , Leigh, Nancey Greene , Kovacheva, Maria , Lawrence, Nathan , Finkelstein, Aria Ritz , Skach, John , Tucker, Tasheika

The Friendship Village group had the charge of advising a large-scale land developer on directions for promoting sustainability in the plans for a 210 acre multi-use project in south Fulton County, Georgia. Their work included site design recommendations modeled after traditional town centers in ten case studies but also included innovative open space and stormwater management proposals and ideas about educational and health care facilities. The diverse professional audience expressed admiration and the developer’s lead representative indicated that results exceeded her expectations.

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Fort Valley - Making Connections

2002 , Campbell, Travis , Carpenter, Ann , Dyson, Wendy , Johnson, Raushan , Obregón, Oliver , Patterson, Lynn , Pearlstein, Alex , Poile, Aidan , Ward, Jason , Leigh, Nancey Green , Skach, John , Dagenhart, Richard

The Georgia Institute of Technology City and Regional Brownfield Redevelopment Studio began with a focus on 37 sites that were identified as brownfields in Fort Valley when its application for EPA Brownfield grants was made. It soon became clear that, in the broadest sense of the term, Fort Valley is a brownfield community. Consequently, the brownfield redevelopment plan presented here is, in fact, a community-wide redevelopment plan. For the key to addressing wide-scale scattered brownfields in a community is found by placing the sites within the overall community context. An overall redevelopment focus can help strengthen the local economy and market conditions which, in turn, can generate the interest in, and demand for, re-using its wide array of brownfield sites. While the history of Fort Valley suggests that is has been a typical small southern town, divided down the middle by railroad tracks and race, the full potential of Fort Valley's future rests upon the town resolving that "there is no other side of the tracks." This requires enhancing the value and ability to contribute of all members of the community. The town has to resolve and rectify past environmental injustices and demonstrate its commitment to prevent future environmental injustices. This requires the incorporation of current business and economic development activities. Most importantly, it will require making connections between the poorly functioning districts and nodes of the community so that they can augment and support each other. Successfully making connections will mean that the whole of Fort Valley can become greater than the sum of its disparate parts. Thus, the focus of this redevelopment plan is on making connections for Fort Valley. The research and analysis of the studio has revealed numerous and exciting proposals for making connections that will transform all of Fort Valley into a quality small-town for everyone.

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Decentralized Water Infrastructure for Growing Urban Neighborhoods: Environmental, Social, and Financial Implications

2018-08-27 , Lee, Heonyeong , Leigh, Nancey Green

Presentation of original research on decentralized water infrastructure in Atlanta, GA.

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City ReAssembly: When the Auto Plant Closes: Redevelopment Opportunities for Doraville, Georgia

2006 , Cohn, Susan , Dixon, Marc , Granier, Miguel , Hayes, Kenwin , Liu, Rick , Pierce, David , Singer, Samantha , Leigh, Nancey Green , Skach, John , Dagenhart, Richard