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Strategic Planning for Kaohsiung's Free Economic Zone (FEZ) and New Asian Bay Area: A Report of Waterfront Revitalization Studio 2013

2013-12 , Aguilar, Johnny , Cadet, Sherene , Riley, Dawn , Manley, Canon , Keffer, Rebecca , Xie, LiWei , Sinharoy, Sinan , Braswell, Daniel , Pessoa, Lauren , Quan, Jige

The City of Kaohsiung has great deal of economic development and public policy potential that is addressed by the Policy Group. Most of the work in this section centers around the concept of the Kaohsiung Free Economic Demonstration Zone, which is currently being planned by both the city government and the central government of Taiwan. The policy group learned about some of the main goals and visions of the Free Economic Zones (FEZ) after meeting with local officials from the Bureaus of Urban Development and Economic Development. The primary goals outlined in a presentation about the future of FEZs in Taiwan include creating employment, attracting investment, and enhancing industrial competitiveness and efficiency. The government intends to achieve these goals by joining free trade agreements and promoting economic liberalization through a relaxation of business and trade regulations.

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Retreat, Adapt, Defend - Urban Design Response to Sea Level Rise in 5 Coastal Georgia Communities

2013 , Dagenhart, Richard , Debo, Thomas N. , Adams, Kevin , Aguilar, Johnny , Alhadeff, Daniel , Blumenfeld, Amy , Cadet, Sherene , Hutchison, Alyssa , Manley, Canon , McClure, Melvin , Plummer, Audrey , Riley, R. Dawn , Tuura, Logan , Wallace, Justin , Wang, Jiawen , Zhang, Yigong

This studio is part of a Georgia Conservancy Blueprints initiative assessing impacts of climate change and sea level rise for Coastal Georgia. The studio was organized into five teams to address issues five cities: Savannah, Tybee Island, Brunswick, Darien and St. Marys. Student teams visited each city, meeting with local officials and leaders of non-profit organization who were involved in adapting to climate change.

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Thaltej Village: An Incremental Approach to Urban Encroachment

2012-04-27 , Brown, Emily , Buchwach, Allison , Hagerty, Ryan , Richardson, Mary , Schultz, Laura , Yan, Bin

The following project describes the background and context of slum redevelopment in India, Gujarat, and Ahmedabad. Detailed accounts of the economic, social, and environmental conditions at Thaltej are included. In addition, case studies and best practices are described. Through site analysis, interview research, and case study analysis, four alternatives are presented in the report ranging from environmental upgrade to a full-scale redevelopment plan for the area. Financing schemes are considered as well as a public participation plan for the rebuilding process, which applies to all four scenarios. In conclusion, no one alternative is recommended over one another since it is feasible to implement all alternatives over a period of time.

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Lithonia Town Center

2012 , Moore, Katherine , Murphy, Deanna , Barnett, Leah , Dunham-Jones, Ellen

Report of near and long-term urban design proposals to revitalize Lithonia's town center.

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The Economic Impact of Sea Level Rise on Port of Savannah's Garden City Terminal & City of Darien

2013-12 , Coburn, Carolyn , Cornwell, Andrew , Glostner, Joshua , Hylton, Peter , Risher, John , Skinner, Jill , Wilson, Richard

The Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah is one of the largest and fastest growing container ports in the country, making it an economic engine locally and nationally. The Terminal is an integral economic component on several scales: locally, it supports many households in and around Chatham County; regionally, the port supports wider distribution networks and regional agriculture and manufacturing; and nationally, the port serves as a gateway to access markets across the globe. Therefore rising sea levels projected over the next 100 years make port disruptions an important economic threat on a variety of scales. This report describes the economic threat that sea level rise poses to port and port-related operations through permanent inundation, worsening storm surge, and other environmental changes at local, regional and statewide scales. The team drew on research by Keating and Habeeb (2012) and created new tools for assessing the potential impacts on jobs, property, transportation links, and other businesses. The intent is to provide actionable projections for business leaders, policy makers, and individuals in areas that may eventually have to respond to the effects of sea level rise.

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City of Atlanta Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Program

2012-12-31 , Berry, Seanna , Cotter, Dan , Frackelton, Alexandra , Lee, Susannah , Madden, Mackenzie , McRae, Stephen , Ranney,Ted , Terranova, Patrick , Voyles, Travis

The new area-wide approach to brownfield redevelopment highlights barriers and opportunities that extend beyond individual sites. It seeks to catalyze area-wide revitalization through the clean-up and redevelopment of targeted brownfield sites. The implementation strategy takes into account local planning efforts, best practices and goals identified by the communitiy. It brings together partners and resources to leverage the City's existing brownfield assessment and cleanup tools. The plan's brownfield reuse recommendations identify and prioritized five geographic redevelopment nodes within the overall project area: Murphy Triangle, Green Enterprise District, Metropolitan Yards, Crossroads Center, and Fort McPherson Gateway. Each node has a distinct redevelopment strategy that addresses conditions of blight with a particular emphasis on prioritized brownfield sites.

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Ashram Road Corridor Plan

2012-04-12 , Brodie, Stefanie , Kent, John , McGuinness, Eugene , Pienta, Alison , Roell, Maria , Wadelton, Kim

Ashram Road is a major regional connection and the principal commercial thoroughfare along the western bank of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad. The Ashram Road Corridor Study examines the stretch of Ashram Road from the Gandhi Ashram, north of Rishi Dadhichi Bridge, to Ellis Bridge. This heavily traversed corridor carries approximately 12,000 to 15,000 passenger cars during peak rush hours from its intersection with Nava Vadaj Road around Rishi Dadhichi Bridge to its intersection with Netaji and Bhagtacharya Roads around Sardar Bridge (City Development Plan). Commercial land uses south of the Nehru Bridge encourage a high level of activity in this area. Uses at the northern extent are influenced by the Gandhi Ashram and are more residential with some emerging commercial industries. Once a walled city on the eastern bank of the Sabarmati River, Ahmedabad now stands astride the intermittent water body. Recently, the Khari cut canal system was used to dam the river, artificially rendering the river a perennial water body. The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation was established and tasked with the reinvention and reuse of the land area along the river. The redevelopment of the Sabarmati Riverfront is intended to further increase the activity along this corridor. There have been various plans drafted that involve or relate to the Sabarmati Riverfront, Ashram Road, and the Gandhi Ashram itself. Each of these plans has influenced the direction of the Ashram Road Corridor Study. The plans include: The City Development Plan (CDP) – A comprehensive city plan providing the vision for the City of Ahmedabad; The Riverfront Development Plan – A document detailing the redevelopment of the Sabarmati Riverfront and the direction for future development along the river; The Bus Rapid Transit Plan – A proposal for increasing public transit in the City of Ahmedabad through the bus rapid transit system; The Ashram Redevelopment Plan – A vision for the future development of Gandhi Ashram and the property surrounding the ashram grounds; The Metro Rapid Transit Plan – A proposal for heavy rail metro transit services in the City of Ahmedabad. These plans will be discussed in further detail in following sections. The Ashram Road Corridor Study was defined through careful consideration of these plans and an understanding of the problems resulting from conflicting interests in the project area.

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Transit-Oriented Garden City

2013 , Hightower, John , Liao, Kai , Tao, Shiqi , Xing, Huafei , Vialard, Alice

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Tracking the Effects of Sea Level Rise in Georgia's Coastal Communities

2012-12-15 , Campbell, Gillam , Clermont, Marvin , Colberg, Kathryn , Gosman, Richelle , Harkness, Anna Rose , Moore Hugens, Amy , Lorenc, Paul , Nguyen, Dzung , Yun, Jennifer , Zhou, Joy

Climate scientists have projected that in approximately 100 years sea level will rise by at least one meter along the Georgia coast. While this prognosis is significant and potentially devastating, the change will be slow and incremental. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to take advantage of these early warnings to investigate the effects that a sea level rise of this extent would have on our population, our natural and built environments, and our economy. In an effort to confront the challenge of planning for sea level rise (SLR), ten graduate students from the Georgia Institute of Technologyﾒs School of City and Regional Planning, under the direction of Dr. Larry Keating, FAICP, and Dana Habeeb, and in partnership with the Georgia Conservancy, have investigated potential impacts and adaptation opportunities for three counties along the Georgia coast: Chatham, Liberty, and McIntosh. This study region spans 1,378 square miles of the Georgia and contains a population of 334,099.

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Northside Drive as a Multimodal Developmental Corridor: Transformation from Utilitarian Auto Route to Grand Transit Boulevard

2012 , Anders, Joel , Bedward, Tanya , Brodie, Stefanie , Cardoni, Lauren , Carragher, Margaret , Cox, Rachel , Gooze, Aaron , Hyer, Garrett , Ingles, Amy , Kalinke, Lydia , Levin, Josh , McColley, Sarah , Phillips, Eric , Reed, Landon , Wong, James , Zhang, Wenwen , Alhadeff, Daniel , Ward, Elizabeth

The studio explored ways to transform Northside Drive from a dismal, disorganized underperforming corridor that frames the west side of the Atlanta core into a grand transit boulevard. Picture a tree-lined, well-lit boulevard, wide and grand, with medians, and ample accommodation of all travel modes, lined with mid-rise mixed income residential buildings with as much retail and other ground floor activities as the market will support. With the proper transportation and zoning design, over time this now dismal traffic corridor will transform all the way from I-75 to West End. Increasing mixed use development densities will support a growing share of transit, pedestrian and bicycle uses as distances shorten between residential and jobs concentrations. Planned and developed properly, the transformation will break down Northside’s historic race and class divide to become a great urban street whose assets and attractions provide a common ground for sharing the strengths of diverse populations.

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