Revitalizing Urban Main Streets, Spring 2005

Author:

Seidman, Karl

Subject:

Social Sciences

Institution:

M.I.T.

Collection:

MIT OpenCourseWare

Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

Workshop explores the integration of economic development and physical planning interventions to revitalize urban commercial districts. Covers: an overview of the causes of urban business district decline, revitalization challenges, and the strategies to address them; the planning tools used to understand and assess urban Main Streets from both physical design and economic development perspectives; and the policies, interventions, and investments used to foster urban commercial revitalization. Students apply the theories, tools and interventions discussed in class to preparing a formal neighborhood commercial revitalization plan for a client business district.

Language:

English

Material Type:

Activities and Labs, Full Course, Homework and Assignments, Lecture Notes, Syllabi

Media Format:

Downloadable docs, Text/HTML

Conditions of Use:

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States