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This course focuses on the physical and economic renewal of urban neighborhood Main Streets by combining classroom work with an applied class project. The course content covers four broad areas:
an overview of the causes for urban business district decline, the challenges faced in revitalization and the type of revitalization strategies employed;
the physical and economic development planning tools used to understand and assess urban Main Streets from physical design and economic development perspectives;
the policies, interventions, and investments used to foster urban commercial revitalization; and
the formulation of a revitalization plan for an urban commercial district.
- Subject:
- Economics
- Social Science
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Provider:
- MIT
- Provider Set:
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- Author:
- Seidman, Karl
- Silberberg, Susan
- Date Added:
- 02/01/2005