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Stimulus And Response: Is The Recovery And Reinvestment Act Working For Us?, Elizabeth Morehead

Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Publications

From the beginning, the Recovery Act has received mixed reviews. Skeptics worry about wasteful government spending and a crushing national debt while proponents argue that it is the only way to dig out from the recession. Locally, reaction has also been mixed. While some local leaders have enthusiastically embraced the Recovery Act, others are frustrated by its restrictions and see the program as a missed opportunity to effect real and permanent change. Additionally, several projects within the metroscape have received negative attention on both a local and national scale, causing embarrassment and raising questions about the judgment of those involved …

Export West: How Mountain West Metros Can Lead National Export Growth And Boost Competitiveness, Mark Muro, Emilia Instrate, Jonathan Rothwell

Brookings Mountain West Publications

In the beginning of 2010, with U.S. output growth modest and job growth nonexistent, President Obama devoted a portion of his State of the Union Address to “fi xing the problems that are hampering our growth.” One of these problems, according to the president, was a lack of international export sales. The president linked an increase in exports to an increase in jobs, and pledged to double the nation’s exports over the next five years.2 Since then, export growth has emerged as a key tenet of numerous economic visions including those of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution …

Long-Term Evaluation Of Individualized Marketing Programs For Travel Demand Management, Jennifer Dill, Cynthia D. Mohr

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

This research examines the use of individualized marketing as a transportation demand management (TDM) strategy, using the City of Portland's SmartTrips program. This research project has two specific aims: (1) to evaluate whether the benefits of these individualized marketing programs continue to at least one year after the project ends; and (2) to examine whether the theory of planned behavior (TPB) can help explain the behavior changes identified. Surveys of residents conducted one or two years after the original program found that the share of daily trips made driving alone, walking, and bicycling were comparable to that found in the …

Toward Innovative, Liveable, And Prosperous Asian Megacities: The University Of The Philippines - Ayala Land Technology Hub, Dennis B. Hui, Dhesirey Beryl Sio, Emil Adrian Hernandez

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies

A city innovation is a new solution that creates additional value to people in the city by addressing urban challenges. This could be in terms of technological, institutional, organizational, political, economic and social, as long as it creates value to the city’s prosperity, liveability, and social equity. The UP-Ayala Technology Hub fosters a city innovation in the heart of Quezon City. The UP-Ayala Technology Hub is a pioneer on academically-based IT Park in the Philippines that was created to face challenges of competition and economic development. This provides an area in which small-scale businesses could grow their operations through promoting …

Periodic Atlas Of The Metroscape: The Face Of Density, Diversity, And Disparity In 20th Century Portland, Craig Wollner, Meg Merrick

Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Publications

We of the 21st century often congratulate ourselves on policies that have led to greater density and diversity in our urban settings, as remedies to the sprawl, ghettoization, and poverty that became the bane of planners and activists during the last half of the previous one hundred years. But the maps on this and following pages, generated by the Teaching American History Project of the Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, suggest that there was plenty of density in various parts of the city at times in the twentieth century and a lot of diversity in certain neighborhoods. Often, these outcomes …

Why Farm The City? Theorizing Urban Agriculture Through A Lens Of Metabolic Rift, Nathan Mcclintock

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

Urban agriculture (UA) is spreading across vacant and marginal land worldwide, embraced by government and civil society as source of food, ecosystems services and jobs, particularly in times of economic crisis. ‘Metabolic rift' is an effective framework for differentiating UA's multiple origins and functions across the Global North and South. I examine how UA arises from three interrelated dimensions of metabolic rift—ecological, social and individual. By rescaling production, reclaiming vacant land and ‘de-alienating’ urban dwellers from their food, UA also attempts to overcome these forms of rift. Considering all three dimensions is valuable both for theory and practice.

Northeast Ohio Economic Brief, Afia Yamoah

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.

Indicators Of The Metroscape: Radon, Scott Burns

Metroscape

Brief discussion and mapping of radon emanation in different areas of Portland, Oregon.

Mother Earth "Speaks": Change Yourself, Change The World, Use The Archetypal Energy "Harmony" As A Guide, Carroy U. Ferguson

Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.

In relation to the Cosmos, we all, as human beings, live on this tiny planet we call Earth, a planet that supports and sustains life, as we know it. There are many different kinds of people, plants, and animals functioning in harmony with soil, air, and water--all linked to one another in a complex web of life to form one Earth community. Unfortunately, we often take this miracle and ecosystem of life for granted. When, however, we take the ecosystem of life too much for granted, Mother Earth "speaks," reflecting imbalances and dis-harmonies. When Mother Earth "speaks," her message is …

Regulatory Governance And The Informal Economy: Cross-National Comparisons, Basak Kus

BASAK KUS

No abstract provided.

El Mundial De Sudafrica A Medio Camino, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ha transcurrido la mitad del mundial de Sudáfrica y ya quedan algunos elementos interesantes que bien vale la pena analizarlos, porque algunos de ellos probablemente tendrán importantes repercusiones hacia el futuro del fútbol mundial.

Lo primero y más importante es la legitimidad de la sede africana en la organización del mundial. Se rompió el prejuicio que dictaba la imposibilidad de que los africanos pudieran organizar un evento mundial de esta magnitud, debido a las concepciones racistas que priman mundialmente en los medios de comunicación, en las entidades empresariales que auspician estos eventos, en los clubes (hinchas, dirigentes y deportistas) de …

Mb Más Mb Más Mb, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

En Chile las relaciones entre el presidente Sebastián Piñera y el entrenador de la selección nacional de fútbol – Marcelo Bielsa- no son buenas. Piñera, por razones políticas, busca aproximarse a los resultados exitosos de la selección y a su entrenador, como el rostro visible del proceso de cambio del fútbol chileno. Con mayor razón si el presidente tiene afinidad con el deporte -en tanto es propietario de acciones en Colo Colo e hincha de Universidad Católica- y con la política, por ser candidato primero y luego presidente por la derecha, lo cual le hace buscar una estrategia de cercanía …

Economía De La (In)Seguridad Ciudadana, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada para la American Friends Service Committee en Buenos Aires (Argentina) el 16 de junio de 2010

Inseguridad Para Los Pobres En Ciudades Latinoamericanas, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada en el marco del Taller SUR Corporación de Estudios Sociales y Educación, desarrollado en Santiago de Chile el 24 de junio de 2010

El Fútbol Postnacional, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Hemos entrado en un nueva era del fútbol: ¡la época postnacional! La difusión del fútbol se inicia a mediados del siglo XIX cuando desde Inglaterra y de la mano de sus inversiones empiezan a irradiarse a escala mundial; cuestión que se consolida en la década de los años setenta gracias a la coincidencia de dos hechos históricos: la descolonización africana y asiática, y la política de universalización de la FIFA, lo cual configura el hecho de que este deporte ha sido previo a la globalilización. Este proceso tuvo su expresión en la consolidación institucional de la FIFA con sus seis …

En El Límite De La Vida: La Violencia Fronteriza, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada en el marco del Seminario Internacional "Es posible gobernar la ciudad en zonas de frontera", organizado por IRDC y FLACSO Ecuador, Quito 22.06.2010

Los Cambios En Los Mundiales De Fútbol, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Todos los mundiales de fútbol son hitos importantes de transformación y cambio del conjunto de las actividades que se relacionan con este deporte; más aún, en un momento como el actual que se vive una revolución científico tecnológica. Por eso, cada cuatro años los mundiales se convierten en los espacios de la innovación en sus dos acepciones: producir novedades que muten los procesos anteriores y producir un nuevo conocimiento para ser aplicado a las actividades económicas.

Es primera vez que se organiza un mundial de fútbol en el continente africano, lo cual es un reconocimiento a la realidad simultánea de …

The 2009 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report To Congress, Alvaro Cortes, Jill Khadduri, Larry Buron, Dennis P. Culhane

Departmental Papers (SPP)

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is pleased to present the 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), the fifth in a series of reports on homelessness in the United States. The reports respond to a series of Congressional directives calling for the collection and analysis of data on homelessness. The AHAR reports provide the latest counts of homelessness nationwide—including counts of individuals, persons in families, and special population groups such as veterans and chronically homeless people. The report also covers the types of locations where people use emergency shelter and transitional housing; where people were just before …

The 2009 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report To Congress, Alvaro Cortes, Jill Khadduri, Larry Buron, Dennis P. Culhane

Dennis P. Culhane

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is pleased to present the 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), the fifth in a series of reports on homelessness in the United States. The reports respond to a series of Congressional directives calling for the collection and analysis of data on homelessness. The AHAR reports provide the latest counts of homelessness nationwide—including counts of individuals, persons in families, and special population groups such as veterans and chronically homeless people. The report also covers the types of locations where people use emergency shelter and transitional housing; where people were just before …

Lo Político De Las Políticas En Seguridad Ciudadana, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

Ponencia presentada en el marco del Seminario Nacional de Seguridad Nacional organizado por la Secretaría Nacional de Inteligencia de Ecuador, evento desarrollado en Guayaquil (Ecuador) el 18 de junio de 2010