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Decision Models For Foreclosed Housing Acquisition And Redevelopment: A University Of Massachusetts Multi-Campus Collaborative Project - Processes And Findings To Date, Michael P. Johnson Jr., Jeffrey Keisler, Senay Solak, David Turcotte, Rachel B. Drew, Armagan Bayram, Emily Vidrine
Decision Models For Foreclosed Housing Acquisition And Redevelopment: A University Of Massachusetts Multi-Campus Collaborative Project - Processes And Findings To Date, Michael P. Johnson Jr., Jeffrey Keisler, Senay Solak, David Turcotte, Rachel B. Drew, Armagan Bayram, Emily Vidrine
Jeffrey Keisler
The recent housing foreclosure crisis has had devastating impacts on individuals, communities, organizations and government. In response, several community development corporations (CDCs) have sought new ways to assist neighborhoods suffering from the myriad effects of high foreclosures, including neighborhood instability, increased vandalism and crime, lower property values, and economic disinvestment. This research project focuses on activities of community-based organizations that acquire and redevelop foreclosed properties to support neighborhood stabilization and revitalization. However, the costs of pursuing this strategy far exceed the resources available to typical CDCs. Thus, our project seeks to solve the following decision problem: What subset of a …
Knowledge And Cooperation For Regional Development: The Effect Of Provincial And Federal Policy Initiatives In Canada And Australia, Samuel Garrett-Jones
Knowledge And Cooperation For Regional Development: The Effect Of Provincial And Federal Policy Initiatives In Canada And Australia, Samuel Garrett-Jones
Samuel Garrett-Jones
This paper examines how federal systems of government in Canada and Australia deal with the challenges of promoting regional innovation and knowledge-based industries. It focuses on selected cases of federal and regional (provincial or municipally based)policy initiatives and structures that support cross-sector collaboration between ‘knowledge institutions’(such as universities) and locally based industries. The study reveals both anticipated commonalities in and unexpected differences between the Canadian and Australian innovation environments and policy approaches. Federalism, resource-based economies and sparse population have led to similar concerns and solutions. However, building local innovation systems and networks is a question of building on social capital …
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Quoted In The New Orleans City Business Article “Data Processors Want Standard In Collecting Road Home Info.” Note: Content Is For Subscribers Only., Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
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Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Quoted In The New Orleans City Business Article “Data Processors Want Standard In Collecting Road Home Info.” Note: Content Is For Subscribers Only., Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
No abstract provided.
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Appeared Live On Wwl-Tv’S Eyewitness Morning News To Discuss The New Website Whodata.Org., Michelle Thompson
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Appeared Live On Wwl-Tv’S Eyewitness Morning News To Discuss The New Website Whodata.Org., Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
No abstract provided.
Whodata.Org, The Website Project Of The Uno Planning And Urban Studies Department, Was Featured In The Times-Picayune Article “New Orleans Blight Websites Get Varied Responses From City Hall.”, Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
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Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Quoted In The Times-Picayune Story “Website Tracks Neighborhood Recovery In N.O.”, Michelle Thompson
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Quoted In The Times-Picayune Story “Website Tracks Neighborhood Recovery In N.O.”, Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
No abstract provided.
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Interviewed Live On The Fox 8 Morning News To Discuss The Launch Of The Website Whodata.Org., Michelle Thompson
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Interviewed Live On The Fox 8 Morning News To Discuss The Launch Of The Website Whodata.Org., Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
No abstract provided.
Michelle Thompson, Assistant Professor Of Planning And Urban Studies, Was Quoted In The The Times-Picayune Article “Whodata.Org Allows New Orleans Residents To Track Recovery In Their Neighborhoods”, Michelle Thompson
Michelle M. Thompson
No abstract provided.
The Illusion Of Capitalism In Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study Of The Gambia, Colin C. Williams
The Illusion Of Capitalism In Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study Of The Gambia, Colin C. Williams
Colin C Williams
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that there is no alternative to capitalism. Building upon an emerging body of post-structuralist thought that has begun deconstructing this discourse in relation to western economies and post-Soviet societies, this paper further extends this critique to Sub-Saharan Africa by investigating the degree to which people in the Gambia rely on the capitalist market economy for their livelihood. Reporting the results of 80 household face-to-face interviews (involving over 500 people), the finding is that only a small minority of households in contemporary Gambian society rely on the formal market economy alone …
Rethinking The Nature Of Community Economies: Some Lessons From Post-Soviet Ukraine, Colin C. Williams
Rethinking The Nature Of Community Economies: Some Lessons From Post-Soviet Ukraine, Colin C. Williams
Colin C Williams
This paper contributes to a small but growing body of thought that has questioned the hegemony of capitalism by revealing the persistence of multifarious economic practices in everyday community economies. To further advance this school of thought, first, a conceptual framework is developed to map the diverse economic practices used by communities and second, this is applied through a survey of 600 households in Ukraine. The outcome is to reveal that just as multifarious economic practices prevailed under state socialism, the same applies in societies in transition to capitalism, suggesting that there are alternative futures for community economies beyond market …