Browsing Theses by Subject "urban development"
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50:50—Sovereignty, Price, Density, Efficiency: Housing-led Economic Urban Expansion in Hong Kong.
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-16)Hong Kong is an ideal laboratory in which to study relationships between economy and architecture. In this city, tremendous power is held by both the state and in private capital. Urban form may be read as a tangible ... -
Ideologies of Medellín's Miracle: A critique of architecture's new utopia
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-22)Once considered the most violent city in the world, the city of Medellín, Colombia has more recently received global notoriety as a model of architecture and urban planning for social development. This notoriety originates ... -
The Public Space of LRT Boulevards: The Waterloo Region ION Corridor as an Urban Place
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-22)In 2018, the ION transit corridor will begin the process of linking the Tricities – Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge – into a linear metropolitan area, which will offer many economic and infrastructural development ... -
A Tale of Four Canadian Cities: LRT Systems and the COVID-19 Pandemic
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-17)Light rail transit (LRT) systems have been proposed and implemented in many jurisdictions in Canada and abroad to cope with long-standing problems associated with urban sprawl. LRT systems are presented as an alternative ... -
Town, Gown and Capital: The Student Housing Submarket and the Production of Urban Space
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-05)Student housing has emerged as a mainstream global asset class, while the concentration of students in particular neighbourhoods through a process of “studentification” has increasingly been recognized as an important ... -
VENICE OF LAGOS - Reviving the fishing culture in Makoko through Aquaponics
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-23)Lagos, Nigeria is a rapidly growing mega-city that faces issues such as overpopulation, pollution, waste management, sanitation, poverty among a host of others. The coastal nature of Lagos causes the city to experience ...