Browsing Theses by Subject "Urban renewal"
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Brewing a New Community: Redefining local industrial manufacturing within a city
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-28)The effects of globalization echo in former factory cities, in their depleted industrial landscapes and their abandoned buildings, creating a disconnect between people, their identities, their communities, and their cities. ... -
Integrational Structuring: A Holarchic Strategy for Housing the Aging Population
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-20)Canadian society is facing a marked demographic shift as the baby boom generation ages. By 2031 almost 25 percent of Canadians will be over sixty-five; many of those will be north of eighty and the oldest boomers will be ... -
Renewal of Southside Chicago: Systems - Thinking & Sustainable Urban Farming
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-27)The city of Chicago is one of the largest cities in the United States of America and has a long history as a manufacturing hub. However, over the last fifty years, its role as a manufacturing Centre has declined. This ... -
Site Finding in a Complex Urban Landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-26)This thesis demonstrates a working method for architectural analysis that combines manipulation of spatial data with a systematic analysis approach, configured for small-scale urban site selection in Toronto. The study ... -
Smart Growth and Parking: An Analysis of Downtown Revitalization in Mid-Sized Cities
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-09)The post-WWII period saw significant suburban expansion in North American cities. This push outward utilized the abundant available land to satisfy the demand for housing, and saw the rise in use of the personal automobile. ... -
Transformative Tenements; Strategies for urban renewal in Trench Town, Kingston, Jamaica
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-24)The hardened inner city community of trench town represents one of several impoverished communities that form the heart of the Jamaican capital city, Kingston. As wealth and influence have moved inland, off the coastal ... -
An Urban Morphology Analysis of Urban Innovation Districts in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-14)Since the economic transition towards a knowledge-based economy in the 1990s, technological innovation has been an essential driver of economic growth and development. As a reaction to such phenomena, Urban Innovation ...