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  • 1 Aug 1973
  • Conference Presentation

De-Housewifing Women, Domesticating Men: Equality between the Sexes in Urban Communes

By: R. M. Kanter and M. Halter
Keywords: Gender; Urban Scope
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Economic Functions of Central Cities

By: Richard L. Nolan
Keywords: Economics; Urban Scope
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Africa: Building Cities: Immersive Field Course

By: John D. Macomber
This second year elective takes students into the field to assess and report on the opprtunities in the next decade for the private finance and delivery of public infrastructure in the Global South.  In January of 2016 and 2017 the cities studied were Addis Ababa,... View Details
Keywords: Cities; Urbanization; Economic Development; Infrastructure; Sustainability; Africa; Latin America; Peru; Argentina; Ethiopia; Tanzania
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Business Leadership Coalitions

By: James E. Austin
This multiyear research project has been studying the creation and functioning of the organizations business leaders have created in order to mobilize their collective capabilities to address significant issues and problems facing them and their communities. These... View Details
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Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks

By: John D. Macomber

This course is about building sustainable and resilient cities, future proofing real estate and infrastructure assets, and examining how businesses and investors find opportunities in climate adaptation.

The world faces substantial challenges in the face of... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Economic Development; Climate Finance; Migration; Climate Change; Adaptation; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Insurance Industry; Banking Industry
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Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems

By: Tarun Khanna

What problems do developing countries face, and how can individuals contribute to solutions rather than awaiting the largesse of the state or other actors? Intractable problems – such as lack of access to education and healthcare, forced reliance on contaminated... View Details

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Environmental and Sustainability Issues in Real Estate

By: Arthur I Segel
Environmental and sustainability issues in real estate from green, brown, and gray fields development to green construction and new patterns of urban planning. View Details
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Field Course: Social Innovation Lab

By: Brian L. Trelstad
Co-taugh with Prof. John Kim
This course provides students an opportunity to use the discipline of entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Social Enterprise
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Innovation in Business, Energy and the Environment

By: John D. Macomber
This MBA Elective is offered as a half credit classroom course and as a full credit classroom plus project course.  Students investigate industries and interventions in a wide range of topics ranging from hydraulic fracturing to nutrition in urban school districts;... View Details
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Land in China's Political Economy

By: Meg Rithmire

Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform

Published October 2015

China since the 1980s has been the scene of unprecedented efforts at urban construction and growth, even in the absence of privatization... View Details

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Overview

By: John D. Macomber
Teaching and research interests center around the matching of private and instituional capital into large public infrastructure and resilience projects that shape the future of cities and urban environments around the world. The world's population is increaslingly... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Infrastructure Finance; Water; Cities; Urbanization; Transportation; Architecture; Urban Planning; Construction; Africa; Latin America; Climate Change
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Sustainability, Real Estate and the Built Environment

By: John D. Macomber

Research interests include:

  • Real estate development, design, and construction, notably how design creates value; 
  • Sustainable cities, in particular entrepreneurship and project finance in light of global trends in urbanization and resource... View Details
Keywords: Infrastructure Finance; Sustainability; Urban Development; City Growth

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