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  • The Challenge of Housing for AUB 
    Myntti, Cynthia (2010)
    This Neighborhood Initiative report examines the problem of the lack of affordable housing near AUB, and recommends measures to address the problem.
  • Community Mapping - Jeanne d'Arc 
    Saikali, Maya (2013)
    As part of the graphic design course (GD203) 'Design in the Community', in Spring 2013, students were asked to create a map of a Ras Beirut Street, in this case Jeanne d'Arc, based on a particular interest they would map. ...
  • Cultural Map of Ras Beirut 
    Neighborhood Initiative; Sarkissian, Karine (2014-12-05)
    A neighborhood map project: GIS enabled map and booklet.
  • Demand Responsive Transit 
    Abou Zeid, Maya; Kaysi, Isam (2015)
    Traffic congestion and parking deficit have become a serious burden on commuters in many urban areas. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the market demand potential of a shared-ride taxi service for the students ...
  • Final Year Projects from the Civil Engineering Program on Congestion Studies in the Neighborhood 
    Abou Zeid, Maya; Kaysi, Isam (2012)
  • Greening AUB’s Neighborhood I 
    Makhzoumi, Jala (2008)
    The project explores landscape design approaches to improve the visual and environmental quality of AUB’s neighborhood.
  • Greening AUB’s Neighborhood II 
    El-Fadel, Mutassim (2011)
    This student research (Final Year Project, Civil and Environmental Engineering) explores the feasibility of creating rainwater catchment systems for different types of buildings in Ras Beirut.
  • Ground Floor Land Use Study 
    Neighborhood Initiative (2007)
    Maps that document the types of businesses that operate in the area immediately south of AUB, and the number of establishments that were closed.
  • Hamra Modern Exhibition 
    Pelgrim, Richard (2011-02-08)
    The Neighborhood Initiative supported Hamra Modern, an exhibition by Richard Pelgrim, third-year architecture student at AUB. The exhibition, based on coursework done in the ARCH020 'Beirut Modern' elective with Professor ...
  • Housing Supports at Other Universities 
    Myntti, Cynthia (2011)
    Neighborhood Initiative prepared this report for the AUB President’s Housing Task Force. It summarizes what other universities offer in supports for housing rental and purchase.
  • Imagining Bliss - DPU summerLab workshop 
    Neighborhood Initiative (2015)
    The Neighborhood Initiative collaborated with the Development Planning Unit at The Bartlett, University College London and the Design Department at ALBA, to present Beirut – Imagining Bliss workshop. The workshop participants ...
  • Integrating Historical Maps and Photographs in Geographic Information Systems : A case study of Hamra in Beirut. 
    Thing, Elise; Cardoso, Bruno (Neighborhood Initiative, 2015)
    In an effort to document urban change in Ras Beirut, this project digitized maps and photographs from research done by Danish geographer Per Kongstad and Lebanese sociologist Samir Khalaf in Ras Beirut in the 1960s. ...
  • Literature review report of GPS-based travel surveys 
    Al-Sadi, Sara; Abou Zeid, Maya; Kaysi, Isam (2011)
  • Mapping New Construction in Municipal Beirut (2000-2013) 
    Gebara, Hayat; Neighborhood Initiative; Marot, Bruno (2015)
    This database was created as part of the “Gentrification and Neighborhood Change” collaborative research project between the London School of Economics and the AUB Neighborhood Initiative (2014-2015). The database maps the ...
  • Parking Capacity Study 
    Neighborhood Initiative (2007)
    The supply of parking spots in the neighborhood is always in flux. The parking capacity survey provides a snap shot from 2007, including basic information about the parking lots and garages, capacity and turnover.
  • Parking Deficit 
    Abou Zeid, Maya; Kaysi, Isam (2013)
    The American University of Beirut (AUB), an urban campus in the city center of Beirut, Lebanon, is seeking solutions to parking and congestion problems in its neighborhood. However, documented Transportation Demand Management ...
  • People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition 
    Neighborhood Initiative (2014-09-29)
  • People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Architecture Final Year Projects 
    Arbid, George; Assi, Naji; Weltzien, Julie (2008)
    These projects were prepared by students as their final year projects for their Architecture and Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management degrees.
  • People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Fences and Neighbors 
    Nasrallah, Maha; Chmaitelly, Hala; Kossaifi, Gressy; Sharara, Massa (2008)
    Taking the Master Plan of AUB as their guideline, the students were asked to work on the AUB fences and gates along Bliss Street. The aim of this project was to observe and analyze the two sides of the fence, constantly ...
  • People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Function Duality 
    El Aris, Balsam; Shebli, Rabih (2008)
    Hamra is one of Beirut’s most dense urban settings: a district where commerce, residence, education, and services come together to form a hybrid context that is charged with the dynamics of movement and change. However, a ...

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