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  • 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 ...
  • People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Reaching out 
    Shebli, Rabih; Chmaitelly, Hala (2010)
    Recognizing that the AUB Campus is blocked from its surrounding neighborhood, students were asked to come up with creative ways to overcome this separation and to increase interaction between AUB and its neighbors. Students ...
  • People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Revisiting Hamra 
    Daher, Rami; Jabr, Abdul-Halim (2007)
    When we organized the studio beginning of 2007 we were motivated by our fascination for Hamra’s vigor and diversity, coupled with fear that this might be eroded by looming real estate speculation. Hence, the Studio is ...
  • People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - Surveying Regional Architecture 
    Arbid, George; Assi, Naji; Kanaan, Joy; Nasrallah, Maha (2005)
    In the summer of 2005, the course investigated 1950s and 60s apartment buildings in Ras Beirut. The drawings presented here are accompanied by analytical reports transcending the individual buildings to cover the urban ...
  • People Places: New Student Designs on the Neighborhood Exhibition - University City Interface 
    Saliba, Robert (2007)
    The Bliss Area adjoining the southern edge of AUB campus is a vibrant commercial, entertainment and residential hub highly valued by university faculty and the city inhabitants at large. It has been overtaken in the last ...
  • Presentations to Public Officials and AUB Administration 
    Kaysi, Isam; Abou Zeid, Maya; Saliba, Robert; Myntti, Cynthia (2011)
    Presentation covering elements of neighborhood congestion studies, vision for Bliss Street, current conditions in the neighborhood, and recommendations for improving traffic flow.
  • Ras Beirut Well-Being Survey 
    Kaddour, Afamia (2011)
    The Ras Beirut Well-Being Survey is the first detailed study of Ras Beirut and Ain Mreisseh since Hamra of Beirut was published in 1973. The survey examines the social and economic determinants of health and well-being.
  • Seafront Stakeholders for Addressing Litter on the Corniche 
    Chaaban, Jad (2008)
    This study examines the problem of litter along and below Beirut’s seaside Corniche.
  • Sector 35 Urban Design Studio 
    Khechen, Mona; Saliba, Robert (2014)
    The aim of this course is to build on students’ knowledge and skills in improving the quality of the physical urban environment and reinforcing the identity of place through design interventions. Sector 35 in Ras Beirut ...
  • Special Topics Courses 
    Abou Zeid, Maya; Kaysi, Isam (2015)
  • Student Commuting Survey 
    Neighborhood Initiative (2007)
    This survey, conducted in 2007 by the Neighborhood Initiative and the Office of the Registrar, answers the questions: where to AUB students live and how do they get to campus?
  • Student Spending Survey 
    Neighborhood Initiative; Office of Student Affairs; Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (2007)
    This survey, conducted in 2007 by the Neighborhood Initiative and the Office of Student Affairs, answers the question: where do students spend their money (in the neighborhood, or elsewhere)?
  • Survey of Affordable Housing by Non-profits 
    Neighborhood Initiative (2008)
  • Survey of Built Environment Near Campus 
    Neighborhood Initiative; Al Naghi, Hani (2010)
    A compilation of the various GIS (Geographic Information Systems) layers that were used in different studies conducted as part of the AUB Neighborhood Initiative program. Data has been gathered from research and students' work.

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