Downtown management organizations
Master
In Maynard (USA)
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Master
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Maynard (USA)
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This course focuses on the origins, functions, and implications of downtown management organizations (DMOs), such as business improvement districts, in a variety of national contexts including the United States, Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. It critically examines how a range of urban theories provide a rationale for the establishment and design of DMOs; the evolution and transnational transfer of DMO policy; and the spatial and political externalities associated with the local proliferation of DMOs. Particular emphasis is given to the role of DMOs in securing public space.
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- Business Improvement
Course programme
Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session
This course focuses on the origins, functions, and implications of downtown management organizations (DMOs). Students who take this course will explore a variety of arrangements for managing and governing the downtown, including but not limited to, downtown business associations, business improvement districts (BIDs), and joint municipal authorities. By reading and discussing a rich and diverse set of scholarly papers and speaking with experts (both practitioners and academics), students will come to understand the underlying rationale and contemporary challenges associated with implementing these schemes in the United States, Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Finally, students will apply their knowledge by generating a set of recommendations for revitalizing the French Quarter of New Orleans.
This is a seminar course about downtowns - their initial dominance, their subsequent decline, and the tools and practices that have contributed to their recent revitalization. It is also a course that offers students an opportunity to put their knowledge into action by contributing to the revitalization of New Orleans. The major questions addressed in this seminar are as follows.
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Downtown management organizations