A policy story of continuity and change : reflections on the Obama Administration's Metropolitan Agenda
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2011.
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| author | Ullah, Athena Jade |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/694582019-04-11T06:46:23Z A policy story of continuity and change : reflections on the Obama Administration's Metropolitan Agenda Ullah, Athena Jade Langley Keyes. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2011. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-136). President Obama was sworn into office on January 20, 2009 and within the first month of his presidency, against a backdrop of staggering concerns about financial reform, energy efficiency, and the need to allocate $787 billion dollars of stimulus funds, he began to focus the form and function of metropolitan America as an engine of sustainable economic growth. The early blueprint of this project took on modest proportions, reflecting both his professional beginnings as a community organizer in the south side of Chicago and contemporary planning debates of equitable sustainable development. The scope of this project morphed into a large-scale agenda on metropolitan development. Over the past two years, the goals of the President's metropolitan agenda have held wide consensus within the federal government, which in turn has led to institutional changes in the grant-in-aid system. From the Congressional floor to foundations and prominent think tanks, the support it garnered collectively inspired several organizations to begin thinking across traditional divisions to find their role in sparking the engines of equitable and sustainable economic growth. Notably, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) re-organized its entire strategic plan for FY2010-2015 along the lines of three core themes, namely economic competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and equity. Despite the widespread support behind the president's project and the timely response to concerns of the American people, it is not clear how distinct this agenda really was. This thesis is an exploration of policy history and transformation purposed to address the following question: where did the Obama Metropolitan Agenda come from and how is this effort different from past ones that aimed to achieve similar goals? By understanding the evolution and comparative history of Obama's metropolitan agenda, I explore how the core concepts of comprehensive planning evolved into sustainability; this is accomplished through a policy analysis of the reference document, the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant (SCRPG) program, followed by a comparative historical analysis of federal policy and metropolitan planning from 1949-2010. by Athena Jade Ullah. M.C.P. 2012-02-29T17:56:51Z 2012-02-29T17:56:51Z 2011 2011 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69458 774916705 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 136 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Urban Studies and Planning. Ullah, Athena Jade A policy story of continuity and change : reflections on the Obama Administration's Metropolitan Agenda |
| title | A policy story of continuity and change : reflections on the Obama Administration's Metropolitan Agenda |
| title_full | A policy story of continuity and change : reflections on the Obama Administration's Metropolitan Agenda |
| title_fullStr | A policy story of continuity and change : reflections on the Obama Administration's Metropolitan Agenda |
| title_full_unstemmed | A policy story of continuity and change : reflections on the Obama Administration's Metropolitan Agenda |
| title_short | A policy story of continuity and change : reflections on the Obama Administration's Metropolitan Agenda |
| title_sort | policy story of continuity and change reflections on the obama administration s metropolitan agenda |
| topic | Urban Studies and Planning. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69458 |
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