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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Compact development"”.
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Raise the roof : can location efficient mortgages increase social equity, compact development, and transit ridership?
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.
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Cities in the Everglades : the implications of compact urban development for regional water storage in Palm Beach County
Alternative forms of urban development such as high-density or in-fill development are often promoted for their significant environmental benefits. South Florida presents an excellent testing ground for this assumption, as the region grapples with issues of rapid urbanization and degradation of the …
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An empirical study of attitudes towards green urban development
… owners’ preference toward sustainable urban development, in the form of three-essays. In the first essay, property owners’ preference toward the concept of compact development is identified. Compact development is an increasingly popular concept that includes multiple aspects, such as mixed …
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Realizing sustainability : implementing a vision in Burlington, Vermont
… growth patterns have characterized the spatial development of cities in the United States since the advent of the automobile. Extensive research has shown that low-density, haphazard development (a.k.a. sprawl) causes numerous deleterious impacts on communities. Communities are beginning to …
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Urban Land Use Efficiency in the United States: Assessing UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
… to 2020 using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 11.3.1, which measures the ratio of Land Consumption Rate (LCR) to Population Growth Rate (PGR). Leveraging NLCD Impervious Surface data and WorldPop population estimates, the study calculates the LCRPGR indicator …
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Reviving upside-down architecture : using a historically transitional form of parking to reduce the impact of cars in mixed-use commercial areas
… root of a self-reinforcing pattern of scattered development that has led to a narcotic-like automobile dependency. Progressive planners maintain that the presence of parking is detrimental to creating efficient, compact communities. But history shows that's not necessarily so. In the 1940s, …
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MODELLING THE FUTURE OF LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE WINDSOR CMA, ONTARIO, CANADA
… the Windsor CMA for four scenarios (status-quo, compact, sprawl and multinucleated scenarios). Multinomial Logit Modeling (MNL) and Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) techniques were used to handle the land use development scenarios. The second part of this thesis is focused on examining the traffic …
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Agricultural land protection and growth management: a case study of Story County, Iowa
… Iowa, in implementing the policies of its County Development Plan (CDP). Farmland conversion and zoning permit activity from 1983 - 1998 were mapped and evaluated. Zoning permit activity was evaluated for its "compactness" and location within identified growth areas as designated on the CDP. The …
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A Multidimensional Study of Transit Ridership and Station Mode Shares in the United States: Nonlinear Effects, Data Aggregation, and Post-Pandemic Changes
… among public transit types allows for the development of more targeted policies at both local and regional levels. Examining how the built environment (BE) influences travel behavior (Delclòs-Alió et al.) and assessing data aggregation effects around different transit station types at the …
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The Dynamics of the Impacts of Automated Vehicles: Urban Form, Mode Choice, and Energy Demand Distribution
… vehicles (AVs) is around the corner. With the development of automation technology, automobile and IT companies have started to test automated vehicles. Waymo, an automated driving technology development company, has recently opened the self-driving service to the public. The advancement in …