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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Local benefits"”.
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High-speed rail and local land development : case studies in London and Las Vegas
… between high-speed rail development, local rail station development and land development. The efficacy of a high-speed rail system depends, in part, upon rail stations' locations close to urban centers and integration into the broader transportation networks and urban realm. Through …
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Impacts of sustainable streets on housing prices: a hedonic analysis in Chicago
To understand the local benefits and costs of sustainable streets, this study uses housing transaction data in Chicago to examine the impact of those projects on the sale prices of nearby residential properties. Specifically, I would like to explore the following questions: First, is the sale price …
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Understanding unemployment and local hiring in Lawrence, Massachusetts : a report for the City of Lawrence
… of City incentives when it comes to generating local employment. Thus, we look at how new employers that take advantage of City incentives - such as tax-increment financing - fare when it comes to local hiring. We identify three major development projects and determine which local benefits they …
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After retreat : buyout programs and local planning goals after Hurricane Sandy
… within floodplains. However, there are many local benefits associated with buyout programs, including the removal of services from the neighborhood, increased flood protection for adjacent neighborhoods, and increased green space for conservation and recreation purposes. With limited federal …
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An economic analysis and evaluation of the impact of the construction and operation of a hydroelectric facility in a rural area of Virginia
… of $2025 per user-day was used to estimate benefits o At lower valuation figures, the justification of the RPA on efficiency grounds becomes more questionable. The recreation area will have a positive impact on the study region's economy through increased economic activity and resident use, …
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Traffic Engineering for LISP-Enabled Networks
… such de-aggregated, surplus prefixes for local benefits is causing the routing table of the Default Free Zone (DFZ) to grow rapidly, which contribute to routing scalability problems. Recently, in order to address this scalability issue, LISP (Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol) has …
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Nature's contributions to people: socio-economic assessments of strategies to conserve natural capital and guide the sustainable provision and equitable distribution of ecosystem services in developing countries
… continue to be unsustainably used and their benefits inequitably shared. In many instances economic incentives and resource management approaches have not led to the sustainable use or equitable distribution of the benefits of natural resources such as fisheries and forests. This has occurred …
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Multipurpose Approaches to Regional Goals: Chapters in Environmental and Development Economics
… practices in order to generate long-lasting local benefits, like erosion control, flood risk reduction, and progress toward local TMDL obligations, alongside reductions toward the Bay TMDL. MS4s refrain from term credit purchases out of concern over future availability and refrain from …