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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Urban Growth Boundary"”.
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Managing urban growth for efficiency in infrastructure provision: Dynamic capital expansion and urban growth boundary models
… of this thesis is to examine the logic of urban growth management programs from the perspective of efficiency in infrastructure provision. Of the many urban growth management and control instruments, two instruments, capital facility plans and urban growth boundaries (UGBs), are analyzed in …
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The effect of an urban growth boundary on property prices: the case of Virginia Beach, Virginia
… was originated by the debate over the effect of urban growth boundary on the value of vacant land. The case of Virginia Beach was studied. In 1979 a green line policy was enacted in this city. This study was dedicated to assess the effect of this policy on the value of the vacant land. A hedonic …
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Spatial Distribution of Convective Activity in the Las Vegas Valley and its Relation to the Urban Growth Boundary
Urban areas have a large influence on the environment due to the effects urbanization has in regards to land use and land cover change. Since the land and atmosphere are coupled within the hydrologic cycle the conversion of land from its natural state, to an urban surface, can alter the …
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Land Value under Growth Control in King County
As a hot topic in the field of urban planning, whether growth control is an effective planning tool overall and its potential impacts on land value have been discussed by a lot of literature, yet many of the studies reached quite different conclusions. The purpose of this thesis is to assess the …
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Simulating Land Use Land Cover Change Using Data Mining and Machine Learning Algorithms
… demand; (5) reconfigure the existing LTM for urban growth boundary (UGB) simulation because UGB modeling has been ignored by the LUCC modeling community, and (6) compare two rule based models for urban growth boundary simulation for use in UGB land use planning.</p> <p>The review of LTM …
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Articulating the urban boundary : integrating Bogota with Los Cerros Orientales
… the materials to build the city and dictated its urban form. Because of their symbolism and visual prominence preservation policies have been implemented to protect them from urbanization. Starting in 1977 the government instituted an urban growth boundary to prevent urbanization in Los Cerros. …
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The Impact of Growth Management Policies on Urban Form: Evidence from U.S. Metropolitan Areas with Growth Management Policies
The contemporary urban development pattern in the United States is characterized by land consumptive nature of development, such as a sprawled development pattern. Out of concern that the social and environmental costs of this development pattern outweigh their benefits, cities, counties and states …
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Sustainable metropolitan growth strategies : exploring the role of the built environment
… options to achieve sustainable metropolitan growth, smart-growth strategies attract increasing interests due to their financial and political feasibility. Leveraging the interconnection between land use and transportation, smart-growth strategies aim to improve urban life and promote …