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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"land use patterns"”.
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The effects of zoning on land use patterns: a comparative case study
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, 1961.
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Towards an integrated model for assessing the effects of changes in climate and land use patterns on the quantity and variability of river flows in Indonesia
… What are the relative effects of changes in land use and climate on the quantity and variability of river flows in Indonesia in relation to land use and water use planning and management for sustainable development? The contribution of this thesis is to provide a method and tool for shedding …
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Application of High-Speed Rail Urban Growth Scenarios, using the UPlan Urban Growth Model in Victorville, California
Changes in land-use patterns surrounding a high-speed rail (HSR) station in Victorville, CA, are modeled using UPlan, a geographic information system (GIS) based urban growth model. UPlan is meant to provide a basic platform for modeling future growth to show what future growth patterns 'might' …
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Supply response and the land conversion process in the rural-urban fringe
… this research was to investigate the nature of landowner supply-response behavior as it related to the land conversion process in the rural-urban fringe. Emphasis was placed on the derivation of the farmer's dynamic supply-response curve of agricultural land for urban uses since the nature of …
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The spatial ecology of chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) in the Cape Peninusula, South Africa: towards improved management and conservation strategies
… In the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, extensive land transformation has geographically isolated, fragmented and reduced the size of the local chacma baboon population and is perceived to be a major driver of human-baboon conflict. However, no data on baboon landscape use exist to verify this …
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Land Use on the Urban Fringe
… protecting their county's natural resources. Land conservation policies incentivize landowners to keep land identified as critical environmental resources in their natural state. In this project, we analyze property-level administrative data to evaluate whether land conservation policies and …
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A framework for guiding transportation improvements to support desired land use
… is a growing recognition that transportation and land use policies cannot succeed independently of one another. The interactions between them must be understood, analyzed, and accounted for in order for land use and transportation plans and policies to be effective and successful. A methodological …
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Three essays on urban economics
… I explore the relationship between development patterns and municipal expenditures. Measures that capture the multidimensional aspects of land use patterns exist within the planning and landscape ecology literature but have not been applied to the 'Cost of Sprawl' discourse until now. Using a …
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QuickLET : a web-based tool for estimating pollutant loads in a watershed
… hinder their application among non-technical users. Consequently, environmental decision makers often rely on outside consultants to perform watershed assessments for them. This report presents the Quick Load Estimating Tool (QuickLET), a Web-based tool for estimating pollutant loads in …
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Union Station, Tacoma, Washington : a design study for a surplus rail site
… in railroads, mergers, major shifts in urban land use patterns, and declining rail passenger travel has resulted in a surplus of urban rail lands. These lands represent a significant resource for land poor cities. An unparalleled opportunity exists for major new intervention without the usual …
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Deep Decarbonization of California’s Transportation Sector: A Comparative Analysis of Aviation, Electric Vehicles, and High-Speed Rail using the ASIF Framework
… transportation options contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. By examining the challenges and opportunities presented by these transportation modes, the thesis underscores the need for comprehensive strategies that transcend incremental technological improvements. Bearing California's …
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The accessibility and development impacts of new transit infrastructure : the Circle Line in Chicago
… of new transit infrastructure projects on the land use transportation system. Land use and transportation systems are inherently interconnected and form an integrated system; and transport projects affect not just the transportation system, but also land use patterns. Current evaluation …
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Simulating Land Developers', Sewer Providers', and Land Owners' Behavior to Assess Sewer Expansion *Policies
This study develops a model of behavior of land owners, sewer providers, and land developers and the ways in which their plans and actions interact. The initial goal is to consider alternative behavioral explanations of these relationships and test which more accurately replicates the historical …
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Development of juvenile culture techniques and testing of potential biomarkers of environmental stress in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
… principally due to habitat degradation from poor land-use patterns and pollutants. A study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of using river water in a flow-through culture system to rear juvenile freshwater mussels. The culture method placed juvenile mussels, confined in small dishes, …
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A Shifting Island Landscape: Changes in Land Use and Daily Life in the 19th and 20th Century Village of Inishark, Co. Galway, Ireland
… changes to village spatial arrangement and land use patterns in the nineteenth and twentieth century village of Inishark, Co. Galway, Ireland. To understand how spatial changes within the historic village were shaped by interactions between villagers and outside groups, including landlords …
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Early hominid habitat preferences in East Africa: Stable isotopic evidence from paleosols
… foraging behavior, and understand early hominid land-use patterns and habitat preference, the synchronic variation of hominid activity preserved in archaeological sites is examined in a diversity of floral microhabitats across two Early Pleistocene landscapes. In collaboration with landscape …
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Land use and automobile dependence: planning for sustainability in urban regions
This thesis investigates how planning for urban land use, form, and design can contribute to reducing society's dependence on automobiles. It provides a synthesis of current literature on this subject and an analysis of this problem within the context of Canadian metropolitan areas. It discusses …
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The Use of Selected Water Quality Parameters to Identify Fecal Coliform Sources in Support of the Sinking Creek Total Maximum Daily Load.
… The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of water quality parameters to identify areas that contribute to the fecal coliform loading. Concentrations of nitrate-N, orthophosphates, BOD, alkalinity, hardness, and optical brighteners (OB) were monitored at fourteen stations monthly for …
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Locational Distribution of Global Advanced Producer Service Firms in the Polycentric US Metropolis
… globalization, have significant impacts on the land use patterns of global cities. With this assumption, the study further questions in the context of polycentric US metropolis, whether or not the distribution of transnational advanced producer service firms define a new form of centrality, in …
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