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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"metropolitan planning"”.
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The politics of comprehensive metropolitan planning : a case study of Belo Horizonte
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1983.
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The development of Chinese metropolitan planning management systems: with particular focus upon governance
This thesis examines Chinese metropolitan planning management system taking lessons from its past as well as current development and involving recommendations for its future improvement. It investigates the historical and current developments in the metropolitan planning management systems and also …
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Diversity, Networks and Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Metropolitan Planning Organizations in the United States
… answers these questions by examining Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) in the United States, one of the regional transportation networks. MPOs are formal inter-organizational networks that go beyond informal and intra-organizational networks. The focus here is on collaborative …
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Prioritization : a critical study of the "TIP Program" of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), of the Boston region
… of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1989 and (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1989.
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Dual Occupancy and its Impact on Metropolitan Growth in Melbourne (1986 - 1992)
… as a housing policy. In the 1980s it became a planning issue and was then developed as a key plank of metropolitan planning policy by the (then) Ministry for Planning and Environment, resulting in specific controls being introduced into metropolitan planning schemes in 1985. By 1987 it had …
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Ground access to domestic airports : the creation of a federal program to streamline enhancement and modernization projects
… overlooked by airlines, airport operators, and metropolitan planning organizations. Given the current structure of federal aviation and surface transportation funding, little incentive is provided for these organizations to develop a comprehensive intermodal outlook towards airport access …
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Metropolitan House In Saudi Arabia
Current metropolitan planning in Saudi Arabia has led to a specific housing type. In order to provide isolation the metropolitan housing design has become very close and confined. This confinement has made the metropolitan house lacking in the feeling of open space, gradual transition from the …
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Cluster-based Delineation of Megaregions in the United States: Identifying administrative boundaries that reflect meta-communities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government
… leverages a combination of cluster analysis and metropolitan planning organization locations to identify sub-regions that share morphological characteristics and functional relationships. Recommendations are made for subsequent research into four areas: new data sources, process refinements, …
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Political rush hour on the Tobin Bridge : receivership and the redevelopment of Chelsea, Massachusetts
… that the receivership primarily facilitated metropolitan planning agendas at the expense of public participation in local planning. Chelsea, less than two miles from both downtown Boston and the Logan International Airport, is geographically critical to metropolitan growth and transportation …
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Understanding Urban, Metropolitan and Megaregion Development to Improve Transportation Governance
… myriad forces have expanded America's urban, metropolitan and megaregion development forms. Using a net worker exchange model, the geographic extent of commuter sheds is documented for 22 metropolitan areas within the continental United States. In addition to commuting patterns, …
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Evaluating Strategies to Protect Open Space and Slow Sprawl in the Philadelphia Region
This paper uses the Philadelphia metropolitan region of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties as a case study, examining historical land use and socioeconomic data to demonstrate the negative effects that urban sprawl has on regional quality of life and the natural and …
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Accessibility in metropolitan transportation planning : visualizing a GIS-based measure for collaborative planning
… Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), requires Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) to further the trend of collaboration by employing visualization techniques for Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs). In the first part of this two-part research, three New Jersey MPOs are …
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Telling the future together : the potential of collaborative scenario-building in the transformation of urban governance in Portugal
… sustainable and equitable development at the metropolitan scale. Overcoming this mismatch requires coordination between typically fragmented government agencies-and this coordination requires inter-organizational collaboration. In Portugal, the twin challenges of declining urban centers and …
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Making a Case for Social Innovation as a Structural Counterpart to Public Participation in Regional Planning
… political boundaries is an essential aspect of metropolitan living. Although it is anticipated that everyday experiences of the physical, social and economic inter-connectedness between urban communities and peri-urban hinterlands would automatically engender a regional outlook in planning and …
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Bring the form back to planning: Using urban form characteristics to improve the predictability of transportation mode choice models
… in conjunction with the Roanoke Valley Allegheny Metropolitan Planning Organization as a way to evaluate the potential of TDM projects in promoting non-automobile forms of travel within the Roanoke region. This approach to developing an enhanced transportation mode choice model is a step forward …
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Crafting the Public: Grid-Group Cultural Theory and the Mechanisms of Public Participation
… regarding participation by the public in planning and decision making functions of Metropolitan Planning Organizations have become more detailed over the past several decades by adding more groups and individuals to the list of those who should be included in agency planning efforts. This …
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Advancing accessibility : public transport and urban space
… beginning to see adoption in transportation and metropolitan planning practice. Such metrics capture the potential for reaching destinations enabled by transport (e.g. number of jobs available within a given commute time), not just the mobility benefits accruing from the use of transport (e.g. …
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A policy story of continuity and change : reflections on the Obama Administration's Metropolitan Agenda
… 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 …
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Coordinated transportation and land use planning in the developing world : the case of Mexico City
… world, to coordinate transportation and land use planning so as to use land resources more efficiently and promote the use of transit and non-motorized transport (walking and biking) at the expense of the automobile. This is done in order to reduce congestion and pollution and to provide more …
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Transportation performance management for livability and social sustainability: developing and applying a conceptual framework
… (such as state Departments of Transportation, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and transit providers) to preserve and enhance transportation-related quality of life (QOL) outcomes in their jurisdictions. QOL is a multi-dimensional concept that is closely related to the concepts of …
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