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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"residential density"”.
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Understanding residential density: the relationship between policy, measurement, and perception
… escalating housing affordability concern, higher-density housing presents one fitting solution to future development challenges. Market conditions also seem favorable given increases in likely consumer population and the readiness of the real estate development industry. However, higher-density …
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Energy consumption and smart growth in Massachusetts : does smart growth make a difference?
… (Business as Usual (BAU), Baby Steps (high residential density, no mixing), Mixed Use Village (higher residential density, mixed uses), and Thoroughly Green (similar to Mixed Use Village with added green building requirements)) were used to frame the potential outcomes. Typical development …
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Neighborhood environment and physical activity
… Systems (GIS). A walkability index consisting of residential density, street connectivity, and land use mix was constructed to define 32 highly and less walkable neighborhoods in the city of Stockholm where data were collected. Physical activity was assessed by accelerometers and by the …
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Urbanizing terrains
… has seen only a modest rise. The decrease in residential density has created hybrid landscapes in areas identified as the"urban fringe" or"periphery". Supported by an isotropic distribution of infrastructure the properties of this urbanizing terrain affect the pattern of built space creating a …
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The return of streetcars to western American cities : reintroducing streetcars in Denver's historic streetcar neighborhoods
… high bus ridership routes, projected residential density, projected employment density, and redevelopment potential based on use and zoning, Denver is in fact an appropriate city for the return of streetcars.
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Analyzing policy, land use and zoning characteristics : understanding the potential to build housing near rail in the city of Los Angeles
… Thirdly, the author presents housing density and land use characteristics for neighborhoods located within a /4 mile radius of the City of Los Angeles' 41 rail stations. Fourthly, the author conducts a more specific land use and zoning analysis for 5 station neighborhoods varying in …
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Comparing Spatial Measures of the Built Environment for Health Research
… measuring environmental variables surrounding residential locations in the context of adult walking behavior in Marion County, Indiana. Walkability index and vegetation greenness variables were evaluated within 400-meter, 1-kilometer, and 2-kilometer Euclidian and network buffers, census block …
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DC's Marble ceiling : urban height and its regulation in Washington, DC
… competing with neighboring jurisdictions. Using density and height measurements to compare DC to other jurisdictions shows that downtown DC takes up about twice as much land as it would if it did not have the height restriction. The analysis contributes to the literature by tying the initial …
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Street network connectivity and local travel behaviour: assessing the relationship of travel outcomes to disparate pedestrian and vehicular street network connectivity
… (walking : driving) of network connectivity and density, in the vicinity of travel survey households. Demographics and household characteristics, as well as other behaviourally influential urban form factors (residential density, proximity of destinations, etc.), were included in regression …
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The missing middle : understanding low-rise, moderate-density housing in Greater Boston
… has made scarce the kinds of low-rise, moderate-density typologies that had historically provided the dense, compact urbanism necessary to support transit, walkability, and neighborhood retail. Dubbed the "Missing Middle" by their advocates, these housing types - townhouses, duplexes, courtyard …
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A computational tool for evaluating urban vitality using Kendall Square development proposals as a case study
… objectives. For example, the soaring office and residential rents in Kendall Square make it attractive to private developers looking for monetary gains. Furthermore, in an area with an already high employment density, the addition of more office and commercial spaces could increase the stress on …
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Development of an environmental health profile: Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay, Namibia (June 1996)
… with current demand; Kuisebmond has a very high residential density, resulting in crowding and the increase of informal settlements. Social problems include poverty, unemployment, tuberculosis, AIDS, crime and alcoholism; Environmental hazards such as water and odour pollution are not adequately …
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Development of an environmental health profile: Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay, Namibia (June 1996)
… with current demand; Kuisebmond has a very high residential density, resulting in crowding and the increase of informal settlements. Social problems include poverty, unemployment, tuberculosis, AIDS, crime and alcoholism; Environmental hazards such as water and odour pollution are not adequately …
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Influences of Mountainside Residential Development to Nutrient Dynamics in a Stream Network
… and human communities. Fast-growing mountainside residential development not only modifies the terrestrial system but also aquatic systems by changing the nutrient input from the terrestrial to aquatic. However, the impacts of mountainside residential development on stream ecosystems are complex …
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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
… stations. Key BE features such as employment density, jobs per household, intersection density, residential density, distance from the central business district, job accessibility (active modes) demonstrated robustness against data aggregation for both rail and BRT stations. The third study …