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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"urban growth scenarios"”.
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Application of High-Speed Rail Urban Growth Scenarios, using the UPlan Urban Growth Model in Victorville, California
… 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' look like. Using demographic projections, land-use data, and foreign (France, Germany, and Japan) examples of HSR …
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Interpreting Global Emissions Scenarios into a Local Scale Urban Growth Model: Truckee Meadows Metropolitan Region, NV, USA
… states. This research presents four distinct urban growth scenarios and modeled impacts for the Truckee Meadows metropolitan region in Nevada, USA. The urban growth scenarios are interpreted from the Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) published by the Intergovernmental Panel on …
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The development and use of a land–use suitability model in spatial planning in South Africa
… 4.9 billion people) will be living in urban settlements by the year 2030. It is further anticipated that most of this urbanization will take place in developing countries, and more specifically in Africa. This is most likely due to the fact that most African countries are currently in …
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Assessing annual urban change and its impacts on evapotranspiration
… and human welfare. Of all the LULCC types, urbanization is considered to be the most impactful one. Monitoring past and current urbanization processes could provide valuable information for ecosystem services evaluation and policy-making. The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) provides land …
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Increased Perviousness Versus Urban Densification: Trade-offs Between Adaptation and Mitigation In A Changing Climate
… these implications because of the rapid growth of urban populations. In 2008, the number of Americans living in urban areas topped 80% (CIA World Factbook 2010). Urban areas have multiple options for adaptation and mitigation but with consequences for water quantity and quality.</p> <p> I …