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Analysis of commuting in the Moscow region using GIS techniques
Shitova, Yulia Yu.; Shitov, Yury A.; Mitroshin, Anton A.; … - 2014
determined by GIS techniques using data from the year 2001. This has allowed visualization of commuting patterns in the Moscow … and perspectives of the proposed innovative analysis techniques of commuting patterns are discussed. …
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Freeway revolts!
Brinkman, Jeffrey C.; Lin, Jeffrey - 2019
. Disamenities from freeways, versus their commuting benefits, likely played a significant role in the decentralization of U …
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Delineation of city regions based on commuting interrelations : the example of large cities in Germany
Kauffmann, Albrecht - 2012
urban planning. Commonly, the delineation of functional regions is based on commuting flows from the municipalities in the … municipality is the largest one, and if this share exceeds a certain threshold value. However, commuting flows in the opposite … direction are not considered. The method presented here delineates city regions on the base of bidirectional commuting flows …
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Policies for inclusive urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
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Escalas da urbanização brasileira
Moura, Rosa; Oliveira, Samara; Pêgo Filho, Bolívar - 2018
The object of this discussion text typology was developed with the purpose of classifying the Brazilian municipalities according your insertion scale in the process of urbanization. Has focused on changes in the relationships between the different parts of the territory, is under productive...
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How Suburbia Happened in Toronto
Lewyn, Michael - 2013
A review of John Sewell's book, The Shape of the Suburbs: Understanding Toronto’s Sprawl. Sewell discusses the role of government highway and sewer spending in opening up Toronto's suburbs for development
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Sprawl in Europe and America
Lewyn, Michael - 2013
Defenders of suburban sprawl assert that sprawl is inevitable in affluent societies, based on trends in Western Europe. According to supporters of this Inevitability Theory, European cities have decentralized and become more car-dependent, thus proving that even where governments are more...
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Racial Enclaves and Density Zoning : The Institutionalized Segregation of Racial Minorities in the United States
Rothwell, Jonathan T. - 2010
This paper attempts to explain two basic facts of segregation in the United States in recent decades. The segregation of blacks remains everywhere higher than the segregation of Latinos and Asians, but the levels are converging. Previous research stresses things like urban form and racial...
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The 2012 Smart Growth Report : Progress Towards Smart Growth in Canada
Haider, Murtaza; Tomalty, Ray; Komorowski, Bartek - 2013
Over the last decade and a half, the Smart Growth movement has matured in Canada. Early efforts to raise awareness on the need to better manage urban growth gave way to smart growth plans and policies adopted by municipal, regional and provincial governments. More recently, attention has shifted...
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A Case-Study Based Analysis of the Implications of Natural Disasters on the Indian Agriculture Industry From 2000-2020
Batra, Kanav; Siddiqui, Mohammed Aasim; Jain, Ashna; … - 2022
India has a very diverse geography and many aspects of this geographical landscape are tied to its economy. Natural disasters are quite commonplace in some areas and thus the significance of disaster management policy becomes extremely crucial. This research study aimed to analyse policy...
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