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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059021
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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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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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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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Work-from-home and cities : an elementary spatial model
Brueckner, Jan K. - 2024
This paper analyzes the urban impacts of hybrid WFH in the simplest possible model, relying on Leontief utility and production functions and other simplifying assumptions. The analysis shows that introduction of WFH raises both the wage and land consumption of households while shrinking the size...
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Does tax competition drive cooperation in local economic development policies? : evidence on inter-local business parks in Germany
Bischoff, Ivo; Melch, Simon; Wolfschütz, Eva - 2019
An increasing number of municipalities cooperates in the field of economic development. In this paper, we focus on a specific instrument in this field, namely the development of joint business parks. We apply a hazard model to data from West-German municipalities between 2000 and 2015. We find...
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Deconstructing Canada's housing markets : finance, affordability urban sprawl
Cheung, Calista - 2014
House prices have increased significantly in Canada over the past decade, driving household debt and residential construction activity to historical highs. Although macro-prudential tightening has slowed the pace of household borrowing in the last few years, house prices have continued to trend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464985
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Socio-economic explanation of urban sprawl : evidence from Switzerland, 1970-2000 : paper to be presented at the 54th ERSA Congress, St.Petersburg, 26-29 August. Workshop: G_C Urba...
Weilenmann, Barbara; Schulz, Tobias - 2014
fundamental economic forces such as rising incomes, population growth and low commuting costs. In Switzerland, all these factors …, employment distribution/structure, and commuting. We expect e.g. that a growing number of single households accelerates urban …
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The impact of mixed land use on residential property values
Koster, Hans; Rouwendal, Jan - 2010 - This version: October 15, 2010
Contemporary European urban planning policies aim to mix land uses in compact neighbourhoods. It is presumed that mixing land uses yields socio-economic benefits and therefore has a positive effect on housing values. In this paper, we investigate the impact of mixed land use on housing values...
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