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ACCESS Magazine Spring 1999
Cervero, Robert; Cohn, Theodore E.; Gomez-Ibanez, Jose A.; … - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817827
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Smart growth: the future of the American metropolis?
Katz, Bruce - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
In the past few years, widespread frustration with sprawling development patterns has precipitated an explosion in innovative thinking and action across the United States. This new thinking ¿ generally labeled as ¿smart growth¿ ¿ contends that the shape and quality of metropolitan growth in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126707
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Inhalation of motor vehicle emissions: effects of urban population and land area
Marshall, Julian D.; McKone, Thomas E.; Deakin, Elizabeth; … - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 2006
population and urban land area (infill, sprawl, and constant-density growth) on per capita inhalation intake of primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130906
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Location choice for a continuous simulation of long periods under changing conditions
An, Qian; Gordon, Peter; Moore II, James - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 7 (2014) 2, pp. 85-103
Relatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between commute time variances and city size. In this paper, we utilize 2009 Nationwide Highway Travel Survey data and test the relationship between area commute-time means as well as variances in metropolitan-area size. We include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184009
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A note on commuting times and city size: Testing variances as well as means
An, Qian; Gordon, Peter; Moore II, James - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 7 (2014) 2, pp. 105-110
Relatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between commute time variances and city size. In this paper, we utilize 2009 Nationwide Highway Travel Survey data and test the relationship between area commute-time means as well as variances in metropolitan-area size. We include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184010
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Ex-urban sprawl as a factor in traffic fatalities and EMS response times in the southeastern United States
Lambert, Thomas; Meyer, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Many writers have covered the negative consequences of sprawl on community life and urban development in the US over … the years. This paper looks at how sprawl impacts traffic fatalities and EMS response times in the Southeastern United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111109
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The Environmental Impacts of Sprawl: Emergent Themes from the Past Decade of Planning Research
Wilson, Bev; Chakraborty, Arnab - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 8, pp. 3302-3327
impacts of sprawl. We organise our analysis of the reviewed literature around: (1) the conceptualisation or measurement of … sprawl; (2) a comparison of research methods employed and findings with respect to four categories of environmental impacts … breaking down silos observable in other areas of planning scholarship is also reflected in the recent sprawl literature and …
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Open Space and Urban Sprawl: The Effects of Zoning and Forest Conservation Regulations in Maryland
Lichtenberg, Erik - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 3
open space preservation and urban sprawl conceptually and empirically using data from the Baltimore-Washington suburbs. In … planting requirements contribute to sprawl by increasing the amount of land needed to accommodate the current number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645941
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Growth Management Policies for Exurban and Suburban Development: Theory and an Application to Sonoma County, California
Newburn, David A.; Berck, Peter - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 3
This study examines the effectiveness of growth management policies on influencing future patterns of exurban and suburban development. We initially estimate a spatially explicit model of residential development with parcel data in Sonoma County, California. This estimated model is then used to...
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Markets for Development Rights: Lessons Learned from Three Decades of a TDR Program
Walls, Margaret - 2012
Transferable development rights (TDRs) are a market-based approach to land conservation. They allow the development rights from one property to be transferred to another, with the first “sending” property placed under a development restriction or conservation easement and the “receiving”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643017