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A mixed-methods analysis of social-ecological feedbacks between urbanization and forest persistence
Title
A mixed-methods analysis of social-ecological feedbacks between urbanization and forest persistence
Author
Thill, Jean-Claude
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
City planning, Urban forestry
Description
We examined how social-ecological factors in the land-change decision-making process influenced neighboring decisions and trajectories of alternative landscape ecologies. We decomposed individual landowner decisions to conserve or develop forests ...
Densification without growth management? Evidence from local land development and housing trends in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Title
Densification without growth management? Evidence from local land development and housing trends in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Author
Thill, Jean-Claude, Delmelle, Elizabeth, Zhou, Yuhong
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
North Carolina--Charlotte, City planning
Description
In urban America, land development and residential real estate have passed through a number of different phases during the post-WWII era. In contemporary discourse on urban sustainability, attention is often expressed in terms of intensity of land...
EVALUATING POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS IN URBAN STREAMS BASED ON PRECIPITATION, NETWORK OF STORMWATER BMPs, AND IMPERVIOUS COVER
Title
EVALUATING POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS IN URBAN STREAMS BASED ON PRECIPITATION, NETWORK OF STORMWATER BMPs, AND IMPERVIOUS COVER
Author
Venugopal, Manish
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
City planning, Environmental engineering, Water resources development--Management
Description
The increase in impervious surfaces accompanying urban development in the recent decade has caused an increase in the volume of stormwater runoff and pollutant loads flowing downstream to receiving waters. In response to increased volumes of impai...
HYDROGEN POWER FOR LIGHT RAIL OPERATION: OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICAL APPLICABILITY
Title
HYDROGEN POWER FOR LIGHT RAIL OPERATION: OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICAL APPLICABILITY
Author
Washing, Edward
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Civil engineering, City planning, Renewable energy sources
Description
As urban areas continue to grow and become denser, transit will be vital in the success and progress of metropolitans. Light rail, particularly in the United States, has become a popular mode of transportation that efficiently and reliably moves p...
LIBRARY OF THINGS (LoT) - AN URBAN SYSTEM MODEL FOR RECONCEPTUALIZING THE ROLE AND SPATIALIZATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Title
LIBRARY OF THINGS (LoT) - AN URBAN SYSTEM MODEL FOR RECONCEPTUALIZING THE ROLE AND SPATIALIZATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Author
Nelson, Alexandra
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
City planning, Information technology, Architecture
Description
As the public library system struggles to find support in the age Google and Amazon, their impact through crucial resources and personalized support from library staff prove their undeniable value in cities -- especially for those without internet...
STRUCTURAL ESTIMATIONS OF PRICE-OCCUPANCY RELATIONSHIP IN URBAN PARKING SYSTEMS
Title
STRUCTURAL ESTIMATIONS OF PRICE-OCCUPANCY RELATIONSHIP IN URBAN PARKING SYSTEMS
Author
Muraleedharan, Adarsh
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Management, Statistics, City planning
Description
Parking is a significant facet of the urban transportation system, with a collective revenue of nearly $30 billion in the United States by the end of 2018. Motivated by the inter-temporal demand and supply imbalance as well as the sub-optimal park...
Urban Form and Air Quality: A Fine-Scale Look at 22 Major U.S. Cities
Title
Urban Form and Air Quality: A Fine-Scale Look at 22 Major U.S. Cities
Author
Blomquist, Evan
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
Remote sensing, City planning
Description
Common pollutants present in cities, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2), can cause a variety of adverse human health outcomes. Urban form (e.g., land cover and its spatial patterns) is a crucial factor contributing to air quality. There have been effo...