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Densification without growth management? Evidence from local land development and housing trends in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Author
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Thill, Jean-Claude, Delmelle, Elizabeth, Zhou, Yuhong
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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North Carolina--Charlotte, City planning
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Description
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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...
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Better access to parks to improve population health in Mecklenburg County, NC
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Author
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Dony, Coline
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Geography, Geodesy, City planning
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Description
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Better access to parks can increase our level of physical activity. Increasingly aware of this association and its impact on community health; urban leaders started incorporating access to parks as an indicator of quality of life. However, two stu...
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Cluster Requiem and the Rise of Cumulative Growth Theory
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Author
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Kunkle, Gary
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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City planning, Public administration
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Description
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Industry cluster theory has been the predominant model guiding economic development policy throughout the world for nearly two decades. As appealing as the cluster approach has been to regional scientists and policy makers it suffers from a number...
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A Macro-Level Analysis of Traffic and Pedestrian Safety in Urban Areas
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Author
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Najaf, Pooya
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Transportation, City planning
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Description
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The main objective of this research is to examine the effect of city-level urban characteristic, such as urban form and trip generation factors, on traffic safety in general and pedestrian safety in particular. For this purpose, the information fo...
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HYDROGEN POWER FOR LIGHT RAIL OPERATION: OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICAL APPLICABILITY
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Author
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Washing, Edward
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, City planning, Renewable energy sources
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Description
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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...
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Modeling Freeway Level-of-Service based on Travel Time and Travel Time Reliability
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Author
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Imran, Md. Shah
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Transportation, City planning
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Description
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The assessment of operational performance is a challenge for the local transportation agencies and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) due to the dynamic nature in traffic movement. As demand approaches to the capacity of a roadway (or of t...
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Modeling Bicycle-Vehicle Crash Frequency on Urban Roads
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Author
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Mukoko, Kanya
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Transportation, City planning
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Description
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Bicyclists and motorists make mistakes that contribute to traffic crashes involving bicyclists on urban roads. The likelihood of a bicyclist being severely injured or killed daily in traffic crashes is creating fear, anxiety, and becoming a potent...
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Title
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MODELING TRAVEL DEMAND AND CRASHES AT MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC LEVELS
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Author
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Duddu, Venkata Ramana
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, City planning, Transportation--Planning
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Description
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Accurate travel demand / Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) and crash predictions helps planners to plan, propose and prioritize infrastructure projects for future improvements. Existing methods are based on demographic characteristics, socio-eco...
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Methods to Estimate Link Level Travel Based on Spatial Effects
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Author
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Kusam, Prasanna
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Date Created
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2011
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, City planning, Transportation--Planning
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Description
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Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) is used in several planning, roadway design, operational and safety analyses by transportation planners and engineers. Existing methods are very complex and do not adequately address the modeling needs. Errors a...
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The Economic Impact of Spatial Income Inequality
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Author
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Li, Huiping
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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City planning, Economics, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Spatial income inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income across communities. This study broadens the concept to include residential segregation, central city-suburban income disparity, and government fragmentation. Combining the comp...
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The Butterfly Highway: Connecting People and Nature
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Author
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Hjarding, Angelique
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Geography, City planning, Conservation biology
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Description
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Many residents in African American neighborhoods in Charlotte, NC, struggle to meet basic needs and lack the capacity to address other quality of life issues such as beautification, social capital, and environmental justice. Urban wildlife, includ...