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The increasingly tensions rising between society’s need for resources and space on the one hand, and the capacity of the land to support these needs on the other hand lead to unprecedented changes in landscape configuration, and hence, to the environment. This paper analyzes changes in the...
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This paper discusses the principles that determine firstly how cities evolve over seven phases in what I call the Affinity Factor model. Secondly, we see how Affinity Factor model may help understand how development spreads or distributes within the city. We observe how these principles impact...
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We consider commuting in a congested urban area. While an efficient time-varying toll may eliminate queuing, a toll may …
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In this case study we examine how the characteristics of the urban setting determine the pattern of use of parks by …
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rural areas compared to income in urban areas. In Denmark, the income difference is quite small, but energy consumption, and … consume much more energy than low-income households in urban areas. Low-income households in rural areas are therefore a group … rural population has higher energy bills also compared to income, but there is not income inequality between rural and urban …
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This paper presents a model of urban traffic congestion that allows for hypercongestion. Hypercongestion has …
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increase from now to 2050, which is expected to be almost entirely concentrated in the urban centres of Asia, Latin America and … Africa. Since these additional urban spaces are still to be developed, urban development strategies that consider higher … providing a recipe for urban planning, this paper stresses the need for further research to incorporate the energy cost …
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The urban development process intends to enhance urban equipment, infrastructure and services to improve urban … and programs. Most urban projects have a strong sectorial character and it is difficult to compare parks with roads or … to assess urban conditions, evaluate and compare the sectorial demands and assemble a balanced set of development goals …
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Promotion of the urban informal sector has become the new strategy of development in the developing economies. This …
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Sudan (GOSS) in solving these issues. The establishment of a basic urban system - even with minimal services and … urban development strategy is suggested to jump start the transformation of the existing settlements into operational urban … centres. The development proposal is completed by a brief discussion on urban standards and design recommendations to be …
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