Journal of Urban Planning and Development: Recent submissions
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Dynamics and Temperature Regulation Function of Urban Green Connectivity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Connectivity is an important aspect of the landscape pattern on influencing function and services. This paper analyzes the dynamics of urban green connectivity of Shenzhen, China, from years 1986–2010 and examines the ... -
Prototype Decision-Support System for Designing and Costing Municipal Green Infrastructure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)There is growing momentum across many municipal jurisdictions in North America to reuse public and privately held vacant and underutilized urban land on a temporary to potentially permanent basis for community-centered and ... -
Integration of Multinomial-Logistic and Markov-Chain Models to Derive Land-Use Change Dynamics
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Land-use change reflects the relationship between human activities and environmental processes over time and space. Modeling land-use change dynamics is of particular environmental, social, and economic importance at ... -
Influence of Park Size and Its Surrounding Urban Landscape Patterns on the Park Cooling Effect
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Urban parks, an essential component of urban green infrastructure, are known for their multiple ecosystem services to the residents in the cities. Mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effects is one of such services. ... -
Spatial Structure of the Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Urban Agglomeration Based on Dynamic Simulation Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper proposes the dynamic simulation analysis on the basis of summarizing the international theories and methods of urban agglomeration spatial analysis, and uses this analysis on the Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan urban ... -
Allotment Gardens Contribute to Urban Ecosystem Service: Case Study Salzburg, Austria
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Allotment gardens are an important feature in the urban landscape. They provide a range of ecosystem services (ES) and hence combine utility, social meaning, and beauty. Allotment gardens have been deeply embedded for ... -
Assessing the Impact of Metropolitan-Level, County-Level, and Local-Level Built Environment on Travel Behavior: Evidence from 19 U.S. Urban Areas
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Research on land use and travel behavior has been mostly focused on the effects of local land use as opposed to the overall form of metropolitan area, regional employment accessibility and growth pattern, and job-housing ... -
Role of Landscape Designers in Promoting a Balanced Approach to Green Infrastructure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The importance accorded to green infrastructure is related to sociocultural values, which also affect the social production of ecosystem services. The literature distinguishes four categories of ecosystem services to be ... -
Employment Distribution and Land-Use Structure in the Metropolitan Area of Columbus, Ohio
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Land-use structure variables derived from landscape ecology theory are introduced into traditional employment density models based on the distance to the major central business district in the monocentric framework or on ... -
Analysis of Green Infrastructure in Lodz, Poland
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The paper focuses on the analysis of biologically active areas of the city in terms applicable to the understanding of green infrastructure in their spatial and urban planning references. The paper is an expanded account ... -
Land Use Significantly Affects the Distribution of Urban Green Space: Case Study of Shanghai, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Urban green space distribution has been extensively investigated; however, few studies have examined how these distributions are linked to anthropogenic activities at very fine scales. Here, the authors investigated the ... -
Evaluation of the Affordability Level of State-Sector Housing Built in Iran: Case Study of the Maskan-e-Mehr Project in Zanjan City
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Supplying affordable housing for urban lower- and medium-income classes has always been considered an important planning objective. The policies of Iran’s fourth and fifth development plan (referred to as -
Reprofessionalizing Planning: Pragmatic Model for Planners
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Pedestrian Dynamics in Real and Simulated World
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The paper examines the knowledge of pedestrian movements, both in real scenarios, and from more recent years, in the virtual simulation realm. Aiming to verify whether it is possible to learn from the study of virtual ... -
Convergence of China’s Urbanization
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)In this study, a flexible Fourier stationary test is applied to evaluate the convergence of China’s urbanization. Whether regional urbanization is suitable for each region varies, but it is important for China’s harmonious ... -
Urban Form and Travel Behavior as Tools to Assess Sustainable Transportation in the Greater Toronto Area
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The objective of this study is to examine whether the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is moving toward or away from sustainable transportation through exploring the spatial and temporal changes of urban form and travel behavior, ... -
Land Use Optimization for a Rapidly Urbanizing City with Regard to Local Climate Change: Shenzhen as a Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Land use and land use change have been proven to be leading causes of local climate change. In cities that undergo rapid urbanization, the urban heat island (UHI) can generate serious problems for the urban living environment. ... -
Sustainable Land-Use Planning for a Downtown Lake Area in Central China: Multiobjective Optimization Approach Aided by Urban Growth Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Urban land-use planning is becoming increasingly complex in China because it requires estimating the future urban extent and balancing its various aspects, e.g., provision of enough housing and employment opportunities and ... -
Choice of Land Use Development Type within Commercial and Industrial Zoning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This paper expands upon previous literature for land use and transportation interactions by modeling nonresidential land development in Windsor, Ontario. Separate logit models were created for commercial and industrial ... -
Challenges in Transportation Planning for Asian Cities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)