Journal of Urban Planning and Development: Recent submissions
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Impact of Targeted Redevelopment of Central Business District on Housing Prices in the Surrounding Neighborhoods: Evidence from Oakland, California
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Using a longitudinal data set that inventories single-family home sale transactions within 3.2 km (2 mi) of the Central District redevelopment area of Oakland, CA, this paper finds that the targeted efforts to redevelop ... -
Estimating the Adequacy of a Metro Network
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The objective of this research is a preliminary examination of metro rail network extensiveness versus the city’s needs, aiming to assist the estimation of the adequacy of a metro network. This paper concentrated on comparing ... -
Achieving Sustainable Urban Renewal in Hong Kong: Strategy for Dilapidation Assessment of High Rises
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Approximately 4% of the private buildings in Hong Kong are older than their design lives of 50 years. In addition to the engineering factor, the lack of timely maintenance and proper management has led to a serious problem ... -
Trends and Prospects of the U.S. Housing Market Using the Markov Switching Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Accurate projection of the economic conditions in a country can enable the government to establish appropriate policies in a timely manner. This also applies to enterprises and individuals in terms of decision-making ... -
Urban Development Process of Built Environments in Metropolitan Areas in Turkey: Case Study of Angora Settlement, Ankara
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The built environments of metropolitan areas are rapidly changing in response to urban development dynamics. The nature of the urban built environment continues to be influenced by the conflicting interests and expectations ... -
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Exploring Determinants of Pedestrians’ Satisfaction with Sidewalk Environments: Case Study in Korea
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)This study intends to explore people’s satisfaction with sidewalk environments and to examine its association with emotional perceptions and physical components. A perception survey was taken to evaluate the emotional ... -
Model for Planning Emergency Response Services in Road Safety
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)In an era of continuous growth in mobility and demand for transportation, safety is an issue of major social concern and an area of extensive research and work by practitioners and academics. Emergency response services ... -
Hazard-Based Analysis of Travel Distance in Urban Environments: Longitudinal Data Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)This paper focuses on identifying important factors that determine activity-based travel distance in urban areas. Building on past research that has demonstrated the conceptual equivalence of hazard models applied to either ... -
Feasibility of Flex-Route as a Feeder Transit Service to Rail Stations in the Suburbs: Case Study in Toronto
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Flex-route transit service is a promising option to serve low-density urban areas. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility and benefits of replacing feeder fixed-route transit routes in a suburban area by flex-route ... -
Estimation of Daily Vehicle Flows for Urban Freight Deliveries
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Given its contribution to congestion, pollution, and energy consumption and the complex and changing characteristics of delivery routes, the modeling of urban freight transport is a difficult, highly data-demanding and ... -
Inexact Fuzzy Full-Infinite Mixed-Integer Programming Method for an Integrated Air and Waste Management System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Inexact fuzzy full-infinite mixed-integer programming (IFFMIP) was proposed as an extension of inexact full-infinite programming. It can deal with the uncertainties that exist in most of the parameters as intervals, economic ... -
Perceptions of Pedestrians and Shopkeepers in European Medium-Sized Cities: Study of Guimarães, Portugal
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Planning pedestrian environments requires assumptions about how pedestrians will respond to characteristics of the walking environment in city centers. European city centers, especially medieval ones, have been more and ... -
Review of Policies on Access to Transportation Planning Data and Models: Implications for Transportation Planning Agencies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Transportation planning agencies receive requests from both public and private entities to share their transportation planning data, models, and model output. In addition, some agencies receive requests from these entities ... -
Location of Municipal Centers for New Counties within the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)In this case study, a methodology to determine the locations of municipal centers for eight newly established counties within the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is presented. Both discrete and planar location models ... -
Estimating the Impacts of Urban Expansion on Landscape Ecology: Forestland Perspective in the Greater Seoul Metropolitan Area
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Being able to predict the potential impacts of urban growth on the environment is a critical requirement for both urban developers and policymakers. The Korean national government recently announced a long-term urban plan, ... -
Impact of Transportation Infrastructure on Development in East Africa and the Indian Ocean Region
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The study explores the relationship between transportation and development in the East Africa and Indian Ocean (EAIO) region. A positive link between development, defined in terms of gross national income per capita ... -
Developing County-Level Commodity-Flow Models Incorporating Land-Use Characteristics and Economic Factors for Utah
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Reliably forecasting freight demand has become essential in freight transportation management to systematically plan for future transportation facility needs. Commodity-based freight demand modeling techniques have been ... -
Study on Spatial Structure of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration and Its Effects on Urban and Rural Regions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)The Yangtze River delta urban agglomeration of China has experienced a significant development bloom in the last 30 years. To explore the spatial structure, a series of methods have been applied in this study: a mathematical ... -
Risk Factors of Public-Private Partnership Projects in China: Comparison between the Water, Power, and Transportation Sectors
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)With the growing economic development experienced in China, there is an urge for more and better public infrastructure. Public-private partnership (PPP) is an innovative method for delivering these facilities and services. ...