Journal of Urban Planning and Development: Recent submissions
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Spatial Decision Support System for Urban Planning: Case Study of Harbin City in China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Urban land structure, layout, and land-use mode influence regional sustainable development greatly. However, planners usually cannot work perfectly because of insufficient environmental information for decision making. In ... -
Transit-Oriented Land Planning Model Considering Sustainability of Mass Rail Transit
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)With the acceleration of urbanization, the mass rail transit (MRT) is developing rapidly in China. However, some unsustainable problems are brought to many metropolitan governments, such as the expensive costs of MRT ... -
Assessment of Policies toward an Environmentally Friendly Urban Transport System: Case Study of Delhi, India
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Urban transport plays an important role in city development and is also a leading sector in energy consumption and air pollutant emissions. To examine the effectiveness of policies in reducing transport influences on ... -
Urban Land-Use Zoning Based on Ecological Evaluation for Large Conurbations in Less Developed Regions: Case Study in Foshan, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)With the accelerated worldwide urbanization process, land-use zoning has been playing an increasingly important role in urban planning and development. Ahead of detailed planning, regional land-use zoning provides significant ... -
Microsimulation Study of the Effect of Exclusive Bus Lanes on Heterogeneous Traffic Flow
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)This paper is concerned with modification and validation of a recently developed microsimulation model of heterogeneous traffic flow and application of the model to study the impact of provision of reserved bus lanes on ... -
Mechanisms for Transportation Infrastructure Investment in Developing Countries
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)In this paper, the writers examine different investment mechanisms for transportation infrastructure projects involving the private enterprise in developing countries. Roles identified vary from those of a financier to an ... -
Global Economic Forces’ Effect upon Urban Planning: Greater Amman Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Despite the historic origin of Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), it is considered a modern city. The development of GAM through the 19th and 20th century was dramatic and massive. Since the beginning of the 21st century ... -
Space Development Modeling of Urban Regions in Developing Countries
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)It is quite useful to incorporate the transport parameters directly into the space development (SD) model for deciding the location of economic activities. Also, slum developments need special treatment in SD modeling as ... -
Calibration of Microsimulation Models for Nonlane-Based Heterogeneous Traffic at Signalized Intersections
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)A significant part of the world, especially in most of the Asian countries, has heterogeneous traffic characterized by diverse vehicles, changing composition, lack of lane discipline, etc., resulting in a very complex ... -
Delay Function for Signalized Intersections in Traffic Assignment Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The consideration of delay at signalized intersections improves the accuracy of equilibrium flows obtained from traffic assignment models. This delay depends not only on physical specifications of the intersection, ... -
Costs and Benefits of Storm-Water Management: Case Study of the Puget Sound Region
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)With rising expenses and scrutiny of storm-water programs, managers need information on costs and benefits to make rational funding decisions. Most, however, lack this basic information. This study sought to identify and ... -
Case Study of Environmental Performance Assessment for Regional Resource Management in Taiwan
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)The writers created a new approach to evaluate environmental performance factors and measure the current or past environmental performances from various city and exurban by aggregation steps. Defined environmental resource ... -
Siting Major Public Facilities: Facts, Values, and Accountability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Government agencies and other organizations responsive to a diverse constituency face enormous challenges in identifying priority sites for relocation, expansion, or new development. Of paramount importance is establishing ... -
Pedestrian Flow Characteristics in Mixed Traffic Conditions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Data collected at four locations in a medium-sized city of India are analyzed for pedestrians flow characteristics under mixed traffic conditions. The data are presented in the form of mathematical and graphical relationships ... -
Modeling Generalized Cost of Travel and Its Application for Improvement of Taxies in Kolkata
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Taxi is an important urban transportation mode, and several initiatives have been taken in recent times for improving the taxi operation in Indian cities. A major challenge in the process of improving taxies is the older ... -
Evaluation of VMS-Based Traffic Information Using Multiclass Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model: Experience in Kolkata
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The effect of on-road variable message sign (VMS)-based traffic information on mixed traffic stream is evaluated using a multiclass and stochastic dynamic traffic assignment model. Two types of traffic information are ... -
Evaluating Land-Use Change in Rapidly Urbanizing China: Case Study of Shanghai
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Historical patterns and driving forces of land-use change were investigated in Shanghai under the background of drastic socioeconomic transition in China. Differing from the previous researches, this paper highlights the ... -
Willingness to Shift to Walking or Bicycling to Access Suburban Rail: Case Study of Mumbai, India
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)This paper discusses the results of willingness-to-shift study conducted in catchment areas of suburban rail stations in Mumbai, India, with the purpose of promoting walking and bicycling for rail access. The data was ... -
Assessment of the Pedestrianization Policy in Vigan City: UNESCO World Heritage Site
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)This study focused on the assessment of pedestrianization policy in Vigan City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It aimed to characterize the area and pedestrian movements on implementation of pedestrianization scheme, analyze ... -
Multiobjective Transit Passenger Information System Design Using GIS
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)This paper presents a multiobjective generalized cost (GC) based passenger information system (PIS) design for multimodal transit system that integrates geographical information system (GIS) processing, network analysis, ...