Journal of Urban Planning and Development: Recent submissions

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    • Urban Transit: Equity Aspects 

      Michael C. Ircha; Margaret A. Gallagher (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1985)
      Evidence from the study of urban transit systems in two maritime cities suggests that certain aspects of this municipal service are inequitably distributed. A linear regression analysis of several equity‐measuring variables ...

    • Residential Real Estate Development in Saudi Arabia 

      Edward Tieh‐Yeu Huang (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1985)
      The decline of world energy consumption in recent years has contributed to dramatic reductions in oil production and, thus, the national revenue for Saudi Arabia, which in turn greatly affects housing development in the ...

    • Public Participation in Railroad Relocation 

      T. William Patterson (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)
      This paper describes the remarkably successful, award‐winning citizen participation strategies employed by the professional staff of the Lafayette Railroad Relocation Project, in Lafayette, Indiana. It shows that continuous ...

    • Multiple‐Use Conflicts in a Growing Economy 

      Andrew A. Dzurik (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      Southwest Florida contains extensive beaches, barrier islands, estuaries, and wetlands. It has experienced rapid population growth and urbanization which have been in conflict with the natural systems of the region. This ...

    • Municipal Service Distribution: Equity Concerns 

      M. C. Ircha; D. Sundararajan (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)
      Past experience has provided evidence that a number of municipal services have been inequitably distributed. Causes of these inequities have included the socioeconomic status of the neighborhood, its ecological structure ...

    • Assessment of Visual Impacts of AGT Guideways 

      Edward S. Neumann; Alon Kvashny; Roger B. Trent; John Halkias; Elizabeth Walukas (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)
      Public reaction to alternative AGT (Automated Guideway Transit) guideway design characteristics and impact on the existing environment can be assessed by formal surveys employing a series of photomontages depicting random ...

    • Impact of Residential Street Design on Fuel Consumption 

      Fred A. Curtis; Lars Neilsen; Alan Bjornsor (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)
      Potential fuel savings offered by conventional, solar superblock, and grid street patterns using a subdivision in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, are compared. A modeling procedure is used to simulate commuter and mode travel ...

    • Erratum: “Environmental Assessment in Ontario, Canada” by Frederick A. Curtis (November, 1981) 

      Unknown author (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)

    • Discussion of “<i>Civil Engineering Planning Guide: Part I—Framework for Planning, Chapters 1–3</i>” by the Task Committee to Prepare a Planning Guide of the Urban Planning and Development Division (May, 1982) 

      Gunther Greulich (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)

    • Planning Education: Desirable for Civil Engineers? 

      Richard W. Lyles (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1984)
      The education committee of the Urban Planning and Development Division of the ASCE undertook a survey of undergraduate civil engineering programs to ascertain educators' opinions on the appropriate role(s) of civil engineers ...

    • Land Suitability Analysis: Landfill Siting 

      William N. Lane; Robert R. McDonald (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      While land suitability analysis is becoming a standard tool in environmental inventory and analysis, its application to sanitary landfull siting has been limited due to uncertainty about the factors which should he mapped, ...

    • Trident Naval Submarine Base: Planning and Design 

      John M. Lowe, Jr. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      The U.S. Navy's largest peace‐time construction project is currently underway in southeast Georgia. Located at Kings Bay, a few miles north of the Florida‐Georgia border, the Trident Atlantic Coast Strategic Submarine Base ...

    • Arroyo Engineering in an Urban Environment 

      Richard J. Heggen (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      Planning and design of arroyo hydraulic structures in an urban environment must be carried out within significant constraints. These constraints include limits to data, analytic method, and result transfer. Such constraints ...

    • Night Delivery: Institutional Restraints 

      Errol C. Noel (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      Presented is a review and analysis of night delivery as a tool for managing vehicle traffic in high density central business districts of urban areas. Data were collected in Washington, D.C., Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, ...

    • Environmental Assessment of Campeau Shopping Center 

      Fred A. Curtis (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      The paper discusses the application of an environmental assessment procedure to a community size shopping center proposal in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The environmental assessment procedure is comprised of four phases: ...

    • Vital Life Supports for N.Y.C. Through the 20Th Century 

      Martin Lang (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      A broad overview is presented of the water and wastewater programs of New York City. Each “life support system” is the product of long term plans which can retain their basic thrust for as long as a century. One key to ...

    • Parking Policy and Downtown Economic Development 

      Michael D. Meyer; Mary McShane (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1983)
      For many years, the role of parking policy in most U.S. cities was to accommodate the automobile commuter by providing convenient spaces to park. Recently, however, many cities have begun to use parking management strategies ...