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Community and Urban Places in a Digital World
Abstract The sources of big data of most interest to urban social researchers arise from the adoption of digital information and communications tec...
October 19, 2023Applying Google Street View and machine learning to studying walkability
Li Yin and Zhenxin Wang, "Measuring visual enclosure for street walkability: Using machine learning algorithms and Google Street View imagery," Applie...
October 19, 2023A 'bikeability index' to get people biking
Meghan Winters and Michael Brauer and Eleanor Setton and Kay Teschke, "Mapping Bikeability: A Spatial Tool to Support Sustainable Travel," Environment...
October 19, 2023Urban Growth Boundary inflates land prices, deflates housing prices in King County, WA
Shishir Mathur, "Impact of Urban Growth Boundary on Housing and Land Prices: Evidence from King County, Washington," Housing Studies 29 (2014): 1 A...
October 19, 2023Transit-induced gentrification: how pervasive is it, and how can it be mitigated?
Casey Dawkins & Rolf Moeckel, "Transit-Induced Gentrification: Who Will Stay, and Who Will Go?", Housing Policy Debate 26 (2016): 4-5 The take-away...
October 19, 2023Strained connection between New Urbanism and increased housing prices
Ajay Garde, "Affordable by Design? Inclusionary Housing Insights from Southern California," Journal of Planning Education and Research 31 (2016): 3 ...
October 19, 2023Suburban connectivity: how multifamily housing design affects mode choice and level of active travel
Nico Larco & Jean Stockard & Bethany Steiner & Amanda West, "Trips to Strips: Walking and Site Design in Suburban Multifamily Housing," Journal of Urb...
October 19, 2023Property values: impacts of walkable characteristics including density, pedestrian infrastructure, land use mix and more
Dong Wook Sohn & Anne Vernez Moudon & Jeasun Lee, "The economic value of walkable neighborhoods," Urban Design International 17 (2012): 2 Abstract ...
October 19, 2023On-site parking requirements may increase congestion
Michael Manville , Alex Beata & Donald Shoup, "Turning Housing Into Driving: Parking Requirements and Density in Los Angeles and New York," Housing Po...
October 19, 2023Minimum parking requirements hurt renters
CJ Gabbe & Gregory Pierce, "Hidden Costs and Deadweight Losses: Bundled Parking and Residential Rents in the Metropolitan United States ," Housing Pol...
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