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Driving, parking, and land use: an econometric analysis
Christopher Mccahill & Norman Garrick, "Automobile use and land consumption: Empirical evidence from 12 cities," Urban Design International 17 (2012):...
October 19, 2023Does walkability lead to connectivity? Some potential limitations of smart growth
Julie Zook and Yi Lu and Karen Glanz and Craig Zimring, "Design and Pedestrianism in a Smart Growth Development," Environment and Behavior 44 (2012): ...
October 19, 2023An urban studies approach to elites: nurturing conceptual rigor and methodological pluralism
May 2019,Urban Geography 40(5):591-603 ABSTRACT This special issue offers a set of methodologies to chart urban elites. Whereas most research ha...
October 19, 2023Sprawl and how to measure it
Shima Hamidi & Reid Ewing & Ilana Preuss & Alex Dodds, "Measuring Sprawl and Its Impacts: An Update," Journal of Planning Education and Research 35 (2...
October 19, 2023Simulating pedestrian and crowd movement
Paul Torrens, "Moving Agent Pedestrains Through Space and Time," Annals of the Association of American Geographers 102 (2012): 1 The take-away: Tor...
October 19, 2023Quantifying the sustainability of urban growth and form through time: An algorithmic analysis of a city's development
Applied Geography Volume 88, November 2017, Page 1-14 Abstract Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, households and cities have change...
October 19, 2023“Morpho”: a methodology for assessing urban form
V. Oliveira, "Morpho: a methodology for assessing urban form," Urban Morphology 17 (2013): 1 The take-away: Focused on three variables—streets, plo...
October 19, 2023Different New Urbanisms: a three-pronged typology
Dan Trudeau, "A typology of New Urbanism neighborhoods," Journal of Urbanism 6 (2013): 2 The take-away: Breaking with typologies of New Urbanism th...
October 19, 2023Does block size matter? Smaller isn’t necessarily better for pedestrians
A. Sevtsuk & R. Kalvo & O. Ekmekci "Pedestrian accessibility in grid layouts: the role of block, plot and street dimensions," Urban Morphology 20 (...
October 19, 2023Determinants of urban sprawl in European cities
Walid Oueslati & Seraphim Alvanides & Guy Garrod, "Determinants of urban sprawl in European cities," Urban Studies 52 (2015): 9 The take-away: This...
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