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Towards the development of a component-based urban planning support system /Qiao, Jiming. January 2000 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 258-274).
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Feasibility evaluation process for urban development projects : a case study of the West Bank Development, Wichita, KansasYu, Joseph J January 2011 (has links)
Typescript (photocopy). / Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Social choice: a framework for collective decisions and individual judgements within a cross-cultural society.Comrie, Henri, Pierre January 1995 (has links)
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Urban
Design / This discourse represents a searching
process. Its outcomes are consciously
unpredictable and open-ended. Its topic
is influenced by spatial dilemma across
the spectrum of South - African cities
and the fact that opportunities of
finding answers towards integration on
a regional level has only now become
desirable and feasible through national
policy. During a period of heightened
political awareness the need for
integration and improved access has
become a pressing issue which forces
us to seek answers on our feet.( Abbreviation abstract ) / AC2017
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Modeling households' long-term mobility and residential decisions and short-term time use/travel choices :group decision-based approachesYao, Mingzhu 26 June 2019 (has links)
Understanding household long-term decisions concerning residential location/relocation, car ownership and short-term activity travel choices are crucial for land use and transport planning. However, when addressing these issues, multitudes of choice models applying individual or unitary household decision-making mechanisms have dominated in transport studies, ignoring the interactions among household members in consensual decision making in real situations. To promote the investigation of these issues from a group decision-making perspective, this study explores the applicability of various group decision-making approaches to investigate multiple long-term decisions and short-term choices. Specifically, this thesis has four main research objectives: 1) adopt a utilitarian approach to develop an integrated model that links household members' consensual long-term decisions like housing, vehicle ownership and short-term activity-travel decisions like time use, explicitly capturing expenditure tradeoff for long-term decisions on housing and car ownership; 2) employ the Nash bargaining approach to model household members' consensual car ownership choice and examine this choice from the perspective of household time allocation; 3) apply an egalitarian bargaining approach (capture household members' concern for equity) to model household residential relocation choice, make a comparative study among this approach, Nash bargaining approach, and conventional utilitarian approach, and then accommodate these heterogeneous group decision mechanisms in a unified modeling framework; 4) examine the impacts of vehicle usage rationing policy on household car ownership and spouses' time allocation patterns. The database that serves for empirical applications of the formulated models is from a two-wave household activity-travel diary survey conducted in Beijing. This thesis contributes to current literature by adopting new approaches to investigate various group decision-making mechanisms among household members, comparing and assessing the predictive performance of different group decision approaches, as well as explicitly capturing household's long-term expenditure tradeoff. Insights and findings from this study are helpful for gaining profound understanding of spatial distribution of residence, household car ownership and individuals' activity-travel patterns, which will be conducive to the formulation of relevant policies for sustainable urban development.
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Mixed-use development as a strategy for urban growth, development and planningPaul, John David 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MS en S)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa has moved into a new political era in which all citizens are entitled to
equal access to opportunities. Disadvantaged communities are cherishing high
expectations of what the future will hold for them. To avoid trade-offs that can lead to
the escalation of violence, more efficient management strategies are necessary to
restructure the urban environment and address the problems of a rapidly urbanising
population.
The primary goal of this study is to examine to what extent mixed-use developments
can facilitate economic development within low income communities. The results
indicate that the planning of mixed-use developments, can create strong, welldefined
city structures which will address the current urban deficiencies experienced
in metropolitan areas. Mixed-use developments offer a means to integrate those
parts of the metropolitan area with no coherent and integrated structure into the
larger urban environment. An increase in densities, land use intensification and
passing traffic can create the necessary market thresholds to sustain a wide range of
economic and social activities and facilities that are typically not found in inwardly
turned, peripheral communities. This can increase the standard of living of these
communities by improving their access to economic opportunities, providing
employment and supporting the fulfilment of their economic and social needs.
The informal sector plays an important role in the urban economy. The creation of
multi-functional markets within mixed-use development will stimulate groWth and
employment creation within the informal sector. The higher economic thresholds and
better access to markets and supplies can improve the viability of small -scale informal enterprises. These markets will benefit the local communities by providing a
variety of economic activities and services within the same location. The stimulation
of economic activity within the low income communities can improve the circulation of
money and assist in the prevention of income leakage to other centres.
The implementation of mixed-use development has the potential of addressing the
problems currently inhibiting economic development of low-income communities. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika het 'n nuwe politieke era betree, waarin alle burgers op toegang tot
gelyke geleenthede geregtig is. Die agtergeblewe gemeenskappe koester hoë
verwagtinge vir die nuwe toekoms. Om te verhoed dat uitruiling ly tot 'n toename in
geweld, is 'n meer doeltreffende stedelike bestuurstrategieë noodsaaklik om die
snelgroeiende bevolking aan te spreek.
Die studie het ten doel om die ekonomiese ontwikkelingskapasiteit van gemengde
grondgebruiksontwikkeling, te ondersoek. Die gevolgtrekking van die studie is dat
gemengde grondgebruiksontwikkeling 'n goed ontwikkelde stadstruktuur tot stand
kan bring, waardeur die bestaande tekortkominge van stedelike gebiede
aangespreek kan word. Dit bied 'n doeltreffende manier om stedelike gebiede,
sonder 'n samehorige en geïntegreerde struktuur, met die groter stedelike gebied te
skakel. 'n Toename in digthede, grondgebruiksintensiteit en deurverkeer sal die
drempelwaardes, wat nodig is om 'n wye verskeidenheid ekonomiese en sosiale
aktiwiteite te ondersteun, skep. Verhoogde toegang tot ekonomiese- en werks
geleenthede sal die lewenstandaard van lae- inkomste gemeenskappe verhoog.
Die informele sektor speel ook 'n belangrike rol in stedelike ekonomie. Die
ontwikkeling van multi-funksionele markte, binne die gemengde grondgebruiksontwikkeling,
kan groei en werkskepping binne die informele sektor stimuleer. Hoër
drempelwaardes en beter toegang tot markte en voorraad kan die lewensvatbaarheid
van informele ondernemings verbeter. Plaaslike gemeenskappe sal voordeel trek uit
die toeganklikheid van 'n verskeidenheid ekonomiese aktiwiteite en dienste binne die
mark. Die stimulering van ekonomiese aktiwiteite binne lae-inkomste gemeenskappe sal die sirkulasie van geld verbeter en die lekkasie van inkomste na ander sentrums
teenwerk.
Die implementering van gemengde grondgebruiksontwikkelings het die potensiaal
om die probleme, wat die ekonomiese ontwikkeling van lae-inkomste gemeenskappe
strem, die hoof te bied.
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