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1. Regional Planning in America

   Practice and Prospect
   Libros
   Abril 2011
   Edited by Ethan Seltzer and Armando Carbonell

   “Regional Planning in America is an extraordinary collection that presents a clear view of the field and highlights its many forms and applications for the twenty-first century. It is essential...

2. Economic Regulation of Utility Infrastructure

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Janice A. Beecher

   In this paper, Janice A. Beecher examines public infrastructure as having characteristics of both public and private goods that earn a separate classification as a toll good. Utilities demonstrate a...

3. Chicago and Its Skyway

   Lessons from an Urban Megaproject
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Louise Nelson Dyble

   In this paper, Louise Nelson Dyble examines the history of political leadership throughout the Chicago Skyway’s development as a public project and assesses the lessons from its eventual...

4. Metropolitan Cities

   Their Rise, Role, and Future
   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Shahid Yusuf

   In this paper, the author points out that the world’s population crossed the 7 billion mark in 2011, more than half of it in cities. Each week the ranks of urban residents increase by 1million and on...

5. Preparing for Rising Water Along U.S. Coastlines

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Bruce Babbitt

   In this paper, Bruce Babbitt argues that the most extensive land use impacts in the United States caused by climate change will occur along coastlines. Rising sea levels are already encroaching on...

6. Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Zone Management

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Robert J. Nicholls

   In this paper, Robert J. Nicholls assesses the situation in other parts of the world, arguing that many cities, such as London, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Mumbai, are threatened by sea-level rise...

7. Alternative Energy Sources and Land Use

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Clinton J. Andrews, Lisa Dewey-Mattia, Judd M. Schechtman, and Mathias Mayr

   Clinton J. Andrews, Lisa Dewey-Mattia, Judd M. Schechtman, and Mathias Mayr project that, by 2030, the global demand for energy will increase from the 2010 level of about 149,000 terrawatthours per...

8. Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation in Local Climate Change Planning

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Elisabeth M. Hamin

   Another land use planning issue related to climate policy is the potential tradeoffs in land use between adaptation and mitigation. Whereas typical mitigation measures, such as compact city structure...

9. Prediction of Transportation Outcomes for LEED-ND Pilot Projects

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Reid Ewing, Colin Quinn-Hurst, Lauren Brown, Meghan Bogaerts, Michael Greenwald, Ming Zhang, and Lawrence Frank

   In this paper, Reid Ewing, Colin Quinn-Hurst, Lauren Brown, Meghan Bogaerts, Michael Greenwald, Ming Zhang, and Lawrence Frank examine how the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)—...

10. Congestion Pricing

    An Overview of Experience and Impact
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2011
    Kiran Bhatt

    In this paper, Kiran Bhatt reviews the experience of roadway congestion pricing strategies around the world, focusing on the systems in London, Stockholm, Singapore, and selected U.S. cities. He...