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1. Transport Costs of School Choice

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2014
   Kevin Krizek, Elizabeth Wilson, Ryan Wilson, and Julian Marshall

   In this paper, the authors examine the role that transport costs play in school choice. They note that the average per pupil cost for transportation among U.S. school districts was $570 in 2010 (...

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

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 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)—...

3. Land Use and Vehicle Miles of Travel in the Climate Change Debate

   Getting Smarter Than Your Average Bear
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2011
   Marlon G. Boarnet, Douglas Houston, Gavin Ferguson, and Steven Spears

   In this paper, Marlon G. Boarnet, Douglas Houston, Gavin Ferguson, and Steven Spears analyze the nonlinear relationship between land use and VMT and related thresholds. Based on a travel diary survey...

4. The School Attendance and Residential Location Balancing Act

   Community, Choice, Diversity, and Achievement
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2014
   Ellen Goldring and Walker Swain

   Ellen B. Goldring and Walker Swain evaluate the impact parental choices have on residential location and schooling. This paper is divided into three loosely chronological sections that focus in turn...

5. Understanding Urban Infrastructure-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Key Mitigation Strategies

   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2013
   Anu Ramaswami

   Analyzing the economic and environmental impacts of urban infrastructure—whether its contribution to productivity or its generation of greenhouse gas emissions—is very challenging because urban or...

6. Metropolitan Infrastructure and Capital Finance

   Artigos de Conferências
   Abril 2013
   Gregory K. Ingram, Zhi Liu, and Karin L. Brandt

   This paper provides a baseline analysis and comparison of private participation in key infrastructure (energy, transportation, telecommunications, water and sanitation) for developing countries...

7. Transit Value Capture

   New Town Co-Development Models and Land Market Updates in Tokyo and Hong Kong
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2012
   Jin Murakami

   Transit value capture is another common project-based approach for capturing land value increases generated by public investment. Jin Murakami examines this technique, which is used by major railway...

8. Congestion Pricing

   An Overview of Experience and Impact
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 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...

9. Involuntary Resettlement in Infrastructure Projects

   A Development Perspective
   Artigos de Conferências
   Maio 2013
   Robert Picciotto

   A perennial issue with megaprojects and mega-events is the involuntary resettlement and forced displacement that are often associated with infrastructure development. Mega-events involve large...

10. Sustainable Infrastructure for Urban Growth

    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2013
    Katherine Sierra

    Sustainability increasingly affects infrastructure investment patterns, particularly in cities in developing countries where urban populations will more than double—increasing by 2.6 billion people—...