Advanced Urban Travel Demand Forecasting
Advanced Urban Travel Demand Forecasting

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Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 694

ISBN-13:

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"This course attempts to communicate to travel modeling professionals some of the [travel demand forecasting] procedures developed by their colleagues around the U.S. and abroad, most of which have been implemented as part of an existing travel demand modeling system."--p.1-5

Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change
Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change

Author: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-01-26

Total Pages: 1458

ISBN-13: 1316395375

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This latest Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will again form the standard reference for all those concerned with climate change and its consequences, including students, researchers and policy makers in environmental science, meteorology, climatology, biology, ecology, atmospheric chemistry and environmental policy.

The Impact of Urban Spatial Structure on Travel Demand in the United States
The Impact of Urban Spatial Structure on Travel Demand in the United States

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Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13:

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The authors combine measures of urban form and public transit supply for 114 urbanized areas with the 1990 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey to address two questions: (1) How do measures of urban form, including city shape, road density, the spatial distribution of population, and jobs-housing balance affect the annual miles driven and commute mode choices of U.S. households? (2) How does the supply of public transportation (annual route miles supplied and availability of transit stops) affect miles driven and commute mode choice? The authors find that jobs-housing balance, population centrality, and rail miles supplied significantly reduce the probability of driving to work in cities with some rail transit. Population centrality and jobs-housing balance have a significant impact on annual household vehicle miles traveled (VMT), as do city shape, road density, and (in rail cities) annual rail route miles supplied. The elasticity of VMT with respect to each variable is small, on the order of 0.10-0.20 in absolute value. However, changing several measures of form simultaneously can reduce annual VMT significantly. Moving the sample households from a city with the characteristics of Atlanta to a city with the characteristics of Boston reduces annual VMT by 25 percent.

Urban Environment, Travel Behavior, Health, and Resident Satisfaction
Urban Environment, Travel Behavior, Health, and Resident Satisfaction

Author: Anzhelika Antipova

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-05-09

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 3319741985

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This book explores the intersections of urban development, travel patterns, and health. Currently, there is a lack of research concerning the subjective dimensions of accessibility in urban environments and travel behavior, as well as travel-related outcomes. Antipova fills this gap in the scholarship by developing an analysis of satisfaction and perception-related indicators at an intraurban level. Specifically, she investigates various aspects of urban environment from the perspective of resident perception and satisfaction, as well as the relationship between urban environment, travel behavior, activity patterns, and traveler health.

Geography of Climate Change
Geography of Climate Change

Author: Richard Aspinall

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 1135756759

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Climate change is one of the inescapable themes of current times. Climate change confronts society in issues as diverse as domestic and international political debate and negotiation, discussion in the media and public opinion, land management choices and decisions, and concerns about environmental, social and economic priorities now and for the future. Climate change also spans spatial, temporal and organisational scales, and has strong links with nature-society relationships, environmental dynamics, and vulnerability. Understanding the full range of possible consequences of climate change is essential for informed decision making and debate. This book provides a collection of chapters that span environmental, social and economic aspects of climate change. Together the chapters provide a diverse and contrasting series that highlights the need to analyze, review and debate climate change and its possible impacts and consequences from multiple perspectives. The book also is intended to promote discussion and debate of a more integrated, inclusive and open approach to climate change and demonstrates the value of geography in addressing climate change issues. This book was originally published as a special issue of Annals of the Association of American Geographers.

Implementing Sustainable Urban Travel Policies National Reviews
Implementing Sustainable Urban Travel Policies National Reviews

Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2003-10-02

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 9282103064

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This report examines the experiences of eleven European countries (including Russia) and the United States in designing and implementing sustainable urban transport policies.