Showing papers on "Urban climate published in 1985"
TL;DR: In this article, a large national sample from the US 1977 Nationwide Personal Transportation Study is analyzed in order to test the transport economies that may result from the dispersion of work trip-ends.
Abstract: A large national sample from the US 1977 Nationwide Personal Transportation Study is analyzed in order to test the transport economies that may result from the dispersion of work trip-ends. Based on indirect evidence that the largest metropolitan areas have the largest proportion of noncentral-city work trip-ends, we associate a variety of work-trip results for such cities with a polycentric urban form hypothesis. We claim that these results also suggest that decentralized settlement (‘sprawl’?) is not necessarily uneconomical.
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01 Jan 1985
TL;DR: The characteristics of urban population growth in China reflect clearly the strong influences of explicit and implicit population redistribution policies and of the disguised urbanization process as mentioned in this paper, which reveals the essential characteristics and areal variations resulting from the natural endowment and political-economical development processes.
Abstract: The characteristics of urban population growth in China reflect clearly the strong influences of explicit and implicit population redistribution policies and of the disguised urbanization process. Analyses of absolute number and percentage of urban population reveal the essential characteristics and areal variations of urban population growth resulting from the natural endowment and political-economical development processes. A new spatial pattern will evolve during a new development stage. Data are from official sources. (EXCERPT)
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01 Jan 1985
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined how far and in what way the developments of urban structures and transport influence each other and how factors that govern the dynamic development of urban areas have affected the spatial behavior of households.
Abstract: This paper examines how far and in what way the developments of urban structures and transport influence each other. It is first explained how in theory spatial structures, transport infrastructure, and transport patterns fit together. Next, some outstanding features of spatial structures and transport in different stages of economic and urban development are indicated, and then how factors that govern the dynamic development of urban areas have affected the spatial behavior of households is examined. The impact of recent economic recession on urban development in the Netherlands is then assessed. The paper concludes with scenarios for future urban development and their implications for transport.
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