In the third part, Miyazawa's extended input-output framework is employed to measure the impacts of unscheduled events, such as major natural disasters, that cause simultaneous changes in both supply and demand, as well ...

This research attempts to provide a clear vision of urban information systems, particularly the application of information systems to planning and public policy making. The development of an expert system combined with ...

In July of 2008, the United States had the highest gasoline price in both nominal and real dollars since the 1950s. As a result, there was a record mass transit ridership increase in the following months. Urban planners ...

Institutional racism in the United States has evolved into a “racial state” that situates the state as a reproducer of the inequalities of the past in terms of resource allocation, social consciousness, and political power, ...

This dissertation research emphasizes achieving greater urban inclusion through transit-oriented development (TOD). In exploring St. Louis, Missouri's Delmar Loop TOD site, I specifically focus on the impact public ...

A planning support system enhances our ability to use water capacity expansion as an urban growth management strategy. This paper reports the development of capacity expansion modeling of water supply as part of the ...

This research analyzes housing policies in the People's Republic of China in the following three ways. First, it describes the current state of Chinese housing and housing policies. Second, it explores how Chinese housing ...

By inserting the estimated equations of the model in a social planner's optimization problem, a framework to analyze different notions of efficiency and equity have been developed.

This dissertation is composed of three separate but related papers that address if and how practicing planners can identify the cultural and behavioral barriers to learning from international sustainability solutions. ...

Changing urban settlement patterns and government housing policies have combined over the past sixty years to create public housing developments that economically and socially isolate residents within inner-city neighborhoods. ...