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Corridor Location for Infrastructure Development
International Regional Science Review, 2013Corridor location for developing new infrastructure such as transmission lines, roadways, and pipelines over terrain must consider numerous factors when determining the set of optimal route candidates. Previous researchers have cast this problem as a multiobjective least cost path problem, where competing objectives represent cost, environmental impact,
F. Antonio Medrano, Richard L. Church
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Introduction: translocal development, development corridors and development chains.
International Development Planning Review, 2011This paper offers an introduction to this Special Issue of International Development Planning Review. It uses the concepts of translocal development, development corridors and development chains to secure a better grasp of what development means in the context of globalisation and how ‘local development’ needs to be refined.
Zoomers, E.B., Westen, A.C.M. van
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Pipeline Corridors in Developing Areas
Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE, 1981The San Diego County Water Authority is a wholesale agency providing water to the approximately 1,700,000 residents of San Diego County through its 24 member agencies. It owns, operates and maintains approximately 210 miles (338 km) of aqueduct pipelines. Original construction of the pipelines was in locations remote from urban development.
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Evolution and Development of the Railway Corridor in China
International Conference on Transportation Engineering 2009, 2009Structure of railway transportation corridor (RTC), formation and evolution of RTC, influence of RTC on economic system and duties division of RTC were separately demonstrated in this paper. RTC is a result of the complicated interaction that occurs among many elements such as the gathering effect of the formation and development of industry ...
Chaozhe Jiang +4 more
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Wildlife Corridors and Developed Landscapes
2009An obvious consequence of exurban land development is fragmentation of natural areas. Fragmentation leaves patches of habitat of various sizes, which can become increasingly isolated as development continues. A compelling approach to mitigation is the creation of corridors. Corridors in their simplest form are strips of habitat that connect patches and
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REGIONAL CORRIDORS DEVELOPMENT: A FRAMEWORK
Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy, 2013Regional corridors are popular components of regional cooperation initiatives and have been promoted for several years. Yet discussion about development of these corridors tends to be relatively general in scope and difficult to pin down in terms of content and implications.
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Turkmenistan will develop transit corridors
Emerald Expert BriefingsSignificance Having recently signed a raft of agreements, Turkmenistan has boosted its chances of becoming an important transit route for pan-Eurasian infrastructure projects. Ashgabat has not indicated a preference for any specific trade corridor.
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