A methodological framework for integrated planning in the protection and development of natural resource areas in Serbia - a case study of spatial plans for special purpose areas for protected natural areas [PDF]
Spatial plans for special purpose areas for natural resources are one of the main instruments for their protection and development, and significant results have been achieved in spatial planning practice in Serbia in recent years.
Stefanović Nebojša +2 more
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Climate Impact Assessment for Sustainable Structural Change in the Rhenish Lignite Mining Region
The Rhenish lignite mining region is facing enormous structural changes due to the withdrawal from opencast mining. The current planning of the regional transformation process, however, has so far only insufficiently considered the local impacts of ...
Dennis Becker +2 more
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Mode use in long-distance travel
This paper focuses on mode use in long-distance travel. Long-distance travel is responsible for more than 50 percent of climate impact. Nevertheless, it is usually excluded from analyses that examine travel behavior. Whereas studies on daily travel prove
Alexander Reichert, Christian Holz-Rau
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Getting acquainted with their landscape: research by design as a tool to understand people's perception of current and future landscapes [PDF]
In the current policy setting in Western European society, spatial planning tends to emphasise the achievement of policy intentions through the realisation of actual spatial interventions and the growing importance of citizens as spatial actors.
Pisman, Ann, Vervoort, Peter
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Presently, one of the major challenges confronting the growth of rapidly urbanizing cities is the fact that, cities are growing in unsustainable form which is largely market-led growth and suffers from informal land market distortions.
Azor William Nyakamwe +2 more
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Virtual Reality: Developing a VR space for Academic activities [PDF]
Virtual reality (VR) is extensively used in various applications; in industry, in academia, in business, and is becoming more and more affordable for end users from the financial point of view.
D. Kaimaris +2 more
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On trip planning queries in spatial databases [PDF]
In this paper we discuss a new type of query in Spatial Databases, called Trip Planning Query (TPQ). Given a set of points P in space, where each point belongs to a category, and given two points s and e, TPQ asks for the best trip that starts at s ...
Cheng, Dihan, Li, Feifei
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Multiple criteria decision analysis with consideration to place-specific values in participatory forest planning [PDF]
The combination of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and participatory planning is an approach that has been applied in complex planning situations where multiple criteria of very different natures are considered, and several stakeholders or ...
Eriksson, Ljusk Ola +2 more
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Self-organization in urban development: towards a new perspective on spatial planning [PDF]
To date, participatory spatial planning has produced disappointing results. We argue that one reason is that time and again participatory planning proposals remain controlled by public government, and that public government seems not to be very adaptive ...
Boelens, Luuk, Boonstra, Beitske
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Spatial optimization for land use allocation: accounting for sustainability concerns [PDF]
Land-use allocation has long been an important area of research in regional science. Land-use patterns are fundamental to the functions of the biosphere, creating interactions that have substantial impacts on the environment.
Murray, Alan T. +2 more
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