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Land, 2023 Urban sprawl has become a notable feature in China. Previous studies have found that railway development has a significant effect on urban sprawl.
Yuan Yi, Fang He, Yuxuan Si
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, 2020 Swift progress in urban areas can pilot to urban sprawl, where new components are urbanized around the external boundaries of urban areas, frequently taking up important farmland. Many tenants want better residence, comfortable space, and calm and safe environment, which they discover in the new suburban growth far separate from the center of the city.
Balamurugan Paramasivam +1 more
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Reinterpreting the Local Context in Development Projects Through the Lens of Positive Thinking
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The increasing complexity of the international development cooperation system necessitates the strengthening of the evaluative function as a means of facilitating learning. Despite the growing global focus on these issues, evaluation practices within the field of development often appear to struggle in serving as an effective tool for drawing ...
Laura Fantini
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Learning From and Through Evaluation: An Examination of Practice
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we provide an analysis across the foregoing practice‐based case exemplars to understand antecedent conditions and influences, learning‐oriented evaluation strategies, estimates of strategy success or potential success, and factors that either enable or hinder the extent to which learning from and through evaluation occurs. The
J. Bradley Cousins, Jill Chouinard
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Urban Sprawl and Its Multidimensional and Multiscale Measurement
Land, 2023 The evaluation and dynamic monitoring of urban sprawl is essential to the sustainable development of cities and therefore attracts enthusiasm from numerous scholars.
Linlin Zhang, Xianfan Shu, Liang Zhang
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Forecasting and Capacity Planning in Prehospital Emergency Medical Services: The Case of Ankara
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Time savings in prehospital emergency medical services are vital for human life. Ensuring that these services can meet potential demands is essential for successful delivery. This study aimed to forecast the demand for ambulance services within prehospital emergency medical services and to plan the capacity of ambulance stations ...
Elif Erbay, Çağdaş Erkan Akyürek
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Remote Sensing, 2020 Urban sprawl is the most prominent characteristic of urbanization, and increasingly affects local and regional sustainable development. The observation and analysis of urban sprawl dynamics and their relationship with urbanization quality are essential ...
Chunyan Lu +8 more
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Urban sprawl: Extent and environmental impact in Baguio City, Philippines [PDF]
Spatium, 2016 Urban sprawl has emerged as a striking characteristic of recent global urban development. Land use policies advocating urban expansion for residential use to the detriment of a critical environment as in the case of Baguio City, Philippines ...
Gonzales Lord Byron F.
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International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we apply the notion of gravitational fields to commercial attraction, with the aim of providing valuable insights to inform the development of an econophysical methodology. We revisit the traditional notion of gravitational fields, extending it to encompass multiple economic variables and incorporating mobility and production ...
Luigi Capoani +3 more
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Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2017 Urban sprawl is one of the most important problems in urban development due to its negative environmental and societal impacts. Therefore, the spatial pattern of urban growth should be accurately analyzed and well understood for effective urban planning.
Derya Ozturk
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