Retail parking lots, environmental impacts and development policies: Research roundup
…6.57% of the total urban footprint in this county, that the area of parking lots exceeded the area of parks in the city limits by a factor of three and…
…6.57% of the total urban footprint in this county, that the area of parking lots exceeded the area of parks in the city limits by a factor of three and…
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…are intoxicated or abusing illicit substances are on average more dangerous to the public. But inexplicable incidents, such as Santa Barbara City College student Eliot Rodger’s violent rampage in May…
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…funding. Dissemination has most typically occurred following specific community-wide or school crises, or in inner city schools where violence exposure is endemic. Evaluations of program effectiveness have focused on the…
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…of Homicide,” examines how homicide “spreads” spatially in a city and provides insights on the geography of violent crime. For more on the changing dynamics of many traditionally high-crime urban…
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…a 2005 study, GAO found that the time to complete a veteran’s claim varied from 99 days at the Salt Lake City regional office to 237 days at the Honolulu,…
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…nearly 20% less than the average) while those in cities that sprawl have higher costs (Atlantans spent $10,890, 11% more than the average). More driving also increases a city’s per-capita…
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…range of strategies to “secure” water supplies for present or future needs. Better water management is sometimes involved, but often — as New York City did 150 years ago —…
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…(including city and school buses) and those for charter and tour motorcoaches. Be wary, too, that accident data may involve all parties involved, not just bus occupants. With that in…
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…and one-quarter of the homes were inundated, in the city’s worst flood on record. We aimed at contrasting the respective hazards, vulnerabilities, stressors, psychological risk factors, psychosocial consequences, and disaster…
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…and low-crime parks across Baltimore was found to be widely dispersed throughout the city. “Often, low-crime parks will be found very near high-crime parks without intermediate medium-crime parks in between.”…
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