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Morrissey, James Walter. "Regional planning in Germany." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1228.
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Powell, Felicity Isabel. "Social issues in regional planning." Thesis, University of Hull, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441684.
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Carroli, Linda. "Regional planning in transition: Policy narratives at the intersection of regional planning and sustainable infrastructure transitions." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/205320/1/Linda_Carroli_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis examines how policy narratives inform the regional planning approach to sustainable infrastructure transitions. Many infrastructure systems are locked into unsustainable paths, resulting in policy, land use and infrastructure relationships that are path dependent. The research finds policy narratives indicate that infrastructure systems are reconfigured amid tensions, resistance and trade-offs that inhibit and displace sustainable innovation and transition pathways. In its current traditional form, regional planning is bound to highly institutionalised and normative conditions that resist innovative, co-evolutionary and transformative change in pursuing sustainable infrastructure transitions.
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Hussain, N. H. "The regional planning process in Iraq." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.371474.
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White, Connor J. "Space Syntax: Regional Planning for Bicycles." DigitalCommons@USU, 2018. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7290.
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This study focused on using a mapping tool, Space Syntax, to analyze the connectivity of the Cache County road network and its use to plan for bicycles. Space Syntax is being compared to another method that is already used by city planners called Bicycle Level of Service, or BLOS. The two analyses used data from Cache County and, after they were modeled and evaluated, a statistical analysis was done to see how similar one is to the other. The analyses were done at both a regional and a local scale. At both scales the analyses were not similar.
Data was added to the Space Syntax analysis at both scales to see if it would influence making it more similar to BLOS. Adding the data had no effect in making them similar. It was determined that Space Syntax and BLOS are not similar and more research would need to be done to attempt to make them similar. They both have advantages and disadvantages to them when being used for planning for bicycles. One is not necessarily better than the other, as they are two different methods that could be used.
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Behrens, Rigel A. "Regional Planning and Collaboration for Affordable Housing:Northern Kentucky's Regional Housing Network." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1379937334.
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Kan, Ka-man. "Regional planning and regional governance : a case study of Hong Kong-Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42576064.
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Morrison, Tiffany H. "Institutional integration in complex environments : pursuing rural sustainability at the regional level in Australia and the U.S.A. /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17897.pdf.
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Nelson, Andria M. "Regional politics: the importance of regional planning bodies in ensuring effective communication and collaboration." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8564.
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Master of Regional and Community PlanningDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
John W. Keller
Regions are an intricate network of communities, geographies and economies that together impact the long-term growth and stability of one other. Cooperation between municipalities within the same region is vital in order to achieve sustained growth, both economically and in the built environment. The research question states: What is the value of regional planning bodies in ensuring effective communication and collaboration among region-wide governmental and non-governmental agencies? This research report includes a detailed history of the role and significance of regional planning bodies in the United States, as well as a case study involving the regional planning body in Houston, Texas and the Gulf Coast Region. The Houston-Galveston Area Council is the lead participant in a 25-member coordinating committee working together to complete a regional sustainability plan under the federally funded Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program. The interviews included in this report give conclusions and recommendations to the success of the region working together in terms of communication and collaboration. The challenge of establishing effective collaboration among a variety of agencies in the Gulf Coast Region is proving to be difficult and slow moving, however, there are signs of improvement as the three-year grant program moves forward. The conclusions from the literature review and case study show that regions with an unbiased planning body benefit both from the communication and social capital gained by working together on a shared goal.
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Choy, Darryl Low. "Cooperative planning and management for Regional landscapes /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17384.pdf.
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Colnett, Dianna Lee. "Integrating cumulative effects assessment with regional planning." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31240.
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This thesis explores the question of how regional planning for the assessment and management of cumulative environmental effects would differ from existing regional planning systems in terms of goals, planning processes, and regional governance. The thesis begins with a review of the field of cumulative effects assessment, followed by an exploration of the linkages between the assessment of cumulative effects and regional planning. Then, principles to integrate the assessment of cumulative effects with regional planning are identified and explained. The principles are, in terms of planning goals, to maintain ecological integrity, reduce consumption of resources and energy, and minimize waste. In terms of planning processes, the principles are to employ a strategic planning perspective, undertake comprehensive planning, ensure the planning process is adaptable, and involve the public throughout the planning process. In terms of governance and institutional concerns, the principles are to give regional districts the authority and fiscal capacity to implement and enforce decisions and make regional districts accountable to their citizens. The case of regional planning in Greater Vancouver is used to illustrate how these principles can be applied. An evaluation of the degree to which regional planning in Greater Vancouver currently meets the principles is undertaken to identify where efforts for change in regional planning can be directed.
Overall, in terms of a four-point scale from poor to excellent, Greater Vancouver's regional planning is rated as fair in terms of setting relevant policy goals and fair to good in meeting the principles of governance. In terms of planning practice, the region is good but moving to fair with respect to being strategic and comprehensive and only fair in terms of being adaptive and participatory. It is concluded that because regional planning is a suitable forum for linking local action with global issues, regional planning can provide an appropriate institutional context for the assessment and management of cumulative effects. However, current approaches to regional planning in Greater Vancouver would have to change substantially to address this goal. While many constraints stand in the way of change, many opportunities also exist. To realize the potential of regional planning for assessing and managing cumulative effects, institutional arrangements, attitudes, and professional practice will have to change.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Mashabi, Omar Awad. "Regional planning : the experience of Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389490.
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In a little more than a decade regional planning has emerged as a vital component of the development planning process in Saudi Arabia. From its limi ted beginnings in physical planning its scope has rapidly widened and the latest plans attempt comprehensive regional planning within the context of a multi-level development planning effort. This experience has been rich and varied, and various innovatory approaches and techniques have been introduced. This study was conducted with a view to evaluating Saudi experience and placing it in an international perspective. With these aims in mind, a comprehensive planning model has been developed and a number of key questions posed, the answers to which reflect the acceptability and practicality of the planning system. The model is based upon a review of international experience of countries with different political, social and cultural settings, and at different stages of development. The model consists of four main components: planning activities, plan making bodies, decision making bodies and implementing bodies with a feedback from the public and private sectors. The model was tested against the planning experience of three countries with widely differing political, social and economic settings: Canada with its laissez-faire economy, the United Kingdom with its mixed economy, and Poland with its command economy. It was concluded that the model is sufficiently robust to act as a framework wi thin which to describe and analyse the Saudi experience. The context for regional planning in Saudi Arabia was analysed. The study included the political and administrative systems, the economy,the settlement structure, the sectoral planning process, the spatial planning process, and the past experience in regional planning. Then, the current regional planning experience which includes the National Settlement Strategy and the Regional Comprehensive Planning Project were discussed and analysed, taking the five comprehensive regional development plans (Hail, Qassim, Baha, Tabuk and Makkah) as case studies. This "current" experience was evaluated against the comprehensive planning model and the key questions for an acceptable planning system. It has been found that the Saudi planning system is fairly well developed at the national and local scales. However, at the regional scale, although there is political commitment there is little in the way of administrative arrangements for plan making and implementation. A set of proposals for improving the planning system has been presented for future action.
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Mokgalong, Samuel. "Enhancing integrated development planning to alleviate the legacy of apartheid planning." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22728.
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The research serves to gain a deeper understanding as to the reasons behind the persistence of the apartheid planning legacy. This is done through a discourse analysis of integrated development planning, a planning tool introduced into South Africa to address the consequences of apartheid. Thus the aim of the Research is to: 1. Understand the underlying values and meanings of the discourses used in the many iterations of the City's Integrated Development Plans (IDPs); 2. Explore if, and how, these values and meanings have changed since 2002; 3. Establish what has prompted a change in the adopted values and meanings contained within the different iterations of the City's IDPs; and 4. Critically assess how altered values and meanings have impacted on planning actions and outcomes. Research Methods used are the case study method, discourse analysis, institutional ethnography and archival research. More specifically, a case study on Cape Town and a discourse analysis of different iterations of the City's IDP (a method done in conjunction with archival research). These IDPs being the 2002, 2007 and 2012 IDP. The findings show that the values and meanings have indeed changed since the 2002 IDP. This change is mainly attributed to the dynamic nature of Cape Town's political context over time, as well as its socio-economic context. This change has resulted in the poor no longer being prioritized and empowered through integrated development planning. It is also seen that the shift towards a more managerial approach to planning, which is seen in the IDP, has come at the expense of actions and outcomes which successfully redress the legacy of apartheid planning. A result which clearly contributes to the persistence of the apartheid planning legacy.
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Kaothien, Utis. "Regional and urbanisation policy in Thailand." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.235872.
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This research is focused on the issue of urban development within the context of regional planning in Thailand. The study's main question is how national policy should attempt to shape the emerging urbanisation pattern in Thailand. In the past the country's development plans have emphasised industrialisation which has led to an acceleration in the growth of Bangkok, creating a dual economy and widening regional disparities. The Government's past efforts to decentralise economic activity have been relatively ineffective. This thesis considers a new approach, using the public service sector as the leading economic base for the development of a selected regional centre, Chonburi, in the Eastern Seaboard Sub-region. The study's analysis indicates that it is economically and administratively feasible to implement a Government work dispersal scheme. The analysis also indicates the necessity of controlling the large regional leakages which would otherwise reduce the regional multiplier effects. Overall, the study confirms that a growth pole approach can be initiated by public employment relocation and suggests that there is a viable alternative to nearly all of Thailand's growth being concentrated in Bangkok. However, the study also confirms that if private investment in the growth pole is to be achieved, this approach must be supplemented by long term public investment commitments and subtle co-ordination of private and public programming and planning measures.
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Ho, Kwong-lung Leo. "One country, two planning systems : opportunities for the regional cooperation or competition? a case study of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Guangdong Province /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19906134.
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Birkby, Rory. "Planning for Table Valley." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33412.
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This study takes as its starting point the hypothesis that the Table Valley area of Cape Town is in need of fresh policies and planning. It avoids preconceptions by looking critically at the work, methods and principles of present-day planning in South Africa, and sets out to establish far broader standards for the good life by returning to fundamentals: man's need for being part of a human community and his need of a rich and varied life. It then sets out to measure the environment of Table Valley against these values to ascertain both subjectively and objectively whether it is a satisfactory place to live in, and if not, what its shortcomings are. In the course of this assessment, it considers both the built and natural environment, and looks at selected components in detail when appropriate, providing a small research component. In identifying the shortcomings and problems It is not content to consider only the negative issues, but also the many positive opportunities apparent. Finally, it outlines suitable overall policy for Table Valley, making It clear what role this area should play in the future, and also the roles of subareas in an around it. It then puts forward an energetic programme for action to achieve the desired ends and overcome the problems, outlining briefly the tasks and responsibilities of some of the professional planners and designers who would next become involved.
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Cloney, Mark James. "Regional development in Australia : rethinking the basis for regional policy." Phd thesis, Faculty of Economics and Business, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12120.
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Linneker, Brian. "Road transport infrastructure and regional economic development : the regional economic development effects of the M25 London orbital motorway." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389662.
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Giacometti, Alberto. "Communicative Planning at a city-regional scale: A case study on the actor-oriented arrangement of Stockholm’s regional planning process." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-10509.
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Chan, Roger C. K. "Regional planning and national development strategies in China." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303978.
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Cordero, Francisco Javier Martinez. "Regional economic planning of shrimp aquaculture in Mexico." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/995.
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Aquaculture plays a critical role in alleviating demand pressures caused by increasing fish consumption and over-exploitation of fishery stocks. While aquatic foods are generally considered low-revenue generators in comparison to other protein-sources, aquaculture products help to support food security, income, and higher standards of living, particularly in developing countries. Decision makers, i.e. policy-makers and farmers, are challenged with the responsibility of planning and conducting aquaculture development in a sustainable way whereby social, environmental and economic goals are simultaneously satisfied. Existing studies that economically evaluate the industry for its current and historical performance, and future development scenarios are invaluable to sustainable planning, but have not been developed in Mexico. This dissertation is comprised of two essays applying Economics and Operations Research theory to regional economic planning for the sustainable development of shrimp farming in northwest Mexico. The analyses are carried out both at the micro (farm) and macro (industry planning and development) levels based on an unbalanced panel of shrimp semi-intensive farms containing primary-source information at pond level for the period 1994, 1996-1998. Using an input distance function approach, the first essay examines total factor productivity (TFP) and technical efficiency (TE) using both traditional (T) and environmentally-adjusted (EA) indicators. The reduction in TFP was determined to be due to a technological regression as reflected by increased input-intensive production technology resulting in an increase in undesirable outputs. The learning curve resulting from a shift from white shrimp to blue shrimp production species resulted in higher FCRs, water exchange and pollution emissions, despite increasing shrimp yields. In all years except 994, EA TE and EA TFP were lower than the traditional TE and TFP scores. TE and TFP had an opposite behavior than yields in this period of time. In order to improve the technological change (TC) component of TFP in light of stable TE scores, increased government assistance in disseminating technological know-how is necessary to improve TFP at a faster rate during the transition period. A sensitivity analysis also revealed the economic feasibility of the implementation of pollution abatement technology based on the calculated shadow price of N and P pollutants at USD $6.35/kg and $8.3/kg respectively. In the second essay, a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) model was developed to evaluate the sustainable development of shrimp farming in the northwest region of Mexico (States of Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit) based on government objectives for aquaculture development in Mexico. Three possible production systems among two species were investigated. The optimal combination of new shrimp farms within 22,500 ha over a five-year period is determined. The planning objectives assumed in the MCDM model are maximization of employment (E), foreign exchange earnings (XG), and economic rent (ER), and total pollution (TOTALPOLL) minimization, subject to land availability and local market demand constraints. Under a preliminary evaluation of single objective optimization, XG and ER maximization produce similar results: USD $888.6 and $322.5 million in foreign exchange earnings and economic rent respectively, and the creation of 6,150 jobs. The MCDM model was implemented using Feasible Goals, which allows for the simultaneous graphical evaluation of decision maps arising from trade-offs among efficient solutions. When fully allocating the available land (22,500 ha), the multiobjective development of the shrimp farming industry produces 7,490 new jobs, ER and XG of USD $204.5 and $497.6 million respectively, with a total pollutant discharge of 2,000 tons. The multiple-criteria optimization strongly favors semi-intensive systems (93% of the total 466 new farms), producing 57,119 tons of shrimp by 2005. The sustainable development of the industry based on the assumptions of this analysis does not suggest intensification of systems. Rather, the results of the MCDM analysis support the claim that semi-intensive farms, which are more common in Mexico, promote sustainability. Based on the findings of each of the essays, it is suggested that production performance indicators are needed on a periodic basis for the evaluation of the shrimp industry of Mexico. Production performance measurements may better assist farmers in the decision-making for industry sustainability and growth. Moreover, direct determination of N and P discharges by farms are recommended in future studies as well as incorporating risk and employing longer time series.
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Bell, James William Stanley. "A territorial regional perspective for resource settlement planning." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25346.
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This thesis addresses the problem of resource town instability and focuses on resource settlement planning, assuming that a stable resource community is dependent on the settlement planning approach. The problem is addressed through the development of a new theoretical approach. It stems in part from a synthesis of the two dominant perspectives in the literature on resource towns --the "internal" and the "external" perspective. The internal perspective is expressed in the traditional resource settlement literature. Its goal is a stable labour supply to be attained by a focus on the physical and social attributes of the towns. This literature assumes a stable workforce stems from a stable community which can be achieved through physical and social planning applied at the community level.
The external perspective is expressed by the critical resource settlement literature. Its goal is stable labour demand to be attained by a radical restructuring of the regional and provincial economy. The critical literature assumes that the long term stability of a resource community's employment base is dependent on fluctuating external markets over which the community has no control. The flaw of the internal perspective is its failure to address the need for long term stable labour demand. The external perspective is flawed by the absence of a policy prescription for settlement planning.
The research methods comprise a review of the literature on planning theory, resource settlement planning and regional development. The proposed perspective is elaborated through a comparison of theoretical concepts with current British Columbia provincial policy as manifest in three recent applications; Elkford, Tumbler Ridge and Northwestern British Columbia.
The result is a synthesis of the internal and external perspectives providing an alternative resource settlement planning approach which addresses resource community stability in the long as well as the short term.
The salient points of the proposed resource settlement planning approach are-.
• A territorial rather than a functional interpretation of regional development and settlement planning based on:
- an internal regional focus for development which utilizes
local social and economic goals;
- a composite interpretation of the region, comprised of
social, cultural, physical and economic dimensions;
- a conservationist approach to resource use; and
- a long run perspective in evaluating development.
• The replacement of the goal of community stability by the goal of regional resilience. A resilient region is comprised of economically, socially and politically interlinked settlements which jointly serve the region's population;
• A strategic planning process which employs bottom up representation involving local institutions and interest groups.
The Elkford and Tumbler Ridge case studies indicate that the current provincial policy; 1. Relies on a strategic planning process, 2. attempts to move towards bottom up representation in implementing settlement plans and 3. is effective in creating short term community stability. But the current policy has not addressed long term stability.
The territorial regional settlement planning approach developed in this thesis was tested for Northwest British Columbia. Suggested "ideal" planning actions for Northwest British Columbia are:
• A shift in focus from examining settlement options which will best serve mining interests to an analysis of how mining can best serve regional development;
• A development strategy which looks at alternative forms of development and the relationship between them and the mining proposals;
• The use of the mine projects to encourage economic and social diversification in existing settlements in the southern part of the northwest region;
• Greater use of local institutions and interest groups in the planning and implementation phase; and
• The use of regionally based criteria in examining the settlement options.
Given existing provincial resource settlement policies, two steps can be taken to move towards a territorial regional approach to resource settlement planning: 1. use and build upon existing settlement systems, and 2. use resource projects to foster regionally based economic diversification by planning ahead.Applied Science, Faculty of
Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
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Doi, Andrew K. "Planning for water conservation, greater Vancouver Regional District." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0013/MQ61424.pdf.
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Wang, Changgui. "An objective approach to regional wastewater-treatment planning." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310027.
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Lau, Mandy Hang Man. "Spatial planning, meta-governance and sub-regional variation." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608284.
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Ieuter, Toby C. "A Template to Enhance Regional Water Supply Planning." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35239.
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Regional water supply planning can be performed in a variety of ways and the impetus behind the creation of a regional water supply plan is as diverse as the constituents the plan serves. Formal water supply planning has been occurring for the last fifty years and a review of recent literature suggests that trends in water supply planning are leading to regional, integrated planning. Integrated regional water supply planning includes aspects of land use, population growth, environmental impacts, and planning for water supply to meet the needs of a region.
A water supply plan outlines the water goals of a region. The regional water supply planning process can be assisted through the use of planning instruments such as an integrated plan template and a regional plan comparison checklist. The primary function of this thesis is to offer tools to guide the water supply planning process. The purpose is to enhance water supply planning by providing a template for integrated regional water supply planning. This thesis provides the planner with three tools: 1) an integrated plan template; 2) a condensed template; and 3) a regional plan comparison checklist. The primary contribution, the integrated plan template, is the result of a list of common water supply plan elements drawn from the current body of knowledge that can serve as a guide to inform community learning about regional water supply planning and/or aid in the structure of new plans.Master of Urban and Regional Planning
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Stenberg, Kathryn. "Urban macrostructure and wildlife distributions: Regional planning implications." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184583.
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Urban environments can satisfy the habitat requirements of a variety of wildlife species. It has been shown that urban residents enjoy wildlife near their homes. The goal of this study was to determine if urban wildlife distributions could be predicted by metropolitan planning variables, so that opportunities for urban residents to enjoy wildlife near their homes could be enhanced. Three hundred one random points, stratified into seven zones, based on intensity of urbanization and vegetation type, were chosen in the Tucson metropolitan study area. Birds were censused with the variable circular plot method. Sign of selected mammal species were searched for at a subset of these points. Native bird species diversity declined steadily as housing density increased. The study area still supports a high diversity of native species because of the high levels of natural open space still found intermixed with residential development. The amount of land covered in residential development and the amount of paloverde-saguaro vegetation types with associated riparian areas were the best predictors of native bird species diversity. The data also suggest that plant cover created by man-maintained vegetation is not as attractive to native bird species as naturally occurring vegetation. Ground nesters and insectivores tended to drop out at higher housing densities while seed-eaters were retained. Three patterns of avian response to variables describing the intensity of urbanization and the amount of natural vegetation emerged: urban, suburban, and exurban. Native Sonoran desert birds appear to be highly sensitive to urbanization, as minor increases in residential housing densities lead to declines in diversity. Mammal species appear to be most sensitive to the size of open space areas and fragmentation and isolation of natural lands. Metropolitan planning processes may be limited in their ability to retain high species diversities. The impacts of urbanization on wildlife diversities may be mitigated through sensitive open space planning.
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Fernandes, Beryl. "Negotiated approaches to planning /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10807.
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Klaasen, I. T. "Knowledge-based design developing urban & regional design into a science /." Delft : Delft University Press, 2004. http://www.ebrary.com/.
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Gundogan, Ozdemir. "Spatial Planning And The Idea Of Progress: Zonguldak Regional And Metropolitan Planning Experiences." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606050/index.pdf.
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The object of the study is spatial planningthe point of view to spatial planning is idea of progress. Within this framework, this thesis will examine, planning activity, one of the most important mediation between planners and space. Planning activity will express itself as the circulation of purpose (analysis) and action during the thesis. Firstly, spontaneity of objective purpose, partial conscious character of political purpose and conscious position of subjective purpose will be admitted as global irrational action, and so spatial planning will be assumed as a priori against idea of progress. Secondly, (partial) conscious position will express itself as the conflict of truth and illusion. Thirdly, totality, the representative of process of becoming, will supply itself as the object of idea of progress. Therefore, while examining concrete forms of planning, totality will become the mean of idea of progress. Within this context, the first claim of our thesis is that concrete forms of planning cannot bring about the progress directly. The second claim is that they are unconscious about their position in conflict and developing one-sided attitude against space. Lastly, in the sense of totality, the third claim is that planning theories and practices, historically, produce opposinary dynamics in them. Therefore, it will be introduced that two one-sided critiques of comprehensive planning- one is materialist and the other is idealist- comes together and produces structure planning. Moreover, structure planning will be claimed as flexible modes of becoming, abstractly sublating historical ideologies. As a result the new modes of becoming will be considered, similarly, loading its conflict and opposinary dynamics in it, this conflict is the conflict between concrete form of planning departuring from reality and planning theory arriving to reality.
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Zakaria, Zulina. "Framework for designing regional planning architecture for APTS-enabled regional multimodal public transportation system." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32272.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-101).
Unsustainable transportation systems have been the cause of many problems facing urban areas around the world. Lack of regard for sustainable development considerations by those responsible for planning and implementing transportation systems has caused unhealthy air quality, noise pollution, traffic congestion, loss of green spaces and biodiversity, disruption of neighborhoods, equity problems, resource use etc. Many factors could potentially cause unsustainable transportation systems to persist. Transportation planning and decision-making is crucial in determining the structure and operation of transportation systems and hence also its sustainability. This thesis explores the idea of transportation planning institutions with the capability to design and implement sustainable transportation systems and how these institutions can be developed. The Regional Strategic Transportation Planning/CLIOS Process and Regional Planning Architecture Protocol were combined to form a Regional Planning Architecture Strategic Design Framework. To illustrate the use of the framework, it was applied in developing a RPA for planning a sustainable APTS-enabled regional multimodal public transportation system for the rapidly developing Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Region in Malaysia.
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Bonazzi, Elisa <1980>. "A regional environmental accounting matrix and integrated environmental economic analyses to support regional planning." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5476/1/Bonazzi_Elisa_tesi.pdf.
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This research deals with the deepening and use of an environmental accounting matrix in Emilia-Romagna, RAMEA air emissions (regional NAMEA), carried out by the Regional Environment Agency (Arpa) in an European project. After a depiction of the international context regarding the widespread needing to integrate economic indicators and go beyond conventional reporting system, this study explains the structure, update and development of the tool. The overall aim is to outline the matrix for environmental assessments of regional plans, draw up sustainable reports and monitor effects of regional policies in a sustainable development perspective. The work focused on an application of a Shift-Share model, on the integration with eco-taxes, industrial waste production, energy consumptions, on applications of the extended RAMEA as a policy tool, following Eurostat guidelines. The common thread is the eco-efficiency (economic-environmental efficiency) index. The first part, in English, treats the methodology used to build a more complete tool; in the second part RAMEA has been applied on two regional case studies, in Italian, to support decision makers regarding Strategic Environmental Assessments’ processes (2001/42/EC). The aim is to support an evidence-based policy making by integrating sustainable development concerns at all levels. The first case study regards integrated environmental-economic analyses in support to the SEA of the Regional Waste management plan. For the industrial waste production an extended and updated RAMEA has been developed as a useful policy tool, to help in analysing and monitoring the state of environmental-economic performances. The second case study deals with the environmental report for the SEA of the Regional Program concerning productive activities. RAMEA has been applied aiming to an integrated environmental-economic analysis of the context, to investigate the performances of the regional production chains and to depict and monitor the area where the program should be carried out, from an integrated environmental-economic perspective.La ricerca ha riguardato lo sviluppo, l’aggiornamento e l’estensione della matrice regionale di contabilità ambientale RAMEA (Regional Accounting Matrix including Environmental Accounts) air emissions, adattata alla Regione Emilia-Romagna e annoverata tra gli Strumenti di sostenibilità nella Relazione dello Stato dell’Ambiente. Lo studio, svolto in collaborazione con Arpa Emilia-Romagna, seguendo linee guida di Eurostat e inserendosi nel contesto internazionale di ricerca di nuovi indicatori per la misurazione del benessere nelle dimensioni dello sviluppo sostenibile, ha curato la metodologia di estensione della matrice ai temi ambientali previsti dal framework europeo: consumi energetici, imposte ambientali e produzione di rifiuti speciali. L’obiettivo è il supporto alla pianificazione regionale nelle fasi di valutazione e monitoraggio delle politiche, interpretando l’esigenza di riformare i processi decisionali attraverso lo sviluppo di strumenti di supporto alle decisioni in un’ottica di integrazione tra economia e ambiente, esigenza anticipata già dall’Agenda21 nel 1992. La dissertazione risulta organizzata in una prima parte in lingua inglese, dedicata all’illustrazione del contesto internazionale, origine, metodologia, approfondimenti, sviluppo, aggiornamento e finalità della matrice. La seconda parte, in lingua italiana, verte su due casi studio che hanno previsto l’applicazione della ricerca a due procedure di VAS nell’ambito della pianificazione regionale. Nel primo caso si sono predisposte analisi economico-ambientali della produzione di rifiuti urbani e speciali in relazione al contesto socio-economico e alla valutazione dell’eco-efficienza, indice di efficienza economico-ambientale e filo conduttore della tesi. La produzione di rifiuti speciali è stata considerata tramite RAMEA e analisi integrate utili a studiare, monitorare negli anni le interrelazioni tra performance economiche e ambientali dei settori produttivi, fornendo quadri informativi utili al processo decisionale e di VAS. Con il secondo caso si è voluto contribuire alla redazione del rapporto ambientale di un programma regionale tramite RAMEA e relative analisi integrate economico-ambientali utili all’interpretazione delle filiere produttive regionali e del contesto di riferimento.
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Bonazzi, Elisa <1980>. "A regional environmental accounting matrix and integrated environmental economic analyses to support regional planning." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2013. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5476/.
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This research deals with the deepening and use of an environmental accounting matrix in Emilia-Romagna, RAMEA air emissions (regional NAMEA), carried out by the Regional Environment Agency (Arpa) in an European project. After a depiction of the international context regarding the widespread needing to integrate economic indicators and go beyond conventional reporting system, this study explains the structure, update and development of the tool. The overall aim is to outline the matrix for environmental assessments of regional plans, draw up sustainable reports and monitor effects of regional policies in a sustainable development perspective. The work focused on an application of a Shift-Share model, on the integration with eco-taxes, industrial waste production, energy consumptions, on applications of the extended RAMEA as a policy tool, following Eurostat guidelines. The common thread is the eco-efficiency (economic-environmental efficiency) index. The first part, in English, treats the methodology used to build a more complete tool; in the second part RAMEA has been applied on two regional case studies, in Italian, to support decision makers regarding Strategic Environmental Assessments’ processes (2001/42/EC). The aim is to support an evidence-based policy making by integrating sustainable development concerns at all levels. The first case study regards integrated environmental-economic analyses in support to the SEA of the Regional Waste management plan. For the industrial waste production an extended and updated RAMEA has been developed as a useful policy tool, to help in analysing and monitoring the state of environmental-economic performances. The second case study deals with the environmental report for the SEA of the Regional Program concerning productive activities. RAMEA has been applied aiming to an integrated environmental-economic analysis of the context, to investigate the performances of the regional production chains and to depict and monitor the area where the program should be carried out, from an integrated environmental-economic perspective.La ricerca ha riguardato lo sviluppo, l’aggiornamento e l’estensione della matrice regionale di contabilità ambientale RAMEA (Regional Accounting Matrix including Environmental Accounts) air emissions, adattata alla Regione Emilia-Romagna e annoverata tra gli Strumenti di sostenibilità nella Relazione dello Stato dell’Ambiente. Lo studio, svolto in collaborazione con Arpa Emilia-Romagna, seguendo linee guida di Eurostat e inserendosi nel contesto internazionale di ricerca di nuovi indicatori per la misurazione del benessere nelle dimensioni dello sviluppo sostenibile, ha curato la metodologia di estensione della matrice ai temi ambientali previsti dal framework europeo: consumi energetici, imposte ambientali e produzione di rifiuti speciali. L’obiettivo è il supporto alla pianificazione regionale nelle fasi di valutazione e monitoraggio delle politiche, interpretando l’esigenza di riformare i processi decisionali attraverso lo sviluppo di strumenti di supporto alle decisioni in un’ottica di integrazione tra economia e ambiente, esigenza anticipata già dall’Agenda21 nel 1992. La dissertazione risulta organizzata in una prima parte in lingua inglese, dedicata all’illustrazione del contesto internazionale, origine, metodologia, approfondimenti, sviluppo, aggiornamento e finalità della matrice. La seconda parte, in lingua italiana, verte su due casi studio che hanno previsto l’applicazione della ricerca a due procedure di VAS nell’ambito della pianificazione regionale. Nel primo caso si sono predisposte analisi economico-ambientali della produzione di rifiuti urbani e speciali in relazione al contesto socio-economico e alla valutazione dell’eco-efficienza, indice di efficienza economico-ambientale e filo conduttore della tesi. La produzione di rifiuti speciali è stata considerata tramite RAMEA e analisi integrate utili a studiare, monitorare negli anni le interrelazioni tra performance economiche e ambientali dei settori produttivi, fornendo quadri informativi utili al processo decisionale e di VAS. Con il secondo caso si è voluto contribuire alla redazione del rapporto ambientale di un programma regionale tramite RAMEA e relative analisi integrate economico-ambientali utili all’interpretazione delle filiere produttive regionali e del contesto di riferimento.
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Jessop, Joanne Elizabeth. "Regional development in the new global economy." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25424.
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This thesis is about regional development in the new global economy. Changes in the world economy, notably the trend toward multinational big business and an international division of labour, are affecting, in various ways and in varying degrees, those people and places that are part of this interdependent system. Nevertheless, one constant theme is becoming discernable: the operating rules of global capitalism are antagonistic to attempts by regions to develop a self-sustaining, self-reliant economy. The resulting crisis of development is an aspect of the new economic order that mainstream development paradigms of industrial society are ill-equipped to explain, let alone resolve.
In an effort to come to grips with this crisis of development there has been a growing interest in the possibility of social and economic reconstruction at the regional and community level. This bottom-up approach, referred to here as Communal Cooperation, is being advocated as a more socially responsive and economically viable alternative to the dependence and underdevelopment
that follow in the wake of functional integration into the international network of economic relations. However, as this thesis argues, Communal Cooperative strategies of self-management must be complemented with the kind of overall management and coordination that has become necessary in today's interdependent economy. The purpose of this thesis is to translate these general principles into practical terms by presenting a development strategy for the province of British Columbia.
British Columbia is a resource economy, exporting its raw materials to the industrial centres of the world and, given the dynamics of economic globalism, there is little opportunity to break out of this mold and develop a self-sustaining, diversified economic base. The development options outlined in this thesis are designed to counteract this trend and ensure that international trade serves regional and community interests.Applied Science, Faculty of
Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
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Ichsan, M. Fauzi (Mohamed Fauzi). "Financing urban and regional infrastructure in Indonesia : options for restructuring the Regional Development Account (RDA)." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67435.
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Kan, Ka-man, and 簡嘉敏. "Regional planning and regional governance: a case study of Hong Kong-Shenzhen in the Pearl River Delta." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42576064.
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Zarrabi, Asghar. "Regional disparities in Iran : the case of Isfahan province." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265892.
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Höltgen, Daniel Godfrey. "Intermodal logistics centres, European combined transport and regional development." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243005.
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Ozgoc, Cemcile D. "Conceptual design of a planning support system for the science of urban and regional planning." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1306380.
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This study has presented a Planning Support System (PSS) design which is an integrated collection of computer technologies, and models, organized in the form of a toolbox to enhance and improve the planning practice. Such a system combines and facilitates different technologies in one well-designed environment to solve planning problems. Theses problems could address both routine (managerial) and non-routine (forecasting, location-allocation) activities.My goal in this thesis is to conceptually design a PSS from a regional planning perspective. If a Planning Support System is designed for the most complex planning problems (which typically concern regional planning issues), it would be adaptable to the other, more managerial types of activities.The process of Planning Support System would be similar, but not identical to the flow of strategic planning. The PSS would consist of five phases and each phase would include different combination of databases and workflows supported by recent and appropriate computer technology packages.Department of Urban Planning
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Shorett, Mark 1976. "Hedge cities : gambling on regional futures." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17706.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2004.Also issued in pages with b&w images. Page 170 blank.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-169).
Environmental degradation, automobile dependence, anticipated rapid population growth and spatial inequity have combined to form the basis for recent North American regional plans advocating a physical alternative to diffuse, uncoordinated development. To provide a physical place in which development can be re-channeled, a number of regions have promoted a network of sub-regional centers in designated locations along existing or planned rapid transit lines. These centers are the urban embodiment of an ecologically sustainable, economically diverse, pedestrian-oriented region in which a variety of housing types is available, jobs are located close to population centers, and social groups are less stratified in enclaves dominated by a single form of development. This paper critically assesses the planning, design and development of designated regional centers in North America during the past two decades, focusing specifically on the promotion of regional centers for Metropolitan Portland, Oregon and Greater Vancouver, British Columbia. Through case studies, comparative analysis, and assessment of real estate trends and urban design, the paper provides a window into the initial success of intentional centers in both regions. Design and development outcomes across the centers of both regions vary dramatically, but a number of consistent themes emerged from the research: the number and size of sub-regional centers planned for both regions appears far too ambitious;
(cont.) a lack of market analysis prior to the designation of centers can presage their failure; limited local and regional support in curtailing traditional suburban forms of development that compete with centers has reduced their attraction; and the consistency of local planning approaches - both to centers and other parts of the region - appears to influence the success of centers. The paper argues that a more refined approach balancing multiple growth forecasts, aggressive coordination of transportation and land use, the unique geometries of individual places and political considerations must be taken to the formulation and implementation of plans for centers if they are to truly emerge as the new nuclei for economic and cultural activities in the suburbs of North American regions. Future directions for research suggested by this paper include closer analysis of the viability of various plan-making processes, the relationship between different modes of public transit, land use regulations and transit-oriented development, and the role of local morphologies in supporting or impeding the implementation of regional planning objectives.
by Mark Shorett.
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Dahal, Kedar. "Regional development : an approach to poverty alleviation, Nepal /." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25248601.
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Armstrong, Rachel J. "Regional sustainability strategies : a regional focus for opportunities to improve sustainability in Western Australia /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 2003. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20040811.143311.
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Souza, Saulo. "Land reform, regional planning and socioeconomic development in Brazil." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/229766.
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In this dissertation, we examine the socioeconomic impact of land reform schemes and discuss the policy implications of combining aspects of both state-led and market-based approaches to land reallocation through regional planning. We focus on land reform settlements in Northeast Brazil, where both approaches operated over the same time frame (1997-2002). Empirically, we identify the effects of various indicators on the socioeconomic growth of a sample of rural territories and localities, giving emphasis to the influence of the market-based Land Bill Programme (PCT) and the traditional state-led scheme (INCRA) on that growth through panel data analysis, cross-section regressions and field-based analysis. It has been concluded that: i) The scope for plan-led strategies towards sustainable development in the countryside has been given less than sufficient emphasis in the land reform literature; ii) There is not clear evidence that the market-based approach leads to higher socioeconomic growth regionally than does the state-led approach, or vice versa; iii) Although the market-based scheme contributed to improved access to title, the PCT settlements failed to impact positively settlers' welfare in the majority of sites; iv) Securing both higher access to land rights and better living conditions through land reform requires an approach that combines both state-led and market-based elements; v) Securing measurable positive impacts on the regional economy requires a land reform strategy that has a regional scope. As a policy implication, the work suggests the adoption of a plan-led land reform strategy that is coordinated at all government levels and between the public and private sectors, and one that involves establishing strategic portfolios of potentially sustainable areas, defining spending priorities for those areas along with funding possibilities through regional planning. Differently from the commonsense literature on land reform in developing countries, this work demonstrates that regional planning has an essential part to play in land reform through proposing a plan-led strategy that combines elements of both market-based and state-led approaches to the benefit of the regional economy.
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Preuss, Stefan Andreas. "The monitoring and review process in English regional planning." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.444284.
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Narayanan, Subramani Deepak. "Probabilistic regional ocean predictions : stochastic fields and optimal planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115733.
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Thesis: Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering and Computation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. "Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Center for Computational Engineering."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268).
The coastal ocean is a prime example of multiscale nonlinear fluid dynamics. Ocean fields in such regions are complex, with multiple spatial and temporal scales and nonstationary heterogeneous statistics. Due to the limited measurements, there are multiple sources of uncertainties, including the initial conditions, boundary conditions, forcing, parameters, and even the model parameterizations and equations themselves. To reduce uncertainties and allow long-duration measurements, the energy consumption of ocean observing platforms need to be optimized. Predicting the distributions of reachable regions, time-optimal paths, and risk-optimal paths in uncertain, strong and dynamic flows is also essential for their optimal and safe operations. Motivated by the above needs, the objectives of this thesis are to develop and apply the theory, schemes, and computational systems for: (i) Dynamically Orthogonal ocean primitive-equations with a nonlinear free-surface, in order to quantify uncertainties and predict probabilities for four-dimensional (time and 3-d in space) coastal ocean states, respecting their nonlinear governing equations and non-Gaussian statistics; (ii) Stochastic Dynamically Orthogonal level-set optimization to rigorously incorporate realistic ocean flow forecasts and plan energy-optimal paths of autonomous agents in coastal regions; (iii) Probabilistic predictions of reachability, time-optimal paths and risk-optimal paths in uncertain, strong and dynamic flows. For the first objective, we further develop and implement our Dynamically Orthogonal (DO) numerical schemes for idealized and realistic ocean primitive equations with a nonlinear free-surface. The theoretical extensions necessary for the free-surface are completed. DO schemes are researched and DO terms, functions, and operations are implemented, focusing on: state variable choices; DO norms; DO condition for flows with a dynamic free-surface; diagnostic DO equations for pressure, barotropic velocities and density terms; non-polynomial nonlinearities; semi-implicit time-stepping schemes; and re-orthonormalization consistent with leap-frog time marching. We apply the new DO schemes, as well as their theoretical extensions and efficient serial implementation to forecast idealized-to-realistic stochastic coastal ocean dynamics. For the realistic simulations, probabilistic predictions for the Middle Atlantic Bight region, Northwest Atlantic, and northern Indian ocean are showcased. For the second objective, we integrate data-driven ocean modeling with our stochastic DO level-set optimization to compute and study energy-optimal paths, speeds, and headings for ocean vehicles in the Middle Atlantic Bight region. We compute the energy-optimal paths from among exact time-optimal paths. For ocean currents, we utilize a data-assimilative multiscale re-analysis, combining observations with implicit two-way nested multi-resolution primitive-equation simulations of the tidal-to-mesoscale dynamics in the region. We solve the reduced-order stochastic DO level-set partial differential equations (PDEs) to compute the joint probability of minimum arrival-time, vehicle-speed time-series, and total energy utilized. For each arrival time, we then select the vehicle-speed time-series that minimize the total energy utilization from the marginal probability of vehicle-speed and total energy. The corresponding energy-optimal path and headings be obtained through a particle backtracking equation. For the missions considered, we analyze the effects of the regional tidal currents, strong wind events, coastal jets, shelfbreak front, and other local circulations on the energy-optimal paths. For the third objective, we develop and apply stochastic level-set PDEs that govern the stochastic time-optimal reachability fronts and paths for vehicles in uncertain, strong, and dynamic flow fields. To solve these equations efficiently, we again employ their dynamically orthogonal reduced-order projections. We develop the theory and schemes for risk-optimal planning by combining decision theory with our stochastic time-optimal planning equations. The risk-optimal planning proceeds in three steps: (i) obtain predictions of the probability distribution of environmental flows, (ii) obtain predictions of the distribution of exact time-optimal paths for the forecast flow distribution, and (iii) compute and minimize the risk of following these uncertain time-optimal paths. We utilize the new equations to complete stochastic reachability, time-optimal and risk-optimal path planning in varied stochastic quasi-geostrophic flows. The effects of the flow uncertainty on the reachability fronts and time-optimal paths is explained. The risks of following each exact time-optimal path is evaluated and risk-optimal paths are computed for different risk tolerance measures. Key properties of the risk-optimal planning are finally discussed. Theoretically, the present methodologies are PDE-based and compute stochastic ocean fields, and optimal path predictions without heuristics. Computationally, they are several orders of magnitude faster than direct Monte Carlo. Such technologies have several commercial and societal applications. Specifically, the probabilistic ocean predictions can be input to a technical decision aide for a sustainable fisheries co-management program in India, which has the potential to provide environment friendly livelihoods to millions of marginal fishermen. The risk-optimal path planning equations can be employed in real-time for efficient ship routing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save operational costs.
by Deepak Narayanan Subramani.
Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering and Computation
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Horvath, Bronwyn Lee Davies. "Voluntary municipal coalition--a case study in regional planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74784.
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by Bronwyn Lee Davies Horvath.
M.C.P.
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Jensen, Paul David. "Incorporating industrial symbiosis into regional resource planning : research portfolio." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.576161.
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The resource reuse and recycling practice of industrial symbiosis (IS) has been shown to create significant economic and .environmental benefits for both the businesses involved in a synergy and the wider communities in which they reside. In the United Kingdom IS has been largely facilitated by the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) on a demand-led 'work with the willing' basis. It is proposed, however, that the systematic and directed identification of opportunities for IS would allow NISP to facilitate the delivery of greater economic and environmental benefits than those achieved to date. I The goal of this project was to develop a framework for the proactive identification of opportunities/tor IS. Drawing on ecological theory the framework and supporting tools were built on the concept of a symbiosis 'conducive environment' (i.e. areas of mature industrial activity that - through the forces and effects of system succession - are prime for eco-industrial development). The framework's theoretical platform informed the development of a spatial analysis tool which drew on the conservation biology concept and practice of Habitat Suitability Indices and Habitat Suitability Mapping. The tool characterised (through muni-criterie-evetuetion) a baseline of high symbiosis potential and identified comparable geographic areas of IS suitability that are prime for context sensitive eco-industrial development. Industrial diversity was identified as being an important criterion within the identification and facilitation of IS opportunities. This finding led to an analysis of the role diversity plays in the development of industrial ecosystems and an analysis of the role geospatial industrial diversity plays in the facilitation of regional resource efficiency. By mapping the geospatial industrial diversity of England, it was found that regions with high potential for local IS could be identified. The framework and supporting tools provide NISP with a model for the delivery of proactive intelligence-based regional resource efficiency. © Paul David
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Wiese, Brian Martin 1948. "PLANNING CRITERIA AND PROCESSES FOR REGIONAL OPEN SPACE SYSTEMS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276539.
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With the rapid growth of American metropolitan areas, it is essential to plan for the preservation of open space before development occurs on lands which would better be left undeveloped. Although there is a long tradition of parks and open space planning in American cities, planning efforts over the past twenty-five years (since 1960) have not been systematically reviewed and there remains no set standard to guide the planning of regional-scale open space. Two foundations of open space planning are examined: its roles in guiding urban form, and in preserving natural processes in the city. Six case studies of contemporary open space plans and systems elicit the fundamental criteria and decision processes for open space planning.
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Low, Kelly J. "Exploring the Quality of Stakeholder Representation in Regional Planning." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1417449828.
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Lowry, Michael B. "Coordinated Regional and City Planning Using a Genetic Algorithm." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2004. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd444.pdf.
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