The shift and changes that are happening in the world—and Algeria particular—is rooted urban existence. significant social structures lifestyles have resulted rapid, vast, even violent urbanisation during past few decades. of our cities is no longer a reality can be proven, claim many studies looking into issue. periphery developed as result expansion, which allowed these to expand boundaries c...

The urban pattern has changed significantly in Latin American cities over the last decades. Since 1980s, policies have increased periphery land value, promoting suburbanization that restricted spaces for informal settlers. study used Landsat imagery to analyze if changes Bogota, Colombia and Sao Paulo, Brazil forced settlements move closer environmental risk areas or with limited mobility. This...

0094-1190/$ see front matter 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2013.08.001 ⇑ Corresponding author at: UCLA, Department of Economics, 8283 Bunche Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1477, United States. E-mail address: [email protected] (L.P. Boustan). 1 In 1960, 79 percent of suburban housing units were detached, single-family dwellings. Over 80 percent of sin...

Studies on post-socialist suburbanization, which originally focused demand side dynamics and linear narratives of modernization, have progressively adopted more holistic approaches that consider the various dimensions factors behind phenomenon. However, there are still significant gaps shortcomings affecting this research domain; studies encompassing supply rare, so comparative perspectives. Th...

With the development of industry, population growth, and suburbanization, load demand is constantly increasing from year to year. Overload has greatly strained distribution network (DN), resulting in increased power losses due high-power flow. Therefore, it becomes very important minimize at DN maximize efficiency companies. Network reconfiguration one effective methods companies use DN. This p...

Real estate markets reveal aspects regarding the urban-regional network of a country and possibilities for development this in polycentric manner. Using an unprecedented database, article investigates real second-, third- fourth-tier metropolises Brazil. It explores variability creates typologies group selected – Brasília, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Florianópolis Vitória using multivariate analy...