Common Impacts Wizard automatically creates GIS-based impact analyses commonly associated with growth and development. You can instantly start to see some of the most commonly used indicators of economic, environmental, and social outcomes associated with alternative growth scenarios. The analyses created include everything you need: formulas, indicators, charts, reports, and variable assumptions with default values to serve as a starting point. VideoDemo. Here are the impacts the wizard can potentially create, depending on the information you provide, and the impacts you ask for:
Auto emissions
Commercial energy use
Commercial floor area
Commercial jobs
Commercial jobs-to-housing ratio
Commercial tax revenue
Distance to places of interest
Residential water use
Labor force
Population
Residential dwelling units
Residential energy use
Residential tax revenue
School kids
Sensitive lands impacts
Vehicle trips per day
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On March 6, 2010, Carnegie Mellon brought together a panel of leading experts to discuss the growth and sustainability challenges and opportunities that expanding urban centers such as Mumbai face—today and in the future. The panel was moderated by Carnegie Mellon University President Jared L. Cohon; panelists were Carnegie Mellon Professor Donald K. Carter (A67) and Parag Parekh (A94), Architect & Owner, J.P. Parekh & Son Architects.
For more information: http://www.cmu.edu/campaign/involved/events/mumbai.html
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On March 6, 2010, Carnegie Mellon brought together a panel of leading experts to discuss the growth and sustainability challenges and opportunities that expanding urban centers such as Mumbai face—today and in the future. The panel was moderated by Carnegie Mellon University President Jared L. Cohon; panelists were Carnegie Mellon Professor Donald K. Carter (A67) and Parag Parekh (A94), Architect & Owner, J.P. Parekh & Son Architects.
For more information: http://www.cmu.edu/campaign/involved/events/mumbai.html
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Held on 12-13 March 2009, the inaugural Sustainable Urban Growth Conference was a great success, drawing together great minds from around the world to focus on renewing Adelaide as a sustainable city.
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Preparing for China’s Urban Billion
McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)’s recent research on China’s urbanization brings to life the opportunities and challenges of China’s unprecedented urban development. Experts from McKinsey Global Institute, the Tsinghua-Brookings Institute, and Beijing Normal University present the findings on China’s urban productivity opportunity. Featuring original footage and animations projecting the future growth of China’s cities, this video examines what national policies China needs to adopt in order to move to a path of more concentrated urban growth.
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NAFTA superhighway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAFTA_su…
The Next Wave in Superhighways, or A Big, Fat Texas Boondoggle?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/art…,9171,832224-1,00.html
Supreme Court backs municipal land grabs
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/24/sco…
Perry Signs Comprehensive Development Agreement (The Dallas Morning News)
http://corridornews.blogspot.com/2005…
TxDOT, Cintra-Zachry file suit to keep documents secret (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
http://corridornews.blogspot.com/2005…
Macquarie-Cintra’s $3.85 Bln Bid for Indiana Toll Road Approved
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pi…
Toll developer pitches 600 miles of new railway (AP)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedconte…
Trans Texas Corridor – Mexico National Highway System & Railroad
http://www.corridorwatch.org/ttc_2007…
Trans-Texas Corridor: About TTC
http://ttc.keeptexasmoving.com/about/
IT’S THE LAW! FEDS PAVE THE WAY TO TOLL AND PRIVATIZE THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS AS PART OF AMERICAN UNION
http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/t…
Bush Administration Quietly Plans NAFTA Super Highway
http://www.humanevents.com/article.ph…
Investors Push NAFTA Super-Highways
http://www.humanevents.com/article.ph…
Trans-Texas Corridor paved with campaign contributions?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/art…
Kansas City SmartPort: America’s Inland Solution
http://www.kcsmartport.com/
Going for broke: Customs brokers are helping shippers move goods north and south of the border
http://www.kcsmartport.com/sec_news/m…
Cornyn wants U.S. taxpayers to fund Mexican development
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/art…
NAFTA Superhighway RFID Card For US Citizens
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/…
The north americain trade corridors
http://www.fina-nafi.org/eng/integ/co…
North American Union threat gets attention of congressmen
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/art…
Congressman: Superhighway about North American Union
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/art…
Toll Road Giant Buys Newspapers to Silence Critics
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/15/1…
Austin protest targets toll road ‘tyranny’
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metr…
TxTag
http://www.txtag.org/
Smart Growth Online
http://www.smartgrowth.org/
Urban legend of “North American Union” feeds on fears
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html…
Stop, Stop! A North American Union!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/…
Debunking the North American Union Conspiracy Theory
http://www.alternet.org/audits/54184/
NHS High Priority Corridors
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/…
Paul believes in threat of North American superhighway
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/…,0,7033196.story
Texans protest against planned NAFTA superhighway
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2008/Tex…
Survey: Americans Are Strongly Opposed to the North American Union
http://www.naturalnews.com/023213.html
Lou Dobbs Drops the “NAFTA Superhighway” Ball
http://www.infowars.com/?p=2327
A Major Victory for Texas
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2008…
http://www.WeAreRealNews.com
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From the Spring 2009 colloquium on land use planning and SB 375 at sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley, the Center for a Sustainable California produced a video highlighting the speakers and challenges from these lectures.
This video was produced by:
Gary Binger
Ashley Tindall
Troy Reinhalter
Christian Eggleton
Contact: ceggleton@berkeley.edu
http://sustainablecalifornia.berkeley.edu
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On Thursday, April 16, 2009, TriMet’s afternoon 12 Barbur Blvd. bus suffers a door interlock malfunction, and the following bus was operating at crush load. This resulted in poor service to TriMet’s riders and an up-to-45 minute wait for potential riders downline.
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From the Spring 2009 colloquium on land use planning and SB 375 at sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Regional Development at UC Berkeley, the Center for a Sustainable California produced a video highlighting the speakers and challenges from these lectures.
This video was produced by:
Gary Binger
Ashley Tindall
Troy Reinhalter
Christian Eggleton
Contact: ceggleton@berkeley.edu
Duration : 0:5:22
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Kane Realty is dedicated to creating irresistible places where people will naturally want to gather. At North Hills, our goal is to create an urban mixed-use community through the assembly of retail, residential, commercial and hotel components using the principles of smart growth and new urbanism. A $1 billion expansion is underway, which includes an additional 1 million square feet of office space, 250,000 square feet of retail space, 1,800 residential units, 800 hotel rooms and even more green space. We are developing North Hills in a way that provides connectivity and convenience for residents, tenants and visitors while committing ourselves to sustainable growth that preserves open space for everyones enjoyment.
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