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RAND helped real-estate decision makers and advisors at a major U.S.-based financial-services firm to assess and compare locations for 2 projects.
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This report, prepared for and funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment, presents the results of an international analysis of government programs and initiatives aimed at stimulating innovation and sustainab...
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The demands being placed on municipal governments have increased dramatically over the past several years.
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A bibliography of works selected to focus on the new phase in planning for urban services, in which advanced information from the social sciences is being used by decisionmakers at all levels of government, who are becoming increasingly concerned wit...
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Comparison of Observed Estuarine Tide Data with Hydraulic Model Data by Use of Cross-Spectral Density Functions.
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Stochastic Analysis and Control of Urban Estuarine Water-Quality Systems: Vol. I, Estimation and Prediction.
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Primary responsibility for transportation planning has moved from private industry to government as a result of growing awareness of the interdependence of transportation planning with all other aspects of the urban planning process. Decisions are n...
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A formulation of air and water quality control models for a hypothetical regional economy and an evaluation of the likely economic results of different policies of pollution control enforcement. Emphasis is on a cost-benefit analysis of the treatmen...
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A compendium of hard lessons learned by several urban model builders, analysts, and simulators in the course of (1) developing a subemployment model for Dayton, Ohio; (2) using operations research techniques to site firehouses in East Lansing, Michig...
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A serious attempt to upgrade the theory and practice of urban planning by integrating with it concepts and methods from applied systems analysis. Methods of analysis and implementation are discussed in five parts: theory or systemic planning; applic...
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A compilation of 14 papers analyzing U.S. urban problems.
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A report on the first nine months of RAND's program of research and policy analysis for New York City's Housing and Development Administration. Most city officials perceive four major housing problems: not enough housing is being produced; rents and...
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A comprehensive survey of government activities in New York City's housing markets. The study covers 24 housing programs funded and administered by city, state, and federal governments, including land assembly and clearance, public ownership and ope...
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An analysis of the postwar redistribution of employment and population within 39 of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas. Rapid growth has occurred in the metropolitan ring and only slow growth in the central city. An econometric model indicates that ...
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A general discussion of systems analysis techniques and their application to urban problems. The analytical approach provides a systematic means to assess the impact and interaction of technological and economic constraints and is applicable to many...
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