The influence of transport infrastructures on land-use conversion decisions within municipal plans

Abstract

Transit-oriented development (TOD) is one of the most popular means of public intervention in the field of spatial planning, which aims at reducing land consumption caused by urban sprawl. In this paper, a logit model is computed to assess whether the Municipal Master Plans approved during the 1990s in the Lisbon region (Portugal), currently in force, contemplated public transit stations as a relevant requirement for the location of the planned urban expansion areas and, more specifically, for the conversion of non-urban areas to artificialized areas. It is shown that TOD was not taken as a preferential approach, suggesting that there may be at the outset an inherent resistance to public injunctions on limiting land-use conversion, regardless of other obstacles frequently mentioned. a jmpadeiro@campus.ul.pt

Understanding land take in small and medium-sized cities through scenarios of shrinkage and growth using autoregressive models

“…Our findings aligned with previous studies that emphasized the highly significant and positive influence of population density on land take (Martinuzzi et al, 2007;Behnisch et al, 2016). Contrary to numerous studies that assumed a causal relation between proximity to central train stations and urban growth or land conversion (Padeiro, 2014), our study found no significant effect of distance on the amount of built-up area. However, our OLS model revealed a significant influence between the proximity to the nearest highway exit and the built area.…”

Cost of an urban rail ride: A nation-level analysis of ridership, capital costs and cost-effectiveness performance of urban rail transit projects in China

“…Several studies have discussed the relationship between land use and transit ridership (e.g., Ewing & Cervero, 2010;Kuby, Barranda, & Upchurch, 2004;Sohn & Shim, 2010;Padeiro, 2014;Tsai & Mulley, 2012;Zhao et al, 2014). These studies underlie the interdependent nature between land use and transit systems through which each supports and shapes the other.…”

Os factores determinantes da edificação recente na AML (1991-2011)

“…De facto, a localização de novas áreas de urbanização em volta das cidades, analisada, quer através da artificialização dos solos (Bell et al, 2002;abrantes et al, 2013;Padeiro, 2014), quer pelas transacções, licenças de construção ou construção efectiva (Hansen et al, 1998;ewing, 2008), remete para um conjunto de factores determinantes, que podem actuar em diversos sentidos de acordo com o contexto l ocal. Do ponto de vista teórico, o custo dos transportes é o factor de locali zação mais fundamental, encontrando-se na convergência de todas as teorias da localização (glaeser et al, 2004;McCann et al, 2004) e acentuando a probabilidade de urbanização nas áreas servidas por redes novas.…”