Study of Past and Future Spatiotemporal Patterns and Impact on Electricity Consumption for Sustainable Planning: A Case Study of El Paso, Texas

As cities continue to grow, their urban form continues to evolve. As a consequence of urban growth, the demand for infrastructure increases to meet the needs of a growing population. Understanding this evolution and its subsequent impingement on resources allows for planners, engineers, and decision-makers to plan for a sustainable community. Patterns and rate of urban expansion have been studied extensively in various cities throughout the United States (U.S.), utilizing remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS). However, minimal research has been conducted to understand urban growth rates and patterns for cities that possess borders, geological attributes, and/or protected areas that confine and direct the cities’ urban growth, such as El Paso, Texas. This study utilizes El Paso, Texas, as a case study to provide a basis for examining growth patterns and their possible impact on the electricity consumption resource, which lies on the U.S./Mexico and New Mexico borders, contains the largest urban park in the nation (Franklin Mountains State Park), and Ft. Bliss military base. This study conducted a change analysis for El Paso County to analyze specific areas of concentrated growth within the past 15-years (2001–2016). The results indicate that county growth has primarily occurred within the city of El Paso, in particular, Districts 5 (east side), 1 (west side), and 4 (northeast), with District 5 experiencing substantial growth. As the districts expanded, fragmentation and shape irregularity of developed areas decreased. Utilizing past growth trends, the counties’ 2031 land-use was predicted employing the Cellular Automata (CA)-Markov method. The counties’ projected growth was evenly distributed within El Paso city and outside city limits. Future growth within the city continues to be directed within the same districts that experienced past growth, Districts 1, 4, and 5. Whereas projected growth occurring outside the city limits, primarily focused within potential city annexation areas in accordance with the cities’ comprehensive plan, Plan El Paso. Panel data analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between urban dynamic growth patterns and electricity consumption. The findings suggest that, as urban areas expanded and fragmentation decreased, electricity consumption increased. Further investigation to include an expansion of urban pattern metrics, an extension of the time period studied, and their influence on electricity consumption is recommended. The results of this study provided a basis for decision-makers and planners with an understanding of El Paso’s concentrated areas of past and projected urban growth patterns and their influence on electricity consumption to mitigate possible fragmentation growth through informed decisions and policies to provide a sustainable environment for the community.

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Modeling different urban growth patterns based on the evolution of urban form: A case study from Huangpi, Central China

Applied Geography ◽

10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.11.012 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 66 ◽

pp. 109-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Yaolin Liu ◽

Qingsong He ◽

Ronghui Tan ◽

Yanfang Liu ◽

Chaohui Yin

Keyword(s):

Urban Growth ◽

Urban Form ◽

Growth Patterns ◽

Central China

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Measuring Urban Form Units: Alternative for Characterizing Urban Growth Pattern in Yogyakarta Urbanized Areas

Indonesian Journal of Geography ◽

10.22146/ijg.40599 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 52 (2) ◽

pp. 219

Author(s):

Mutiasari Kurnia Devi ◽

Lulu Mari Fitria ◽

Muhammad Sani Roychansyah ◽

Yori Herwangi

Keyword(s):

Urban Space ◽

Urban Growth ◽

Urban Form ◽

Growth Patterns ◽

Urban Structure ◽

Urban Forms ◽

Quantitative Measurements ◽

Administrative Area ◽

Important Note ◽

The City

Yogyakarta is one of city in Indonesia which experience urban agglomeration called by Yogyakarta Urbanized Area (YUA). In this paper, identified the characters of each part of YUA by examining its urban form unit. This paper assesses the characteristics of urban forms distributed within YUA. Quantitative measurements were proposed for classifying the urban form typologies. Density, diversity, and accessibility were used to represent the urban form characteristic., the typologies are classified into three groups which are low compact, middle compact, and high compact. The result shows that the majority areas in YUA are grouped into middle compact typology where most of them are located in the city of Yogyakarta administrative area. Meanwhile, the areas, categorized as low compact typology, are in the hinterland area of Yogyakarta. High compact typology are concentrated in the centre of YUA where it has the highest activity concentration for the whole urban structure context. This study discovers that characterizing the urban growth patterns using quantitative method can distinguish urban form. At the end, this paper provides an important note about the distribution of urban form typology in the agglomeration area and, in the future, can be used to design urban policies, especially in the utilization of urban space.

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ArcGIS Urban: an application for plan assessment

Computational Urban Science ◽

10.1007/s43762-021-00016-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ellen Soward ◽

Jianling Li

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Spatial Context ◽

Future Studies ◽

Planning Profession ◽

Gis Tools ◽

Comprehensive Plans ◽

Near Future ◽

The City

AbstractMost cities in the United States rely on zoning to address important planning-related issues within their jurisdictions. Planners often use GIS tools to analyze these issues in a spatial context. ESRI’s ArcGIS Urban software seeks to provide the planning profession with a GIS-based solution for various challenges, including zoning’s impacts on the built environment and housing capacity.This research explores the use of ArcGIS Urban for assessing the existing zoning and comprehensive plans in meeting the projected residential growth in the near future using the City of Arlington, Texas as a case study. The exploration provides examples and lessons for how ArcGIS Urban might be used by planners to accomplish their tasks and highlights the capabilities and limitations of ArcGIS Urban in its current stand. The paper is concluded with some suggestions for future studies.

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A New Integrated Approach for Municipal Landfill Siting Based on Urban Physical Growth Prediction: A Case Study Mashhad Metropolis in Iran

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs13050949 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 949

Author(s):

Salman Qureshi ◽

Saman Nadizadeh Shorabeh ◽

Najmeh Neysani Samany ◽

Foad Minaei ◽

Mehdi Homaee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Urban Growth ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Physical Growth ◽

Support Vector ◽

Markov Chain Method ◽

Physical Expansion ◽

Hierarchy Process ◽

The City

Due to irregular and uncontrolled expansion of cities in developing countries, currently operational landfill sites cannot be used in the long-term, as people will be living in proximity to these sites and be exposed to unhygienic circumstances. Hence, this study aims at proposing an integrated approach for determining suitable locations for landfills while considering their physical expansion. The proposed approach utilizes the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) to weigh the sets of identified landfill location criteria. Furthermore, the weighted linear combination (WLC) approach was applied for the elicitation of the proper primary locations. Finally, the support vector machine (SVM) and cellular automation-based Markov chain method were used to predict urban growth. To demonstrate the applicability of the developed approach, it was applied to a case study, namely the city of Mashhad in Iran, where suitable sites for landfills were identified considering the urban growth in different geographical directions for this city by 2048. The proposed approach could be of use for policymakers, urban planners, and other decision-makers to minimize uncertainty arising from long-term resource allocation.

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“The Principal Russian Church in America”: from the History of Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in the City of New York

Istoriya ◽

10.18254/s207987840017595-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (11 (109)) ◽

pp. 0

Author(s):

Vladimir Pechatnov

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New York ◽

The United States ◽

Russian Orthodox ◽

History Of ◽

Ministry Of Finance ◽

The Russian Empire ◽

Foreign Ministry ◽

The City

Based on previously unearthed documents from the Russia’s State Historical Archive and the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire the article explores the history of the first Russian Orthodox parish in New York City and construction of Saint-Nickolas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in the city. It was a protracted and complicated interagency process that involved Russian Orthodox mission in the United States, Russia’s Foreign Ministry and its missions in the United States, the Holy Governing Synod, Russia’s Ministry of Finance and the State Council. The principal actors were the bishops Nicholas (Ziorov) and especially Tikhon (Bellavin), Ober-Prosecutor of the Holy Governing Synod Konstantine Pobedonostsev and Reverend Alexander Khotovitsky. This case study of the Cathedral history reveals an interaction of ecclesiastical and civil authorities in which private and civic initiative was combined with strict bureaucratic rules and procedures.

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Informing the design of courtyard street blocks using solar energy models: a case study of a university campus in Singapore

Journal of Physics Conference Series ◽

10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012050 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2042 (1) ◽

pp. 012050

Author(s):

Ekaterina Vititneva ◽

Zhongming Shi ◽

Pieter Herthogs ◽

Reinhard König ◽

Aurel von Richthofen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Energy ◽

Urban Form ◽

Energy Performance ◽

University Campus ◽

Quasi Monte Carlo ◽

Energy Models ◽

Simulation Based ◽

Input Variables ◽

The City

Abstract This study discusses the interplays between urban form and energy performance using a case study in Singapore. We investigate educational urban quarters in the tropical climate of Singapore using simulation-based parametric geometric modelling. Three input variables of urban form were examined: street network orientation, street canyon width, and building depth. In total, 280 scenarios were generated using a quasi-Monte Carlo Saltelli sampler and Grasshopper. For each scenario, the City Energy Analyst, an open-source urban building energy simulation program, calculated solar energy penetration. To assess the variables’ importance, we applied Sobol’ sensitivity analysis. Results suggest that the street width and building depth were the most influential parameters.

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Determinants and Consequences of Citizens' E-Participation

10.4018/978-1-6684-3706-3.ch082 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1567-1592

Author(s):

Raul Machado ◽

António Azevedo

Keyword(s):

Place Identity ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Digital Citizenship ◽

Active Citizenship ◽

Citizenship Behaviors ◽

Critical Perspective ◽

The City ◽

Attachment Dimensions ◽

Public Decision

This article aims to discuss the determinants of digital active citizenship behaviors such as the e-participation using reporting urban apps. The article makes a comparative analysis between two groups of citizens: a) 98 users of a reporting app (MyHomeCity) who were selected for the case study); and b) 148 non-users of reporting apps. Users of MyHomeCity revealed higher scores for the satisfaction for life in the city, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and perceived happiness, for all place attachment dimensions and all digital citizenship dimensions except for political activism (online and offline) and critical perspective. The probability of being an app user is predicted by satisfaction for living in the city, place identity (attachment), and digital citizenship dimensions. The implications for public decision makers, app developers, and citizens' organizations are discussed.

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Determinants and Consequences of Citizens' E-Participation

International Journal of E-Planning Research ◽

10.4018/ijepr.2020010102 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 20-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Raul Machado ◽

António Azevedo

Keyword(s):

Political Activism ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Place Identity ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Digital Citizenship ◽

Citizenship Behaviors ◽

Critical Perspective ◽

The City ◽

Attachment Dimensions

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“Unparking”: How can Smart Mobility Reduce Parking Demand in Our Cities to the Minimum? (Beirut Case Study)

Smart Cities ◽

10.3390/smartcities3020010 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 172-185

Author(s):

Adib Haydar

Keyword(s):

Public Transportation ◽

Transportation Systems ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Demand And Supply ◽

Mobility System ◽

Smart Mobility ◽

Public Transportation Systems ◽

Parking Demand ◽

The City

Beirut is a car-dependent city, with 80% of Beirut citizens using their private cars to move across the city (the rate of car ownership is higher than regional and global benchmarks: 627 cars/1000 in Beirut, 550/1000 in Dubai and 170/1000 in Singapore). This reality causes two related impacts: an increased parking demand and decreased public transportation usage. Furthermore, in order to discuss these aspects, our study addresses the following question: How can the municipality’s interventions and mobility system reforms, such as smart public transportation systems and shareable mobility, reduce parking demand? As our methodology, it consists of three sections: (1) determine Beirut's parking problems by estimating parking demand and supply; (2) assess the potential effects of Beirut municipality policies in comparison to international experiences; and (3) evaluate the potential impacts of the smart public transportation system and shareable mobility in reducing parking demand. This paper studies parking growth in developing countries, such as Lebanon, and can help planners, decision-makers, and the Beirut municipality to make more informed decisions about parking policies, and to meet growing parking demand by introducing smart interventions that have high local potentials.

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Transportation and Urbanization in Caracas, 1891-1936

Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs ◽

10.2307/174789 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 82-100 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

E. Jeffrey Stann

Keyword(s):

Latin American ◽

Buenos Aires ◽

The United States ◽

Transportation Systems ◽

Urban Morphology ◽

Urban Forms ◽

Urban Dynamics ◽

Time Period ◽

The City

Urban morphology and growth have been studied by sociologists and others in the United States for half a century. A question raised in some recent studies is: To what extent are urban forms and growth processes universal? Sargent (1972) has proposed a universal model of urban dynamics intended “to relate processes to the spatial development,” particularly residential development, of the city. Sargent uses Buenos Aires between 1870 and 1930 as a case study. This article applies his model to another Latin American capital, Caracas, during approximately the same time period in order to demonstrate imperfections in the model as it relates to the way in which transportation systems expand, the forces which influence their expansion, and the manner in which they affect city growth.

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