Proposal of a benefit incidence matrix for urban development projects

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A benefit incidence matrix was developed to represent the structure of benefit incidence from different urban development projects that have an impact on environmental quality, such as slum clearance, park development, urban transportation and urban renewal. Beneficiaries and cost sharers are expressed by columns while the items of benefits and costs are expressed by rows.

Models, Urban renewal, Community development

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Does history matter for urban primacy? The case of Vienna

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The impact of history and path dependence on city growth is investigated. The break-up of Austria-Hungary in 1918 is used to analyze the impact of 85% reduction in country size and population on the largest city in the former Habsburg Empire, Vienna.

Austria, Scientific Research and Development Services, Development, Economic Programs-Total Govt, Administration of Economic Programs, Economic aspects, Demographic aspects, Economic development

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Curbing excess sprawl with congestion tolls and urban boundaries

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Implications of toll roads and urban boundaries on reducing excess traffic are examined.

United States, Usage, Traffic congestion, Control, Toll roads, Rural-urban fringe areas

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