It's a Wonderful Coast or,Every Time a Bell Rings,Long Island Sound is Protected

In Frank Capra's classic film It's a Wonderful Life, a despondent man takes a journey to see what life would have been like without him: the journey paints a bleak picture. In true Hollywood form, he is ultimately reassured of his impact even though his accomplishments were immeasurable. The film's protagonist, George Bailey, is the perfect metaphor for Connecticut's Coastal Management Program. The Program can measure quantifiable elements: the number of site plans reviewed, number of permits issued, acres of tidal wetlands restored. But coastal managers often lose sight of the accomplishments and ripple effects of management, possibly because accomplishments are taken for granted. Perhaps the true value of coastal management programs lies in that intangible, immeasurable idea of what coasts would be like without them.

This article takes readers on a George Bailey–esque journey by identifying the Connecticut Coastal Management Program's accomplishments since its adoption in 1980, reviewed in the context of several questions: What if the Program had never been adopted? What would public access look like? How many acres of tidal wetlands would be lost to development or Phragmites invasion? Hopefully, the results of the exercise will put coastal management into better context and highlight the successes.     

Examining Local Coastal Zone Management Capacity in U.S. Pacific Coastal Counties

The coastal zone has critical natural, commercial, recreational, ecological, industrial, and esthetic values for current and future generations. Thus, there are increasing pressures from population growth and coastal land development. Local coastal land use planning plays an important role in implementing the U.S. Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) by establishing goals and performance policies for addressing critical coastal issues. This study extends the CZMA Performance Measurement System from the national level to the local land use level by measuring coastal zone land use plan quality and political context in fifty-three Pacific coastal counties. Plan quality is measured using an evaluation protocol defined by five components and sixty-eight indicators. The results indicate a reasonable correspondence between national goals and local coastal zone land use planning goals, but a slight gap might exist between the national/state versus local levels in the overall effectiveness of coastal zone management (CZM) efforts. The results show many U.S. Pacific coastal counties lack strong coastal zone land use plans because the average plan quality score was only 22.7 out of 50 points. Although these plans set relatively clear goals and objectives, they are somewhat weaker in their factual basis, identify a limited range of the available planning tools and techniques, and establish few coordination and implementation mechanisms. The regression analysis results indicate that CZM plan quality was not significantly related to any of the jurisdictional characteristics.     

Local shopping as a strategy for reducing automobile travel

Transportation - Suburban development in the US is widely criticized for its contribution to automobile dependence and its consequences. Not surprisingly, then, a return to more urban-style...     

基于神经网络的城市基准地价评估模型研究

应用基于经验知识的人工神经网络技术建立城市基准地价综合评估模型 ,可使城市地价评估工作更加科学、合理、公正 ,同时可充分利用土地定级成果 ,实现城市土地定级、基准地价评估的一体化和智能化 ,减小评估工作量。评估实例说明 ,模型具有较强的实际应用价值 ,尤其适用于土地市场发育条件较好地区大量土地的评估工作     

高速公路征地补偿制度存在的问题及对策

针对高速公路征地补偿制度不完善的问题,指出目前的高速公路征地补偿标准偏低,补偿方式不科学,补偿金管理与发放过程中截留情况严重。提出了让农民参与征地补偿过程,改变单一的一次性货币补偿方式,提高补偿标准,实行差额补偿制度等相关对策。     

城市轨道交通土地综合开发

针对城市轨道交通的特点及对城市土地综合开发产生的影响 ,提出了城市轨道交通土地综合开发设想及方案。     

基于椭球体模型的有限长圆柱壳静磁屏蔽效能计算

从屏蔽效能的定义出发,得出了屏蔽系数与磁通量之间的关系,提出了利用椭球体模型对一般壳体的屏蔽系数进行计算的方法。利用模型化的方法分析计算了有限长圆柱壳的静磁屏蔽效能,并将推导的结果与严谨理论模型下的推导结果进行了对比,充分验证了椭球体模型计算的可行性。     

交叉口剩余容量对土地开发强度的

审批阶段没有对土地开发强度进行控制是目前交通影响分析(TIA)实施中存在的普遍问题.对此,提出基于交叉口剩余容量推算土地开发强度的方法并建立了关系模型.交叉口是城市路网的瓶颈,该方法通过预估交叉口流量转向比例,并结合交通组织确定了交通量在路网上的分担比例,从微观层面分析了项目发生/吸引交通量对交叉口的影响,及其对土地开...     

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