The myths about automobile dependence are analysed and dismissed as no longer having
the inevitability they once had. The myths relate to wealth, climate, space, age, health and …

A major goal of urban design, especially in centers, is to reduce automobile dependence in
order to address issues of viability and sustainability. Long-term data from cities around the …

The book provides data on a uniform, standardized basis for major cities of the world, bringing
together transport patterns and land use to provide insight into the question of automobile …

Modern city dwellers are largely detached from the environmental effects of their daily lives.
The sources of the water they drink, the food they eat, and the energy they consume are all …

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will
eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of≈ 10 6 …

We describe the design, construction, and performance of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
telescope located at Apache Point Observatory. The telescope is a modified two-corrector Ritchey…

Gasoline consumption per capita in ten large United States cities varies by up to 40 percent,
primarily because of land use and transportation planning factors, rather than price or …

This paper describes the Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS),
marking the completion of the original goals of the SDSS and the end of the phase known as …

Bracketing is a method used in qualitative research to mitigate the potentially deleterious
effects of preconceptions that may taint the research process. However, the processes through …

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