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Papers by Daniel Shefer
Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2022
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 1990
structed in order to investigate a number of choice possibilities (alternatives) in the light of ... more structed in order to investigate a number of choice possibilities (alternatives) in the light of multiple criteria and conflicting parties. The outcomes were aggregated, using the principle of a weighted index, to represent the predicted performance of each alternative, with and without consideration of each of the objectives identified. It is worth noting that most of these methods have their roots in traffic and transportation research (Hill 1967, 1968; Jessiman et al. 1967). One of the better-known examples of the multi-criteria evaluation technique in urban and regional planning is the Goals Achievement Matrix (GAM), originally formulated by the late Professor Morris (Moshe) Hill (1967, 1968, 1973). Hill’s approach became popular in practice in the 1970s and has
Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2022
Part A Innovation and knowledge: local opportunities and innovative behaviour - a meta-analytic s... more Part A Innovation and knowledge: local opportunities and innovative behaviour - a meta-analytic study of European cities, Peter Nijkamp, Andaki Kangasharju and Marina van Geenhuizen an evolutionary approach to firm dynamics - adaptation and path dependecy, Marina van Geenhuizen agglomeration and industrial innovation in space - an empirical analysis, Daniel Shefer and Amnon Frenkel expenditure and knowledge-based regional impacts associated with a university - some empirical evidence, Daniel Felsenstein. Part B Tourism, infrastructure and regional development: incentive programmes for rural tourism in Israel - a tool for promoting rural development, Aliza Fleischer the economic impact of tourism in Israel - a multiregional input-output analysis, Daniel Freeman and Esther Sultan the impact of foad infrastructure on producitivity and regional inequalities in Europe, Piet Rietveld and Franck Bruinsma.
Traffic quarterly, 1978
This article presents findings of a survey designed to investigate transit potentials and mode ch... more This article presents findings of a survey designed to investigate transit potentials and mode choice determinants based on personal interviews with passengers of the Carmelit-an underground transit line serving the Israeli port town of Haifa. The Caremlit is situated under the slope of Mount Caramel and its gradient, at times is more than 35 percent. It operates on a pulley-like principal in which cable-linked trains move up and down simultaneously within the Caramel Mountain. On this isolated track the mode is unaffected by roadway congestion and weather conditions and has been proved to be highly safe. Train service is quite regular, at a frequency of approximately five departures per hour, the duration of a complete run from top to bottom being about 10 minutes as compared to 17 minutes by private car and 25 minutes by bus. The Carmelit spans three transit centers and has the capacity of carrying approximately 5,600 passengers in both directions per hour. However, the mode is largely unexploited, carrying only a little more than 4,000 passengers during its peak hours. The study reported in this article provided a unique opportunity to scrutinize the elements of modal split in terms of the Carmelit, the Haifa bus transit system, and the automobile mode.
International Journal of Strategic Property Management, Dec 12, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2022
Atmospheric Environment, 1998
The technique of neural network analysis has gained momentum and acceptance over the past few yea... more The technique of neural network analysis has gained momentum and acceptance over the past few years. Its use in such areas as image compression and recognition, cognitive modeling, expert systems, natural language and handwriting recognition, as well as physical aspects of traffic engineering, has been developed and is being continually refined. This paper demonstrates the benefits and limitations of applying the technique to a social science problem: the prediction of travel behavior as a necessary preliminary to transportation planning. The neural network model structure developed and its application to behavioral travel analysis are outlined, and hypotheses and results of selected experiments are presented. A discussion of the benefits and limitations as well as recommendations for future research in the use of neural network analysis in predicting a behavioral outcome is presented.
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 1973
The present paper describes several mathematical models designed to control, through regulations,... more The present paper describes several mathematical models designed to control, through regulations, the locations and quantities of air pollution emissions. A Gaussian diffusion model is used in order to build an air-pollution transfer-coefficient matrix. Given the rate of increase in production and subsequently emission of air pollution, the model developed demonstrates how the permitted level of pollution emission can be set for each locality or industry, and how it is possible to assign methods of abatement and to measure their effectiveness. Finally the general abatement—location model is developed. This model simultaneously allocates industries to subareas and assigns control methods to the various industries so as to conform with the air quality standards set forth.
Environment and Planning A, 1977
A cost-effectiveness optimization approach to industrial location planning and air quality manage... more A cost-effectiveness optimization approach to industrial location planning and air quality management is developed, focusing on the feasibility of a centralized air-pollution-control system. The welfare criteria include air-pollution-control-related costs, but also other costs, such as commuting and land development costs. A multilevel optimization approach is outlined in order to devise economic incentives which may help to implement the optimal plan in a decentralized competitive decisionmaking context. A simplified linear programming formulation of the general model is applied to the Haifa area. Results confirm the need to adopt an integrated approach in examining the feasibility of a centralized air-pollution-control system.
Handbook of Regional Innovation and Growth
A goals-achievement matrix for evaluating alternative plans the evolution of evaluation methodolo... more A goals-achievement matrix for evaluating alternative plans the evolution of evaluation methodology in the works of Morris Hill integrated evaluation of Israel's neighbourhood revitalization projects choices and choice theory revisited plan evaluation methodology - comprehending the conclusions evaluation methods in urban and regional planning - theory and practice the organizational and political environments of planning evaluation impact assessment of regional plans multiple criteria evaluation - issues and perspectives a support system for environmental decisions changing urban purposes in historical perspective.
International Journal of Strategic Property Management
The restrictions and requirements imposed by historic preservation regulations bring about many c... more The restrictions and requirements imposed by historic preservation regulations bring about many changes to the rights of property owners. They might impose additional costs, most notably by prohibiting the demolition of designated buildings and thus decreasing property-development opportunities. The objective of this study is to examine what happens following world heritage designations; specifically, if and how such designations impact the property values of historic buildings. Using the hedonic price method, we measure the value of the option to demolish and rebuild that is denied to owners of designated buildings. We also measure the value of preservation regulations, expressed in the prices of apartments in designated buildings. The study area is the “White City” of Tel Aviv, which UNESCO designated as a world heritage site. The findings suggest that the market price of a designated building is on average 12.5% lower than its theoretical value if the building was not subject to ...
Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2022
Journal of Planning Education and Research, 1990
structed in order to investigate a number of choice possibilities (alternatives) in the light of ... more structed in order to investigate a number of choice possibilities (alternatives) in the light of multiple criteria and conflicting parties. The outcomes were aggregated, using the principle of a weighted index, to represent the predicted performance of each alternative, with and without consideration of each of the objectives identified. It is worth noting that most of these methods have their roots in traffic and transportation research (Hill 1967, 1968; Jessiman et al. 1967). One of the better-known examples of the multi-criteria evaluation technique in urban and regional planning is the Goals Achievement Matrix (GAM), originally formulated by the late Professor Morris (Moshe) Hill (1967, 1968, 1973). Hill’s approach became popular in practice in the 1970s and has
Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2022
Part A Innovation and knowledge: local opportunities and innovative behaviour - a meta-analytic s... more Part A Innovation and knowledge: local opportunities and innovative behaviour - a meta-analytic study of European cities, Peter Nijkamp, Andaki Kangasharju and Marina van Geenhuizen an evolutionary approach to firm dynamics - adaptation and path dependecy, Marina van Geenhuizen agglomeration and industrial innovation in space - an empirical analysis, Daniel Shefer and Amnon Frenkel expenditure and knowledge-based regional impacts associated with a university - some empirical evidence, Daniel Felsenstein. Part B Tourism, infrastructure and regional development: incentive programmes for rural tourism in Israel - a tool for promoting rural development, Aliza Fleischer the economic impact of tourism in Israel - a multiregional input-output analysis, Daniel Freeman and Esther Sultan the impact of foad infrastructure on producitivity and regional inequalities in Europe, Piet Rietveld and Franck Bruinsma.
Traffic quarterly, 1978
This article presents findings of a survey designed to investigate transit potentials and mode ch... more This article presents findings of a survey designed to investigate transit potentials and mode choice determinants based on personal interviews with passengers of the Carmelit-an underground transit line serving the Israeli port town of Haifa. The Caremlit is situated under the slope of Mount Caramel and its gradient, at times is more than 35 percent. It operates on a pulley-like principal in which cable-linked trains move up and down simultaneously within the Caramel Mountain. On this isolated track the mode is unaffected by roadway congestion and weather conditions and has been proved to be highly safe. Train service is quite regular, at a frequency of approximately five departures per hour, the duration of a complete run from top to bottom being about 10 minutes as compared to 17 minutes by private car and 25 minutes by bus. The Carmelit spans three transit centers and has the capacity of carrying approximately 5,600 passengers in both directions per hour. However, the mode is largely unexploited, carrying only a little more than 4,000 passengers during its peak hours. The study reported in this article provided a unique opportunity to scrutinize the elements of modal split in terms of the Carmelit, the Haifa bus transit system, and the automobile mode.
International Journal of Strategic Property Management, Dec 12, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Dec 6, 2022
Atmospheric Environment, 1998
The technique of neural network analysis has gained momentum and acceptance over the past few yea... more The technique of neural network analysis has gained momentum and acceptance over the past few years. Its use in such areas as image compression and recognition, cognitive modeling, expert systems, natural language and handwriting recognition, as well as physical aspects of traffic engineering, has been developed and is being continually refined. This paper demonstrates the benefits and limitations of applying the technique to a social science problem: the prediction of travel behavior as a necessary preliminary to transportation planning. The neural network model structure developed and its application to behavioral travel analysis are outlined, and hypotheses and results of selected experiments are presented. A discussion of the benefits and limitations as well as recommendations for future research in the use of neural network analysis in predicting a behavioral outcome is presented.
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 1973
The present paper describes several mathematical models designed to control, through regulations,... more The present paper describes several mathematical models designed to control, through regulations, the locations and quantities of air pollution emissions. A Gaussian diffusion model is used in order to build an air-pollution transfer-coefficient matrix. Given the rate of increase in production and subsequently emission of air pollution, the model developed demonstrates how the permitted level of pollution emission can be set for each locality or industry, and how it is possible to assign methods of abatement and to measure their effectiveness. Finally the general abatement—location model is developed. This model simultaneously allocates industries to subareas and assigns control methods to the various industries so as to conform with the air quality standards set forth.
Environment and Planning A, 1977
A cost-effectiveness optimization approach to industrial location planning and air quality manage... more A cost-effectiveness optimization approach to industrial location planning and air quality management is developed, focusing on the feasibility of a centralized air-pollution-control system. The welfare criteria include air-pollution-control-related costs, but also other costs, such as commuting and land development costs. A multilevel optimization approach is outlined in order to devise economic incentives which may help to implement the optimal plan in a decentralized competitive decisionmaking context. A simplified linear programming formulation of the general model is applied to the Haifa area. Results confirm the need to adopt an integrated approach in examining the feasibility of a centralized air-pollution-control system.
Handbook of Regional Innovation and Growth
A goals-achievement matrix for evaluating alternative plans the evolution of evaluation methodolo... more A goals-achievement matrix for evaluating alternative plans the evolution of evaluation methodology in the works of Morris Hill integrated evaluation of Israel's neighbourhood revitalization projects choices and choice theory revisited plan evaluation methodology - comprehending the conclusions evaluation methods in urban and regional planning - theory and practice the organizational and political environments of planning evaluation impact assessment of regional plans multiple criteria evaluation - issues and perspectives a support system for environmental decisions changing urban purposes in historical perspective.
International Journal of Strategic Property Management
The restrictions and requirements imposed by historic preservation regulations bring about many c... more The restrictions and requirements imposed by historic preservation regulations bring about many changes to the rights of property owners. They might impose additional costs, most notably by prohibiting the demolition of designated buildings and thus decreasing property-development opportunities. The objective of this study is to examine what happens following world heritage designations; specifically, if and how such designations impact the property values of historic buildings. Using the hedonic price method, we measure the value of the option to demolish and rebuild that is denied to owners of designated buildings. We also measure the value of preservation regulations, expressed in the prices of apartments in designated buildings. The study area is the “White City” of Tel Aviv, which UNESCO designated as a world heritage site. The findings suggest that the market price of a designated building is on average 12.5% lower than its theoretical value if the building was not subject to ...