RESEARCH POLICY AND REVIEW 25. MODELING LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION: AN INTERPRETIVE REVIEW FOR GROWTH AREAS

The literature on large-scale land-use modeling is reviewed with the objective of increasing understanding of those new forms of urban growth in recently urbanized or formerly suburban areas, characterized by low density, heavy dependence on automobile transportation, and multiple activity centres. Known models are characterized along several dimensions describing purpose, conceptual basis, mathematical content, and level of detail. Six of these are reviewed in detail, and four others are discussed more briefly. The existing models make it necessary to choose between tractability and suitability for contemporary urban areas. The key omission in the tractable models is economies of agglomeration that would help explain the emergence of subcenters. Most tractable models also lack a dynamic structure suitable for handling rapid disequilibrium growth. Models that contain these two features are suitable for broad-brush computer simulation, but they cannot be calibrated with real disaggregated land-use data. Suggestions for future work are provided.

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  Pion Limited

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• Authors:
  • Berechman, J
  • Small, K A
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1285-309
• Serial:
  • Environment and Planning A
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Pion Limited
  • ISSN: 0308-518X
  • EISSN: 1472-3409
  • Serial URL: http://www.envplan.com/A.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Land use; Mathematical models; Simulation; Urban areas; Urban development
• Subject Areas: Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00483530
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 31 1989 12:00AM