LAND USE IN A LONG NARROW CITY

Most theoretical models of urban land use concentrate on residential density. This paper takes up another important use of urban land, for roads, or, more generally, for transportation. The paper analyzes, in the simplest possible setting, the optimal allocation of a given urban land area between the generation of traffic and the carrying of traffic. It shows that, except in a limiting case, the proportion of land allocated to transportation is a decreasing, concave function of distance from the center of the city. The competitive rent profile generated by land-use pattern is then analyzed, on the assumptions that there are no congestion tolls for road use, and that commodities are sold at uniform delivered price with sellers absorbing transport cost. On these assumptions, the paper shows that the market value of land may be a very poor guide to land-use decisions, and would lead to overallocation of land to transportation, especially near the center. The model used is one-dimensional.

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  Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

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• Authors:
  • Solow, R M
  • Vickrey, W S
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 98-115
• Serial:
  • ECONOMICS OF TRANSPORT
  • Volume: 2
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Costs; Land use; Residential areas; Travel patterns; Trip generation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Traffic patterns
• Old TRIS Terms: Land allocation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00740456
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1852781866
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 23 1997 12:00AM