THE ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF LAND-USE PLANS

This article gives an account of procedures for evaluating land-use plans that have been derived from methods used for transport appraisal. A brief account is given of the operation of gravity models relating to transport planning with particular reference to the significance of unconstrained, singly-constrained and fully-constrained models. The authors describe the principles of benefit evaluation using an unconstrained gravity model which takes account of factors such as government investment and indicative planning, but not of legal planning controls. They emphasize the need for considering the same population when comparing different land use plans and also point out that accessibility can be considered in relation to land-use (attractiveness) as well as proximity, and so involves factors such as job opportunities, house prices, journey costs, social class, population density and amenities. Constrained gravity models are then considered which make use of the surplus function derived in the unconstrained case. Surplus is evaluated by adding shadow prices to actual prices. The authors conclude with an account of the method II (1) modification that is used by DOE, which gives similar results, has the advantages of easier computation, and is more in line with current practice. /TRRL/

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  London School of Economics and Political Science

  Houghton Street, Aldwych
  London WC2A 2AE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Newberger, H
  • WILCOX, J
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 227-236
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: University of Bath
  • ISSN: 0022-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.jtep.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Benefit cost analysis; Costs; Economic conditions; Economic impacts; Evaluation and assessment; Federal government; Gravity models; Housings; Investments; Land use; Land use planning; Location; Methodology; Planning; Population; Socioeconomic factors; Sociology; Structures; Transportation; Transportation planning; Travel; Workplaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vicinity
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 3352: Building (structure); 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 183: Government (national); 690: Gravity model; 227: Investment; 356: Land use; 9102: Method; 1054: Network (traffic); 143: Planning; 335: Population; 2253: Sociology; 393: Vicinity; 300: Workplace
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145414
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM