USE OF RANDOM-SEARCH TECHNIQUE TO OBTAIN OPTIMAL LAND USE PLAN DESIGN

THIS PAPER DEALS WITH THE PROBLEM OF LAND USE PLAN DESIGN. AN EFFICIENT LAND USE PLAN DESIGN MODEL CAN PROVIDE A READY TOOL TO ACHIEVE THE OPTIMAL FUTURE PLAN FOR AN URBAN AREA OR A REGION THROUGH THE SATISFACTION OF THE DESIGN CONSTRAINTS AND AT AN OPTIMUM OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COSTS. AFTER THE BASIC FEATURES OF A LAND USE PLAN DESIGN MODEL ARE DISCUSSED, THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING MODEL PROCEDURE ARE EXAMINED. THE USE OF A SIMPLE PROCEDURE BASED ON A RANDOM-SEARCH TECHNIQUE IS THEN EVALUATED. THE VALIDITY OF THE RANDOM TECHNIQUE IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH A SERIES OF SMALL-SCALE, CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS WITH HYPOTHETICAL AREAS. THE CONTROLLED-EXPERIMENT PROCEDURE IS ALSO USED TO ESTIMATE THE PLAN-EFFECTIVENESS PARAMETERS INVOLVING THE RANDOM METHOD.

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  • Authors:
    • Sinha, Kumares C
    • Adamski, Jerome T
    • Schlager, Kenneth J
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  • Publication Date: 1973

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  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: pp 53-65
  • Monograph Title: Land use and transportation planning
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  • Accession Number: 00240757
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: May 7 1973 12:00AM