SECONDARY EFFECTS OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN HIGHWAYS AND SEWERS

Statistical correlations between the amount and form of land use changes and the location of new highways and wastewater facilities were established for four major metropolitan areas individually and in combination. The statistical findings were supplemented with results from a dynamic simulation model of land use in metropolitan Washington. The analyses identified factors which seemed to explain much of the variation in location and type of development in all four regions: availability of sewer service, proximity of an area to major highways, amount of vacant land, and residential vacancy rate. However, the relative importance of each factor varied from one region to another so that although results from pooled data were acceptable in terms of their aggregate statistical significance, the set of regression equations developed from pooled data cannot be expected to produce accurate predictions in all regions.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-240 333. Prepared in cooperation with Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Office of Research and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Policy Development and Research.
• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Impact Center, Incorporated

  67 Chapel
  Newton, MA  United States  02158

  Environmental Protection Agency

  Office of Research and Development
  Cincinnati, OH  United States  45268

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

  Office of Policy Development and Research
  Washington, DC  United States  20410

  Council on Environmental Quality

  722 Jackson Place, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20006
• Publication Date: 1975-2-26

Media Info

• Pagination: 150 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Development; Economic impacts; Environmental impacts; Forecasting; Highway planning; Highways; Impacts; Investments; Land use; Location; Real estate development; Regression analysis; Sewage treatment; Sewers; Simulation; Statistical analysis; Surveying; Surveying; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway location
• Geographic Terms: Colorado; Massachusetts; Minnesota; Washington (District of Columbia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Land use forecasting
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090876
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: EQC-317t
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1975 12:00AM