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Title: CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN ACTIVITY PATTERNS
Accession Number: 00241445
Record Type: Component
Abstract: DESPITE THE TREMENDOUS GAINS MADE IN THE PAST 20 YEARS IN UNDERSTANDING AND SIMULATING THE URBAN AREA, IT IS APPARENT THAT TECHNIQUES ARE TIED STRONGLY TO OBSERVATIONS OF PRESENT PATTERNS AND DRAW VERY LITTLE FROM A THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY, ITS PROCESSES, OR THE FORCES THAT LIE BEHIND THE OBSERVABLE PHENOMENA. THE WORK DESCRIBED HERE FOCUSES ON ACTIVITIES AS THE MEANS FOR CHARACTERIZING URBAN PHENOMENA. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE SIMPLY THE THINGS PEOPLE DO-WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW LONG. THEIR COLLECTION OR SUM IS THE PATTERN WE OBSERVE IN THE URBAN AREA. WORK TO DATE HAS CONCENTRATED ON DEFINING SATISFACTORY MEASURES OF ACTIVITY PATTERNS. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL MEASURES HAVE BEEN USED THAT STRONGLY RESEMBLE THOSE USED IN VARIOUS ANALYSES OF TRAVEL, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT MEASURES MORE COMPLETELY DESCRIBING THE COMPLEXITY OF DAILY ACTIVITIES CAN BE DEFINED. ONE SUCH MEASURE IS SUGGESTED. IMPLICIT IN THIS WORK IS A MODEL OF THE ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF URBAN RESIDENTS. THE ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT THERE ARE BOTH STRONG SIMILARITIES AND STRONG DIFFERENCES IN THE ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF VARIOUS GROUPS OF URBAN RESIDENTS. THE ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT THERE ARE BOTH STRONG SIMILARITIES AND STRONG DIFFERENCES IN THE ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF VARIOUS GROUPS OF URBAN RESIDENTS. THESE PATTERNS ARE DIFFERENTIATED BY FAMILIAR SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES AND BY MEASURES OF THE RESIDENTS' ACCESSIBILITY TO SPECIALIZED LOCATIONS FOR URBAN ACTIVITIES. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE MODEL MAY BE RESPONSIVE TO CHANGES IN THESE PATTERNS. THE PAPER IS ORGANIZED INTO THREE SECTIONS. THE FIRST BRIEFLY DISCUSSES A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS AND FOR THE MODEL IN GENERAL. THE SECOND DESCRIBES MORE SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE RELATIONSHIPS ANTICIPATED BETWEEN ACTIVITY PATTERNS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS URBAN SUBGROUPS. THE THIRD SECTION DISCUSSES THE RESULTS OF ANALYSIS TO DATE, CONCENTRATING ON SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS AND USING CRUDE MEASURES OF MOBILITY AND SPATIAL EFFECTS. /AUTHOR/
Supplemental Notes: Paper sponsored by Committee on Land Use Evaluation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410261
Authors: Lathrop, George TPagination: pp 232-244
Publication Date: 1970
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Society
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Feb 8 1971 12:00AM
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