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Title: MEASURING LAND USE PATTERNS FOR TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
Accession Number: 00824583
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Density and land use mix are focused on as the two primary variables for characterization of land use in transportation research. As commonly constructed, these variables do not capture well actual development patterns on the ground, thus obscuring a potentially strong relationship between land use and transportation behavior. To overcome these limitations, parcel-level data and geographic information system software were used to identify and measure attributes of land use. These data are at a level of resolution that closely corresponds to the spatial distribution of development patterns. A method for location of concentrations of medium- to high-density housing and commercial development in suburban areas identified in previous research is described. The method includes the use of metrics derived from landscape ecology to model these development patterns and, specifically, their shapes and their functional and spatial mixes.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1780, Land Development and Public Involvement in Transportation.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Hess, P MMoudon, A VLogsdon, M GPagination: p. 17-24
Publication Date: 2001
Serial: ISBN: 0309072417
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Feb 13 2002 12:00AM
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