Modeling urban land use change: Approaches, state-of-the art, prospects

摘要

• To connect activity projections (population and jobs) to locations. • Work forward to explore the spatial impacts of near-term strategic planning interventions, particularly infrastructure investments and land use and environmental regulations. Work backward to connect desirable future outcomes to contemporary policy interventions and projects. • Identify key drivers of urban growth and change patterns. • Generate scenarios as inputs into local and regional impact assessment models: • Transportation system use and congestion • Air and water quality • Habitat and biodiversity impacts • Local public finance • Energy use and climate change