CommunityViz-Based Prototype Model for Assessing Development Impacts in a Naturalized Floodplain—EmiquonViz
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 132, Issue 4
Abstract
We present a prototype spreadsheet-based and geographic information system-based model, EmiquonViz, developed to examine the economic, fiscal, and social impacts of development. The model is designed to facilitate examination of hypothetical scenarios related to introducing recreational use and siting a lodging facility within a naturalized floodplain. In building the model we draw on the ongoing floodplain naturalization efforts in the middle reach of the Illinois River and assume that the new development would amount to a park of at least regional and possibly state stature; it would, therefore, attract nonlocal visitors and generate impacts on the local communities. EmiquonViz is implemented in ArcView 3.3 using the CommunityViz Scenario Constructor extension. Its purpose is to serve as a decision-making tool for planners and other community members concerned with the impact of recreational and tourism-related activities.
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Acknowledgments
The study was partially supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant No. NSFNSF BCS-00-03208), the Campus Research Board of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and CommunityViz/The Orton Family Foundation. This is Contribution No. 11 from the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, Alton, Ill., and Rep. No. 238 from the Illinois Water Resources Center, Urbana, Ill. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the institutions involved.
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Volume 132 • Issue 4 • December 2006
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