Research Article
Mar 1973
Econometric Model to Aid in Urban Planning Decisions
Authors: John F. Brotchie, F.ASCE, Ron Sharpe, and A. Ray ToakleyAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division
Volume 99, Issue 1
Abstract
The paper describes an econometric model for use in a systems approach to urban planning, which has the capability of allocating activities of the localized type such as residential, various densities, industrial, commercial, agricultural, conservational, and recreational to potentially suitable spaces or zones in the environment, such that some measure of merit is maximized. Merit may include the costs of establishing, operating, and servicing the activities in the spaces and the costs of interactions between activities in spaces, such as those of traffic flows, road and rail networks, and economies or diseconomies of scale or proximity such as where two adjacent activities share the same service trunk, or complement each other economically. Mathematically, the model is a mathematical programming model. In general application, it is an allocation model, and particularly it is an urban planning aid. Physically, it is a computer program which includes both the model and its solution techniques.
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Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division
Volume 99 • Issue 1 • March 1973
Pages: 25 - 46
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© 1973 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Mar 1973
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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John F. Brotchie, F.ASCE
Sr. Principal Research Sci., Div. of Building Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
Ron Sharpe
Research Sci., Div. of Building Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
A. Ray Toakley
Principal Sci., Div. of Building Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
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