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How Accessibility Shapes Land Use

Walter G. Hansen
- 01 May 1959 - 
- Vol. 25, Iss: 2, pp 73-76
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In this article, an empirical analysis of the residential development patterns illustrates that accessibility and the availability of vacant developable land can be used as the basis of a residential land use model.
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An empirical examination of the residential development patterns illustrates that accessibility and the availability of vacant developable land can be used as the basis of a residential land use model. The author presents an operational definition and suggests a method for determining accessibility patterns within metropolitan areas. This is a process of distributing forecasted metropolitan population to small areas within the metropolitan region. Although the model presented is not yet sufficiently well refined for estimating purposes, the concept and the approach may be potentially useful tools for metropolitan planning purposes.

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How Accessibility Shapes Land Use?

Accessibility shapes land use by influencing the rate and intensity of land development in an area, according to the study.