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This thesis examines the use of mathematical models in astracting real world land use systems. The purpose of the study was to determine what types of decision models are available, whether they can be adapted to land use allocation problems, and which is most suitable for use in land use planning. Since planning was felt to be a means to satisfying or maximizing public welfare, the criterion used for model selection was the degree to which the model could aid in seeking land use policies which would be optimal in the sense of maximizing some measure of social welfare. Using this criterion, a form of linear programming which allows for several concurrent goals in the objective function was felt to be the best model structure available to land use planners today. This model structure was then used to construct a land use model for the City and District of Langley in the Lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia. The purpose of constructing the model was to illustrate the potential usefulness of this type of model for decision making in the land use field. This was done by showing how the various aspects of the real world land use system could be incorporated into the model and how the model could then be used to find land use patterns which would maximize a measure of social welfare. After a discussion of model results, possible further refinements and study were suggested and discussed. It was felt that the model structure chosen was well suited to the land use planning field and offered much promise as a potential planning tool. / Land and Food Systems, Faculty of / Graduate

The purpose of this research was to use the EMPIRIC Land Use Forecasting Model to investigate urban development planning strategies. These investigations required two applications, the first dealing with the selection of certain regional plans describing the use of transportation, zoning, open space, utilities, etc., and the subsequent determination of subregional land use values for the forecast period. The second application dealt with the selection of a regional transportation (travel time) improvement plan that would induce growth in subregional land use variables that would bring their intensities as close to a priori goals as possible. The EMPIRIC Land Use Forecasting Model was used because it appeared to be the most reliable land use prediction model available. The first objective was accomplished by the solution of simultaneous linear equations, with nine equations for each of the three traffic zones. It was determined that the EMPIRIC Model did determine the future subregional land use variables with a high degree of reliability. Goal programming was used to accomplish the second objective, and through a series of manipulations, a linear program was developed that would determine future transportation plans if realistic subregional land use variables were selected as goals. It can be said that the EMPIRIC Land Use Forecasting Model is a definite aid in the urban planning process, and from its use, plans for a city's future can be formulated that will include simultaneous changes in both land use and transportation facilities. / Master of Science

Agricultural economics report 81. / Cover title. / "This manual supplements 'An iterative linear programming procedure for estimating patterns of agricultural land use,' by the present authors." / 28 p. tables

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