The Utility Value of Land Use: Theoretical Foundations and Application to Shanghai

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  • Jean-Paul Rodrigue
چکیده

Contemporary urban areas are complex economic and transportation systems having a structured land use pattern. The utility value of land use is a measurement unit of the value of a specific land use zone in relation to the whole economic system. It is the effective economic output value of land use and it is defined according to concepts of accessibility level, economic level and spatial interactions. With the utility value, it is possible to assign more efficiently transportation resources to land use zones and help solve transportation / land use optimization problems. A Geographic Information System is used to assign the utility value of land use in Shanghai. Results underline that transportation / land use optimization in Shanghai is far from being efficient.

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تاریخ انتشار 2003