Residential Location Theory, Modeling, and Scenario Analysis of Urban Growth and Planning

John M. Polimeni; Jon D. Erickson

doi:10.1016/S1569-3740(07)07009-5

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Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources

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Residential Location Theory, Modeling, and Scenario Analysis of Urban Growth and Planning

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Title:	Residential Location Theory, Modeling, and Scenario Analysis of Urban Growth and Planning
Author(s):	John M. Polimeni, Jon D. Erickson
Volume:	7 Editor(s): Jon D. Erickson, Frank Messner, Irene Ring ISBN: 978-0-7623-1448-5 eISBN: 978-1-84950-507-9
Citation:	John M. Polimeni, Jon D. Erickson (2007), Residential Location Theory, Modeling, and Scenario Analysis of Urban Growth and Planning, in Jon D. Erickson, Frank Messner, Irene Ring (ed.) Ecological Economics of Sustainable Watershed Management (Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources, Volume 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.183-210
DOI:	10.1016/S1569-3740(07)07009-5 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	This chapter presents projections of residential development in Wappinger Creek watershed of Dutchess County, New York in the Hudson River Valley. A spatial econometric model is developed based on data from a geographical information system (GIS) of county-level socio-economic trends, tax parcel attributes, town-level zoning restrictions, location variables, and bio-geophysical constraints including slope, soil type, riparian and agricultural zones. Monte Carlo simulation is employed to distribute spatially explicit projections of land-use change under various residential development scenarios. Scenario analysis indicates the likelihood of continued residential, decentralized development patterns in formerly agricultural and forested parcels. Policy scenarios demonstrate possible courses of action to direct development and protect watershed health.