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Spatial bias in LUTI models

Title
Spatial bias in LUTI models / doctoral dissertation presented by Jonathan Jones.
Author
Jones, Jonathan
Publication
Louvain-La-Neuve : Presses Universitaires, 2016.

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  • Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ). Faculté des sciences. École de Géographie, degree granting institution.
  • Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ). Center for Operations Research and Econometrics.
Description
283 pages : illustrations, charts; 24 cm
Summary
"Land use and transport interactions (LUTI) models are widely employed by planners, to forecast future urban patterns and to test the influence of land use or transport policies. This thesis examines their sensitivity to two types of spatial bias, the choice of the study area ("spatial extent") and of the areal units ("spatial resolution"). The first part of this thesis focuses on econometric components inside LUTI models. We propose two extensions to the literature on the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). First, the sensitivity of regression models to spatial extent is examined. Secondly, the influence of the spatial resolution on discrete choice models, used by most state-of-the-art LUTI models to forecast location choices of agents, is assessed. Significant variations are found in parameter estimates, leading to changes in the behaviour of the model. The second part of the thesis assesses the influence of these spatial biases on LUTI models' outputs. Two applications of the UrbanSim model are developed. We rely on a synthetic case study to examine the sensitivity of the final situation predicted by the model. Then, a model of the urban region of Brussels is used to explore the implications of this sensitivity for policy evaluation. The results show that variations induced by spatial bias on LUTI models' outputs are larger than those due to transport or land use scenarios, and that they affect the estimation of the sustainability of these scenarios"--Page 4 of cover.
Subject
  • City planning
  • Urbanization
  • Urbanization
  • urbanization
  • City planning > Econometric models
  • Urbanization > Econometric models
  • Land use > Planning
  • City planning > Transportation
  • Belgium > Brussels
Genre/Form
  • Academic Dissertation
  • Academic theses
  • Academic theses.
  • Thèses et écrits académiques.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-275).
Language (note)
  • Text in English, with foreword in French.
ISBN
  • 9782875584861
  • 2875584863
OCLC
  • ocn966935493
  • 966935493
  • SCSB-14203972
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library