Transport impacts on land use : towards a practical understanding for urban policy making

Abstract

The candidate confirms that the work submitted is his o\\yn and that appropriate credit has been given \\vhere reference has been made to the work of others. The premise of this study was that transport impacts on land use are rarely gi\\en formal or adequate consideration in the strategic planning system in the UK. Therefore, this research examined current attitudes to transport impacts on land use, amongst a \\vide range of relevant planners, academics and consultants. It was found that there was little familiarity \\ \\ ith either research into these relationships, or the methods that can be used to forecast impacts. However, there was acknowledgement that incorporating this relationship into planning processes is necessary in order to integrate fully land use and transport planning. The research therefore focused upon determining the necessary attributes of practical methods to examine transport impacts on land use. Three contrasting methods were applied to a single case study area (Lothian region). These were (1); a novel application of the Delphi technique, (2): an updated implementation of an existing static land use response model, and (3): a newly developed complex dynamic land use transport model. Each was