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VERTUS: VEHICLE EMISSIONS RELATED TO URBAN SPRAWL
| Title: | VERTUS: VEHICLE EMISSIONS RELATED TO URBAN SPRAWL |
| Author: | Dolney, Timothy J |
| Description: | Urban sprawl often leads to rapid expansion and sometimes haphazard developments of low density residential land uses that are often spatially disjoined. Occupants of these new developments are expected to contribute to increased traffic volumes as induced by the increased home-work journeys. To better plan for the future of local communities, it is necessary to pay attention to the locations of such developments. Since changes of land use patterns and residential developments are long term processes and, in almost all cases, irreversible, modeling their future trends with computer simulations is one of few feasible approaches to better understand how they evolve and to better plan for their future courses. This dissertation presents the design philosophy and implementation of the VERTUS (Vehicle Emissions Related to Urban Sprawl) model. This operational model was constructed using Visual Basics programming langue to perform high level customization of GIS (Geographic Information System) software. The model is specific towards estimating the amount of home-work journeys generated by a given level and area of urban sprawl. Consideration was given to examining ways in which different geographic variations may affect the outcomes of resulting home-work journeys. This model has been developed to assess how the number of home-work journeys impacts the environment in terms of vehicle emissions using projected housing increases for 2020 in Geauga County, Ohio as a case study. |
| Permanent Link: |
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1182869915
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/17771 |
| Date: | 2007 |
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