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Land‐Use Allocation in the Absence of Complete Market Values
Author(s) -
Hanink Dean M.,
Cromley Robert G.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/0022-4146.00103
Subject(s) - land use , computer science , land price , optimal allocation , face (sociological concept) , econometrics , economics , agricultural economics , mathematical optimization , mathematics , civil engineering , social science , sociology , engineering
This paper describes a method of land‐allocation that can be used byplanners and other land managers in the face of market failure. The method integrates theland‐allocation approach used in geographic information systems with that used in a generalizedassignment problem. Suitability scores, instead of market prices, are used in assigning competingland uses to individual parcels (pixels) of land. The method is illustrated using a hypotheticalexample involving three competing land uses within a region.