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Peri‐Urbanisation and Rural Roads
Author(s) -
ELSON ANTHONY,
CHALMERS LEX,
MORAD MUNRO
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.1996.tb02067.x
Subject(s) - urbanization , subdivision , geography , geographic information system , population , rural area , environmental planning , cartography , economic growth , medicine , pathology , demography , archaeology , sociology , economics
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of periurban development on the physical capacity of the roading network in an area to the north west of Tauranga, exploring the potential impact of subdivision, population growth and building of new residences in rural areas with respect to pressures on rural roads. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used to integrate large volumes of complex road and other data, model traffic flow generated from these data, display the outcomes effectively and test the effect of different development scenarios in a particular peri‐urban environment.