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Planning Support Systems for Fiscally Sustainable Planning

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Local government’s need for accurate assessments and projections of the fiscal consequences of development is well established and persistent. This analysis demonstrates the use of a geographic information science-based planning support system to project residential growth and the fiscal consequences of development. The cornerstone of the analysis is a spatial index of urban form which captures clustering and dispersion of the built environment. A regression model indicates the spatial index to be a statistically significant determinant of expenditures on policing services in the study area. Modelled future growth was spatially and temporally disaggregated to indicate future residential growth at different planning horizons. Spatial indices were calculated for these planning horizons and incorporated into the econometric model for ceteris paribus evaluation of the effect of change in urban form on public service expenditures. Results demonstrate planning informed by PSS modelling has the potential to realize savings on public service expenditures.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, 4558, Australia

    Scott N. Lieske

  2. Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071, USA

    Roger H. Coupal, Donald M. McLeod & Anna M. Scofield

  3. Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071, USA

    Jeffrey D. Hamerlinck

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Correspondence to Scott N. Lieske .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. , Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan, Utrecht, 3508, Netherlands

    Stan Geertman

  2. , Faculty of Geosciences, Departm., Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht, 3508, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Fred Toppen

  3. , School of Geography, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

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Appendix 1: Build-out Settings for Both Scenarios

Appendix 1: Build-out Settings for Both Scenarios

Polygon layer containing land-use information

LaramieGrid1 K

Attribute specifying land-use designation

Zone

Unique identifyer

OBJECTID

Density rules

 

Dwelling units

FAR

 

Quantity

Measurement

Equivalence

Quantity

Measurement

AgDensity

0.011563

DU per acre

1 DU/640 acres

0

FAR

I-25 gateway district

1

DU per acre

1 DU/1 acre

0.25

FAR

Low density/agricultural

0.02857

DU per acre

1 DU/35 acres

0.1

FAR

Rural density

0.1

DU per acre

1 DU/10 acres

0.1

FAR

Urban density

1

DU per acre

1 DU/1 acre

0,1

FAR

Very low density rural/agricultural

0.02857

DU per acre

1 DU/35 acres

0.1

FAR

Mixed-use land are percentages

Dwelling units

Floor area

Designation

Percent

Measurement

Percent

Measurement

I-25 gateway district

25

1 DU per acre

75

0.25 FAR

Low density/agricultural

97

0.02857 DU peracr

3

0.1 FAR

Rural density

98

0.1 DU per acre

2

0.1 FAR

Urban density

93

1 DU per acre

7

0.1 FAR

Very low density rural/agricultural

93

0.02857 DU per acre

7

0.1 FAR

Efficiency

Designation

Efficiency percent

AgDensity

95

I-25 gateway district

77

Low density/agricultural

100

Rural density

90

Urban density

77

Very low density rural/agricultural

100

Building information designation

DU per Building

Building footprints area sq feet

Floors

AgDensity

1

0

1

1-25 gateway district

1

39,204

1

Low density/agricultural

1

47,916

1

Rural density

1

47,916

1

Urban density

1

43,560

1

Very low density rural/agricultural

1

47,916

1

Constraints

constraints11_floodplains_final_prj

 

Layer

Value or attribute specifying DU/bldg

Existing buildings

Address_modified

1

 

Value or attribute specifying floor area

0

 

Minimum

 

Separation

Spatial layout

Distance

  

Setback

Designation

feet

Layout pattern

Road or line layer

feet

AgDensity

60

Random

Streets

30

1-25 gateway district

60

Random

Streets

30

Low density/agricultural

60

Random

Streets

30

Rural density

60

Random

Streets

30

Urban density

60

Random

Streets

30

Very low density rural/agricultural

60

Random

Streets

30

Spatial buildings

Building type

Footprint size

Designation

AgDensity

Points

0

I-25 gateway district

Points

39,204

Low density/agricultural

Points

47,916

Rural density

Points

47,916

Urban density

Points

43,560

Very low density rural/agricultural

Points

47,916

End of spatial phase

Set the number of times buildout will attempt to place a random building

18

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Lieske, S.N., Coupal, R.H., Hamerlinck, J.D., McLeod, D.M., Scofield, A.M. (2013). Planning Support Systems for Fiscally Sustainable Planning. In: Geertman, S., Toppen, F., Stillwell, J. (eds) Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, vol 195. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37533-0_8

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