Land use impacts of accessibility changes
Presenting at the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum 2009, SGS Associate Director Praveen Thakur described recent SGS research which statistically assessed and quantified the relationship between relative accessibility and location decisions of firms (jobs) and households (population) in Melbourne.
The research confirmed that variation in the distribution of Melbourne's employment and housing can be explained by variations in relative accessibility. It also found that apparently similar transport projects can have varyingly different and significant impact on the economic landscape.
The resarch makes an important contribution to understanding how the economic geography of a region is reshaped by major transport projects.
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