Predicting Chicago's Land Use Pattern

Abstract The planning of community facilities requires accurate quantitative estimates of the area, type, intensity, and location of land uses required by the growth of urban activities. The distribution of these activities and the intensity of their use of land are highly related to accessibility as measured by distance from the CBD. This paper outlines a procedure whereby area-wide estimates of future population and economic activity can be distributed to small subareas so that measures of local land requirements may be obtained.