STEP 2: EVALUATE FACTORS THAT ATTRACT AND DETRACT GROWTH

In addition to historical trends, we thought it important to include factors that attract and detract growth. Factors such as waterfront property attract residential development in the same way that busy street intersections attract commercial development. Conversely, residential development tends to stay clear of solid waste sites and prison facilities.

To incorporate 'attractors' and 'detractors' into our growth model it was necessary to first identify such features. Distance analyses were then performed for each attractor and each detractor. These are the features we chose for our study area:

	ATTRACTORS	DETRACTORS
	Historical Commercial Growth	Prison Facilities
	Historical Industrial Growth	Solid Waste Facilities
	Historical Residential Growth
	Major Roads and Intersections	MISCELLANEOUS
	Above Average Residential Land Values	Exclusionary Mask
	Vacant Residential Land	PLSS Grid

 

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