Evaluation of Residential Area Proposals Using Spatial Interaction Measure: Case Study of Denizli, Turkey

Abstract

Spatial interaction may be defined as potentiality of people to reach the opportunities in urban areas. Land use plans or transportation plans directly affect the potential of spatial interaction. Thus, amount of spatial interaction correspondingly changes with the planning impacts. This study aims to find and utilize spatial interaction change in decision making stages of residential area proposals. Impedance matrices and land use data have been obtained from urban public transportation plan and land use plan of Denizli, Turkey. The spatial interaction of the city has been found by using potential accessibility (PA) measure for the current situation. PA has been calculated for the projection year (2030) and its change has been obtained. A land use regulation algorithm have been offered to find out the amount of area which is required to regain the decreased PA. The space which is proper for residential stock has been compared with the pretended residential area in zonal case. Thus, the zones which are proper for new residential are proposals have been determined. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.