Abstract
Land use and transport shape our cities. The central place of integrated land use transport strategy in improving urban sustainability has been a widespread acceptance. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between land use/land cover types and transport characteristics. Traffic zones, as the spatial analysis unit, are generated by partitioning parcels with single land use/land cover type. Driving accessibility, cycling accessibility and walking accessibility are proposed to quantify the transport characteristics of traffic zones. Taking Eindhoven, the Netherlands as study area, the three accessibility patterns differ but all show strong positive spatial autocorrelation. Clustering method is adopted to synthesize accessibility indicators and group traffic zones with similar transport characteristics into clusters. An contingency table analysis indicates that land use/land cover types are significantly associated with clusters, on which the validation and quantification of experience in the relationship of land use/land cover and transport are based: residential area and commercial area mainly concentrate in high accessible clusters (6 and 7); industrial area and open space tend to favor clusters (4 and 6) with adequate driving accessibility; the high percentage of natural area in medium accessible clusters (4 and 5), especially in less accessible clusters (1, 2 and 3) corroborates the low demands of natural area on mobility service. Clustering map and accessibility patterns can identify the gaps in coverage of mobility service and in efficiency of land use/land cover pattern. The applicability of these tools is demonstrated by two cases. Recommendations for urban planning are obtained from this study considering both land use and transport aspects.
Highlights
As issues emerging from urbanization and urban sprawl have attracted considerable attention, there is a growing consensus that integrating land use and transport is a vital pathway to urban sustainable development (Bertolini et al 2005; Kenworthy and Laube 1996; Lautso et al 2004; Weiss et al 2018)
Land use/land cover pattern can reflect the spatial characteristics of land use practices and location-specific transport capacity can be measured by accessibility, which refers to the ease with which anyplace of a certain area can be reached by individuals at a particular location using the mobility service of specific transport systems
The disparity of driving convenience disclosed by driving accessibility pattern is mainly caused by the motorized network, though only considering inner-city transport increases the inaccessibility of urban edge
Summary
As issues (e.g. traffic congestion and environmental degradation) emerging from urbanization and urban sprawl have attracted considerable attention, there is a growing consensus that integrating land use and transport is a vital pathway to urban sustainable development (Bertolini et al 2005; Kenworthy and Laube 1996; Lautso et al 2004; Weiss et al 2018). The physical components of urban spatial structure, or more specially land use, are connected by transport systems, which facilitate the functioning of cities by passengers and freight movements. The implementation of both urban functions and transport construction need substantial land requirement and consumption. The integration of land use and transport thereby is necessitated in urban planning and management. The relationship between land use/land cover types and accessibility can provide new insights into the synergy of land use and transport planning at regional scale
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