ABSTRACT
The allocation of houses and commercial buildings is accomplished through a GIS model. It first identifies private land which can readily be developed. Planners often call this classification of land buildable. For this study, private land that is on a slope greater than 25% or that is in a wetland is not considered buildable. Additionally, no lands on Native American reservations or public holdings are considered in the allocation process. The model then prioritizes building locations based on the needs of a given scenario. All existing development is left intact. That is, for the allocation of the first 500,000 people, no buildings present in the existing (built) conditions are removed; for the allocation of the second 500,000 people, no buildings present in the existing (built) conditions or added during the first allocation are removed.
