UPlan: Urban Growth Model

UPlan is a simple rule based urban growth model intended for regional or county level modeling.

The needed space for each land use type is calculated from simple demographics and assigned based on the net attractiveness of locations to that land use (based on user input), locations unsuitable for any development and a general plan that determines where specific types of development are permitted.

The most recent distribution version is: 2.64f Released 03/25/2008
UPlan Download 2.2MB
User Manual 1MB
Note that you must have a version of UPlan released on or after 10/10/2007 if you are using a "Foot" based projection for your data.

System Requirement:
ArcGIS 9.X
Spatial Analyst Extension
MS Excel (for reports)

Start Date: October 5, 2007

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