Yasuo Tomita

Modelling the long-term effects of transport and land use policies on industrial locational behaviour: A discrete choice model system

Abstract This paper describes a disaggregate behavioural model system developed for forecasting industrial locations. It is structured basically in terms of a nested logit model, covering relocation decisions, area-wide locational choices and local locational choices together with shipment destination choices. Several techniques are developed to overcome the difficulties in the application of discrete choice models to spatial problems. The model system was calibrated for the Nagoya metropolitan area in Japan and its validity was tested using another data set. It allows analysis of the effects of transport and land use policies not only by zone but also by firms of different attributes such as sector and capital size.

Surplus Soil Transportation Model Considering the coordination of Starting Time and Period of Constructions

Disposing a large quantity of surplus soil, generated by constructions, has become proble ms of the increase of transportation cost and lacking of disposal sites. On the other hand, supply of soil to some construction sites have also become a serious problem. Therefore the recycle of surplus soil from a construction site to another construction site is necessary. It is necessary to coordinate the starting time and period of constructions in the planning stage. This paper proposes surplus soil transportation model, considering the coordination of starting time and period of constructions with “mixed 0-1 integer linear programing model”. The application is then presented by using the hypothetical data.