Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Date

6-10-1975

Abstract

This thesis describes the development and subsequent use of a comprehensive model of the community development process designed to aid management in evaluating the long-term demand for residential products within a given metropolitan area (or series of areas) and then in determining an optimal development response to this demand. The presentation is divided into three parts, followed by a set of Technical Appendices. The first two parts treat the two tasks identified above. The final part is devoted to a presentation of some results which were obtained with the model in an actual application to a new community presently under development within the Richmond metropolitan area. The Technical Appendices include topics which will be of interest primarily to those who will be involved with the model on an "operational" level, in performing such activities as enhancement, maintenance and data preparation.

Keywords

Operations research, Housing forecasting, Community development--Mathematical models, City planning--Richmond Metropolitan Area (Va.), Real estate development--Decision making, Metropolitan areas--Planning, Residential real estate, Urban economics

Publication Title

Master's thesis/Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Issue

Technical memorandum no. 363 ; Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science.

Rights

This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use

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