10.2190/5B0L-F91K-QRH3-X8CY 5B0LF91KQRH3X8CY 1 Accessibility Measurement and Use in Land-Use Planning 201 216 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 5B0LF91KQRH3X8CY.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=5B0LF91KQRH3X8CY 3 William J. Craig Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota The use-capacity of any piece of land depends on its accessibility as well as its inherent physical characteristics. The measurement and use of accessibility has not been well documented. The Minnesota Land Management Information System (MLMIS) uses both accessibility and capability in estimating the suitability of lands across the state for a variety of uses. Three scales of accessibility are presented: accessibility to the road network, accessibility to local service and market centers, and accessibility to regional activities. This paper will discuss the measurement of accessibility at the various scales and the use of these measurements in determining land-use suitabilities. R. Barlowe, <i>Land Resource Economics: The Economics of Real Property</i>, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, second edition, 1972. J. E. Hicks and T. Hauger, <i>Managing Natural Resource Data: Minnesota Land Management Information System</i>, The Council of State Governments, Lexington, Kentucky, May 1977. N. C. Gustafson, <i>Recent Trends/Future Prospects: A Look at Upper Midwest Population Changes</i>, Upper Midwest Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1973. G. A. P. Carrothers, An Historical Review of the Gravity and Potential Concepts in Human Interaction, <i>Journal of the American Institute of Planners, 22</i>, pp. 94-102, 1956. G. Olsson, <i>Distance and Human Interaction</i>, Regional Science Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bibliography Series, Number Two, 1965. J. E. Blyth, <i>Pulpwood Production in the North Central Region by County, 1973</i>, North Central Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service Bulletin NC-27, p. 6, 1975. Minnesota Land Management Information System, <i>Arrowhead Suitability Analysis</i>, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, mimeo, 1976.