2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
 Employment Subcenter Identification: A GIS-Based Method Track: Census and Geodemographics Author(s): Qisheng Pan, Li Ma This research studied the methods of identifying employment subcenters and examined the effects of subcenters on surrounding density and housing price. Geographic information system (GIS) was used to organize data and model in a convenient way so that the spatial information such as distance, proximity, and adjacency can be utilized to identify employment subcenters. Houston metropolitan area was selected for the empirical analysis. It used the 1990 Census Transportation Planning Package, the 1990 and 2000 Census summary files 3, and the 2000 employment data obtained from the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) to explore subcenters in the Houston area and highlight the changes of the subcenters between 1990 and 2000. Qisheng Pan Texas Southern University School of Public Affairs HH 334E, 3100 Cleburne Ave. Houston , TX 77004 US Phone: 713-313-7221 Fax: 713-313-4323 E-mail: pan_qs@tsu.edu Li Ma Texas Southern University Computer Science and Physics NSB 126, 3100 Cleburne Ave. Houston , TX 77004 US Phone: 7133137028 Fax: 7133137447 E-mail: malx@tsu.edu |
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