An Activity Location Model for the Osake Metropolitan Area

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to propose an Activity Location Model and to present an attempt at validation by applying it to the Osaka Metropolitan Area. The Activity Location Model estimates the activity level of various kinds of employment and population in each zone, considering an economic base mechanism between activities. The total model is calibrated using various kinds of data in the Osaka Metropolitan Area, whose results are fairly good as well as those of validation. Moreover, the effective use of this model to predict the change of activity pattern caused by transport improvements is shown in this paper.