Land Use
Associated EPA Guidance:
- Guidance on Applicable Methodologies to Account for the Benefits of Infill in SIPs and Conformity Determinations. A PDF copy of this guidance can be downloaded from the EPA website.
- Improving Air Quality Through Land Use Activities - January 2001. A PDF copy of this guidance can be downloaded from the EPA web site.
Associated Research:
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Emissions Benefits of Land Use Planning Strategies (or PDF - 3.1 MB)
The purpose of this research is two fold: first, document what land use planning strategies are being considered for reduction of on-road mobile source emissions and how these strategies are being incorporated into various planning activities. And secondly, the study documents the magnitude of the emissions benefits that were estimated and any consideration of relative cost-benefit analysis of the strategies. The study also examined the methodologies being used to measure the impacts of changes in terms of on-road mobile source emissions attributable to land use strategies, and the additional research needs related to emissions benefits of land use strategies.