A Cost Surface Model For Preliminary Evaluation of Selected Physical Factors Associated With Residential Site Development in South Central Greene County, Missouri

A preliminary evaluation of physical factors prior to site selection could help developers anticipate and reduce costs associated with residential site development. A geographic information systems was used to model costs related to the selected physical factors in a study area in southern Greene County, Missouri. The output of this model was a cost-surface map in which peaks depicted areas with his associated development costs and valleys showed areas with low associated development costs. Of the physical factors selected for the study, the cost associated with development in the flood plain was the highest, followed by costs associated with drainage problems.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Geospatial Sciences

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geography, Geology, and Planning

Year

1987

Author dc:creator

• Varner, Vicky Carleen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Elias Johnson

• Earth Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• © Vicky Carleen Varner

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/753

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1754