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1. Below is a table of four cities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Use a spatial distribution model to calculate the size (in people) of each city based just on their mutual attraction.
Distance 1980 Area Mpl. C.R. Mtk. Bvl. Population Minneapolis 55.1 5 14 9 19 370,951 Coon Rapids 23.5 14 2 25 37 35,826 Minnetonka 27.4 9 25 2 24 38,683 Burnsville 24.3 19 37 24 2 35,674
2. Suppose you are a planner for the metropolitan health services board. Bloomington has asked for permission to build a 250-bed hospital, although your office estimates that there is a demand for only 100 beds. Using the information below, for hospitals in each of the cities estimate the vacancies that would be caused by the new hospital.
Current Distance # Beds Edina Minneapolis St. Paul Bloomington Edina 405 2 9 17 7 Mpls. 7054 9 5 9 10 StPaul 2764 17 9 .5 16 Blmng 0 7 10 16 4
3. Suppose you are working for the Metropolitan Transit Commission, and the southwest suburbs are arguing for a bus system which would link them to each other (rather than going through Minneapolis). Based on population size, how much traffic would you predict between the suburbs?
Distance Size Mpls. Egan Shak. Eden Pr. Minneapolis 370,951 5.0 12.5 17.5 11.5 Eagan 20,700 12.5 2.0 17.5 12.5 Shakopee 9,941 17.5 17.5 2.0 7.0 Eden Prairie 16,263 11.5 12.5 7.0 3.0
4. Suppose you are a commercial land developer, looking for a likely site for a retail shopping mall in the Twin Cities area. The major competition will be from the Nicollet Mall (in downtown Minneapolis), Southdale (in Edina), and Brookdale (in Brooklyn Center). You have two possible sites--one in Wayzata and one on the edge of downtown Minneapolis. The following table provides distances from all locations in minutes, rather than miles. The locations are measured by the floor-area of retail space (in 1,000 square feet); the impacts are the total population in the various areas (representing potential customers). Which potential location is preferable?
Distance Size N.M. Sdl. Bdl. Wzta. Mpls. Impact Nicollet Mall 10,000 10 20 15 30 10 370,951 Southdale 450 20 10 25 35 20 170,835 Brookdale 450 15 25 25 30 15 156,109 Alt.: Wayzata 500 30 35 30 15 30 70,298 Alt.: Mpls. 500 10 20 15 30 10 370,951
5. Suppose you are a developer who is evaluating several sites for housing. Assume that the price of land and construction are identical among all sites (in other words, location is the only variable that is of interest here). Assume, further, that homebuyers will be employed either in Minneapolis or St. Paul, and that employment for each city is focused on the downtown. Minneapolis employs 200,440 people, and St. Paul employs 136,045. You have four possible sites: Lakeville (45 mins. south of both cities), Hamel (25 mins. from Minneapolis, 40 mins. from St. Paul), Lino Lakes (40 mins. north of both cities), and Lake Elmo (25 mins. from St. Paul, 40 mins. from Minneapolis).
Which location will give you the most potential homebuyers?
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