Applications: Greater Amman Municipality (study of effects of new BRT lines)
Data requirement: Spatial data, wage data, firm-level distribution across tradable and non-tradable sectors, infrastructure investments (e.g. transport), land use restrictions.
Final deliverables: Model outputs
Geographic scope: City, Region, National
Hazards covered: Yes
Indicative Cost / working time: $50 K
Methodology peer-reviewed, cleared (date)?: Yes. Underlying methods originate in academia, where there is a substantial technical and applied literature.
Time required for delivery: 6 months
Quantitative spatial modeling allows for spatial general equilibrium modeling of the long-run welfare and productivity effects of a variety of potential urban investments and/or planning interventions within a specific city, region or country. The most common applications consist of studying the impacts of investments in spatially connective infrastructure such as the building of a new BRT or MRT system or the extension of an existing system.