Download or read book Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Spatial Determinants of Urban Growth in the Greater Coeur D'Alene Area of Idaho written by Andrew Layton and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urbanization is the key driver of land use change across the globe and in the United States. When examining urban growth in many natural amenity-rich regions, such as northern Idaho, the tension between urban and population growth and land developability or conservation has been of greater importance. In this study, I conducted and analysis of both the urban growth patterns and fragmentation as well as the specific determinants of urban growth. Results derived from spatial-temporal dynamics analysis suggest that both macro-level economic contexts (e.g., the economic recession of 2008) and local level accessibility measurements play a key role in shaping the patterns of new urban growth in the greater Coeur d'Alene region. Furthermore, by suing logistic regression analysis, we found that there has been a very high preference to develop land near to existing city boundaries and in close proximity to water and high percentage of Bachelor degrees. The application of a spatial regime model and geographically weight logistic regression not only improved model prediction accuracy and goodness of fit, but also allowed us to examine the local variations and influences of each of the independent variables.