Description of work elements IV: land use model

Previous programs have initiated and refined the development of a Utah population model to be used in projection of future requirements of both public and private facilities, goods and services. The present state population forecasts are based upon the "cohort-survival" method of analysis of birth rates, death rates and migration, reconciled with disaggregated employment projections. Data generated by both methods ecounters serious limitation in the "Wasatch Front" urban area (consisting of the Salt Lake Metropolitan Area, the Ogden Metropolitan Area, the Provo Metropolitan Area and some contiquous smaller counties) because of extensive commuting between counties.