Table 9: Multinomial Logit Model Results for Conversion of Developed Land to Commercial Use: 1985-95
Estimated Coefficients by County
Independent Variable Alameda Contra Costa Marin Napa San Mateo Santa Clara Solano Sonoma
Site initially in Commercial Use -12.023 -11.8643 21.7882 -11.1309 -13.0147 -13.9121 -12.5782 -12.6942
Site Initially in Industrial Use 0.1472 0.9548 6.27 5.2253 -0.37 1.7774 -5.4482 1.3797
Site Initially in Public Use -8.1585 -7.4652 7.5368 0.3294 0.6988 -0.3297 0.9748 -11.0378
Site Initially in Transportation/Utiltities Use -0.176 -0.1892 22.2551 9.3268 -0.2774 0.8196 -0.7294 0.4796
1980-85 %Employment change -0.1025 -1.7125 47.0229 12.1506 -2.6391 0.0686 -6.1461 2.613
1980-85 %Household change 15.464 2.3777 -139.9 117.9 11.027 1.8146 6.3358 6.9521
1980 Households -0.00005 -0.0002 0.00448 -0.00008 0.000042 1.3E-05 0.000328 -0.00008
1980 Employment 0.000037 0.0003 -0.000291 0.0019 -0.00002 -0.00002 -0.0002 -0.00009
Jobs/Household Ratio-1980 -0.7813 -5.7755 35.9462 -56.8296 -0.3871 0.00542 0.9912 16.7804
Distance to San Francisco (in 200 meter increments) -0.0239 -0.00159 -0.0116 -0.1074 -0.0173 -0.00101 0.0666 -0.0304
Distance to San Jose (in 200 meter increments) -0.00808 -0.00002 0.0146 0.1621 -0.01014 -0.00428 0.0552 -0.0328
Distance to Frwy Interchange (in 200 meter increments) -0.135 0.0168 -0.0315 -0.044 -0.0242 -0.0104 -0.1137 -0.0211
Distance to nearest BART station (in 200 meter increments) -0.022 0.00249
Slope1: 1-2% site slope -0.146 -0.0173 0.0623 0.00591 1.0685 -0.2184 -0.7757 0.4289
Slope2: 3-5% site slope -1.0218 -1.6383 0.6963 -1.1353 0.5837 -0.7304 -9.0198 -0.5785
Slope3: 6-10% site slope -8.7233 -1.9359 -0.3211 -8.2952 -0.3561 -2.3064 -8.0434 -0.4093
Slope4: 11-15% site slope 0.0906 -2.1665 5.4283 -7.5454 -0.2314 -9.3451 -6.3974 0.8156
Slope5: > 15% site slope -5.8892 -2.1062 -5.4178 -7.4449 -7.3132 -1.3786 -5.8107 1.8159
Within Sphere-of-Influence -9.2637 -14.2278 -8.9394 -16.3629 0.4973 -8.0440 2.1222
Distance to S-O-I (in 200 meter increments) 0.0386 -0.0309 0.0508 -0.0865 -0.1129 0.00756 -0.0303 -0.0219
% of Adjacent Grid Cells in Residential Use -4.2626 0.9783 -13.2675 -2.2477 -0.6515 -2.0112 -4.7769 1.0514
% of Adjacent Grid Cells in Commercial Use -1.9163 0.7010 -8.1623 -1.8561 1.3448 -0.6974 -1.6503 -1.4817
% of Adjacent Grid Cells in Industrial Use -0.6004 0.8066 -20.8315 -53.9395 -3.167 -1.6061 -56.6893 -5.7929
% of Adjacent Grid Cells in Public Use -6.0667 -2.5248 -60.2284 -5.01 -4.5547 -3.0796 -13.5179 2.396
% of Adjacent Grid Cells in Transportation Uses -1.6519 2.6840 -17.2094 20.6262 1.1263 -1.8732 0.7534 1.9874
Vacant Land Hectares within 200 meters 2.3704 1.8271 -6.4179 -0.3487 3.0104 0.0477 2.1352 2.8365
Distance to nearest commercial use (in 200 meter increments) -0.1212 -0.1706 0.6523 -0.2385 -0.1197 -0.0348 -0.153 -0.3779
Distance to nearest industrial use (in 200 meter increments) -0.0223 0.0097 -0.1166 -0.0222 -0.0345 0.00287 -0.0191 0.00885
Distance to nearest public use (in 200 meter increments) 0.00314 0.0482 0.0376 0.1428 0.0988 -0.0525 -0.1301 0.00838
Intercept 6.5932 -1.6914 -94.7354 -91.8064 4.797 -1.4488 23.8461 2.4709
Number of Hectare Land Use Changes: 1985-95 138 116 1 38 50 500 35 127
Key: Bolded coefficient estimates are significant at the .05 level; no significance level could be estimated for shaded coefficients