Integrated Climate and Land-Use Scenarios (Iclus) V1.3 User’s Manual: Arcgis Tools and Datasets for Modeling US Housing Density Growth
Alert
Notice - This site contains archived material(s)
Archive disclaimer
Archived files are provided for reference purposes only.
The file was current when produced, but is no longer maintained and may now be outdated.
Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing archived files may contact the Risk Webmaster for assistance.
Please use the contact us form if you need additional support.
Abstract
As a part of the Integrated Climate and Land Use Scenarios (ICLUS) project, the Geographic Information System (GIS) tool can be used to generate scenarios of housing-density changes and calculate impervious surface cover for the conterminous United States. The ICLUS User’s Guide accompanies the tool. This product distributes the population projections and creates land use data described in the 2009 EPA report "Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines".The ICLUS project developed scenarios of housing density for the continuous United States to 2100. These scenarios are broadly consistent with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to develop projections of future climate. The scenarios were developed within a Geographic Information System (GIS). The user's guide, ICLUS v1.3 User’s Manual: ArcGIS Tools and Datasets for Modeling US Housing Density Growth, describes the GIS tools available to generate these scenarios.
The GIS tool allows users to:
- customize housing density patterns by altering household size and travel time assumptions;
- subset county-level population projections by age, ethnicity and gender; and
- generate a map of estimated impervious surface based on a housing density map.
Impact/Purpose
The GIS tool enables users to run SERGoM with the population projections developed for the ICLUS project and allows users to modify the spatial allocation housing density across the landscape.Citation
U.S. EPA. Integrated Climate and Land-Use Scenarios (Iclus) V1.3 User’s Manual: Arcgis Tools and Datasets for Modeling US Housing Density Growth. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2010.History/Chronology
Date | Description |
---|---|
01- Jan 2009 | EPA partners with USGS to develop a geoprocessing tool. |
02- Jun 2009 | EPA released the related report, Land-Use Scenarios: National-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with Climate Change Storylines (Final Report). |
03- Nov 2009 | EPA released the ICLUS User's Manual and Tool (External Review Draft) for public review and comment. [Federal Register Dec 8, 2009] |
04- Sep 2010 | EPA released ICLUS v1.3 and the final user's manual document. |
05- May 2011 | EPA released ICLUS v1.3.1. |
06- Jul 2013 | EPA released ICLUS v1.3.2. |
Download(s)
This document has been reviewed in accordance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency policy and approved for publication. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.