THE PAPER CONFIRMS, IN THE MANNER OF INVESTIGATIONS IN OTHER AUSTRALIAN CITIES, A STRONG STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OVERALL POPULATION DENSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO JOB LOCATIONS. AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF BRISBANE DATA ADDITIONALLY SHOWS THAT: (A) MODEL DOES NOT EXPLAIN THE EXISTENCE OF SATELLITE URBAN CENTRES IN THE BRISBANE REGION; (B) ONE CAN HAVE VERY LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN THE STATISTICAL POWER OF THE MODEL'S PREDICTION, EVEN IF IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE MODEL DESCRIBES AN UNDERLYING CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP; (C) THE REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS WHICH ARE THE PARAMETERS OF THE MODEL MAY NOT BE TIME STABLE; (D) NO SUCH SIMILAR RELATIONSHIP EXISTS BETWEEN NET RESIDENTIAL DENSITY AND JOB ACCESSIBILITY; AND (E) THE OBSERVED STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP MAY ONLY DESCRIBE A STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY, RATHER THAN EXPLAIN A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB ACCESSIBILITY AND OVERALL DENSITY. (A). FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS SEE IRRD ABSTRACT NO. 226354.
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