Zonal attributes

Default file name and path

silo / input / syntheticPopulation /zoneAttributes.csv

This file defies the zone system and contains key attributes of every zone required to generate the synthetic population.

Commonly, a shape file is created first to define the zone system. Many of the attributes in this file can be exported directly from this shape file.

Name	Type	Description	Unit	Optional	Values
ID_cell	integer	Unique identifier of the zone	-		integer number
Pop+Emp	integer	Total population and employment	-		integer number
Population	integer	Population at the zone	-		integer number
Employment	String	Number of jobs at the zone	-		integer number
area	double	Area of the zone	Acres	yes	double number
ID_city	integer	Unique identifier of municipality	-		integer number
ID_county	integer	Unique identifier of county	-		integer number
ID_borough	integer	Unique identifier of borough	-		integer number
Agri	double	Number of jobs on Agriculture at the zone	-		double number
Mnft	double	Number of jobs of Manufacture at the zone	-		double number
...	double	For each job type, number of jobs	-		double number
capacityPrimary	integer	School capacity for primary schools	-		integer number
capacitySecondary	integer	School capacity for secondary schools	-		integer number
capacityTertiary	integer	School capacity for tertiary schools	-		integer number
BBSR	integer	Area type	-		1: core city; 2: medium-sized city; 3: small city; 4: rural area
distanceToTransit	integer	Distance to transit	-		integer number
landPrice	integer	Land price of the zone	EUR		integer number