A Delphi Study of Regional Industrial Land-Use

This paper reports on an application of the Delphi method to regional industrial land-use forecasting. It should be emphasized from the outset that the work documented should be considered no more than an “abbreviated” Delphi approach, for the study was continued through only two rounds and there was no effort to arrive at a stabilized consensus of opinion. Both the methodological and substantive findings of the research are thought to be important and, therefore, both are discussed in the Results section of the paper. Also, because methodology is a major concern of the paper, the way in which the Delphi approach was applied is described fully.