Table 3. Measures used to describe model results. Measure Abbr. Units Description Largest Patch Index LPI % % of developed area taken up by largest patch Mean Patch Size MPS # Cells Size of average developed patch Edge Density ED # Cell Sides / Cell Developed/non-developed boundaries Mean Nearest Neighbor MNN Cells Ave. distance between developed patches Developed Outside Radius DOR # Cells # developed cells outside 31 cell radius Proportion Outside Radius POR proportion Proportion of residents of a given type outside 31 cell radius Mean Resident Utility MRU Utility Units Ave. utility value at end of model run Variance Resident Utility VRU Utility Units Variance of utility values at end of run Gini Coefficient of Resident Utility GINI N/A Disparity of utility across residents