Delineation of the Study Area
The study area was delineated on the basis of commuter linkages. Socio-demographic structures are analyzed for this area and an integrated land use and transport model is developed. For this purpose, the cities of Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Landshut and Rosenheim were defined as the "core region". It was investigated in which municipalities at least 25 % of the employees subject to social security contributions commute out to the core region. On this basis, the area was smoothed and delimited along county borders as far as possible.