根據競租理論的推演，都市的地價分佈圖應是解析都市形態的有效工具，因為地價分佈形態反映出一都市在可及性和土地使用強度兩方面的空間架構。本論文以位於中台灣的台中市都市化地區做為個案研究對象，依循前述論點，以統計上的迴歸分析方法，針對2009年實證資料，進行深入探討，以便驗證地價與都市形態間的關條，以及兩者間關聯性的強弱。迴歸分析所使用的因變數是公告土地現值，而自變數則為分別代表可及性和土地使用強度兩因子的空間型構法則便捷度值和法定容積率。研究結果顯示，兩自變數所代表的因子即足以解釋將近50%的同一時間不同地點的地價變異值。進一步檢視地價分佈圖上實際與迴歸結果差異較大地區，更有助於洞悉台中市的都市形態現況。

Based on the bid rent theory, a thematic map depicting the pattern of land value of a city could be an effective tool to understand its urban form because the land value pattern reflects the cities' structures of both accessibility and land use intensity. This paper presents a case study of the aforementioned argument using the urbanized area of the Taichung City in central Taiwan as the study area. The paper outlines a regression analysis, whose dependent variable is the government appraised land value and two independent variables are accessibility and land use intensity factors, to verify the connection between land value and urban form and determine to what extent they interact. The result shows that the two factors account for nearly 50% of the land-value variation. Further examining those spots where disparity between actual and estimated land values located reveals even more insights about the city.