Advances in Urban Systems Modelling
Published in April 1986
Book
Hardback
444 pages
978-0-444-87964-6 (ISBN)
Description
Planning has seen many changes in its central concerns and approaches in response to the state of the world with which it has had to deal. It is already almost twenty-five years ago that the science of urban modelling entered the planning area. Time and innovation have inevitably brought about advances in the theory and practice of this science, the pertinence of which is clearly demonstrated by the fact that planners still often lack convincing answers to the problems confronting them. In an attempt to clarify and tackle these problems, the present volume analyzes the role, development and applications of models in urban systems.
Planning has seen many changes in its central concerns and approaches in response to the state of the world with which it has had to deal. It is already almost twenty-five years ago that the science of urban modelling entered the planning area. Time and innovation have inevitably brought about advances in the theory and practice of this science, the pertinence of which is clearly demonstrated by the fact that planners still often lack convincing answers to the problems confronting them. In an attempt to clarify and tackle these problems, the present volume analyzes the role, development and applications of models in urban systems.
Planning has seen many changes in its central concerns and approaches in response to the state of the world with which it has had to deal. It is already almost twenty-five years ago that the science of urban modelling entered the planning area. Time and innovation have inevitably brought about advances in the theory and practice of this science, the pertinence of which is clearly demonstrated by the fact that planners still often lack convincing answers to the problems confronting them. In an attempt to clarify and tackle these problems, the present volume analyzes the role, development and applications of models in urban systems.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-87964-6 (9780444879646)
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Content
Preface. The Context of Planning and Modelling. The State of Cities and the State of Planning (P. Hall). Qualities of Urban Life and the Evolution of World Cities (R.L. Meier). The Role of Models. A Critical Survey of Current Developments in Urban and Regional Modelling (N. Oppenheim). Modelling Transport Energy Conservation Policy Options: A User's Perspective (R.R. Mayes and F.P. Nix). Modelling Contexts and Purposes: Defining Alternative Paths of Model Development (D. Simmonds). Developments in Model Structure. Future Directions for Urban Systems Models: Some Pointers from Empirical Investigations (S.H. Putman). Linked Models of Land-Use Transport Interactions: A Review (J. Berechman and P. Gordon). Technical Issues in Urban Model Development: A Review of Linear and Nonlinear Model Structures (M. Batty). From Physical to Economic Urban Models: The Lowry Framework Revisited (A. Anas). Dynamic Models. The Time Scale of Urban Change (M. Wegener, F. Gnad and M. Vannahme). Towards a General Dynamic Model of the Spatial Evolution of Urban Systems (P.M. Allen, G. Engelen and M. Sanglier). Dynamics of the Urban Growth of an Average French City: The CARPE Model (S. Fournier). A Political-Economic Model of Urban Growth in Britain, 1801-1971 (I. Moffat). Model Applications. The Practice of Modelling in Developing Countries (M. Echenique). Dynamic Forecasting of Travel Demand, Residential Location and Land Development: Policy Simulations with the Chicago Area Transportation/Land Use Analysis System (A. Anas and L.S. Duann). In Place of Models?: Assessing the Urbanization Effects of London's Proposed Third Airport (M.J. Breheny and D.H.S. Foot). New Directions. Computer Consultant Systems: An Application to Assessment of an Urban Housing Cooperative (J. Dickey, E. Mumby and J. Doughty). Technological Change and Urban Development (J.F. Brotchie). Qualitative Methods for Urban and Regional Impact Analysis (P. Nijkamp). Post-Industrial Urban Policy: Reviewing the Background (B. Harris).