Explanation, Prediction and Planning
Lowry Model
Published on 1. January 1984
Book
Hardback
220 pages
978-0-85086-099-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Lowry model has been used to describe cities, to predict their form, to plan them and to explain urban phenomena. The author examines these uses and concludes that the model can describe cities reasonably well, but that the model cannot explain urban form.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sage Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85086-099-3 (9780850860993)
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Content
History of models in planning; Lowry's model; spatial interaction; models of location; manufacturing and the economic base; comprehensive empirical evaluation; dynamic extensions; explanation, prediction and description; history of manufacturing in cities; dynamics - an alternative operational model.