Explanation, Prediction and Planning
Lowry Model
Published on 1. November 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-0-85086-140-2 (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
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sage Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85086-140-2 (9780850861402)
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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.