Urban Systems (Routledge Revivals)

This edited collection, first published in 1987, provides a comparative analysis of different approaches to urban modelling, and lays the foundations for the possibility of integration and a more unified field.

List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Part I: Urban Systems Modelling: The Context 1. Introduction C. S. Bertuglia and A. G. Wilson 2. An historical review of approaches to urban modelling C. S. Bertuglia, G. Leonardi, S. Occelli, G. A. Rabino, R. Tadei; Part II: Economic Approaches 3. The economic activity equilibrium approach in location theory M. J. Beckmann 4. The choice-theoretic approach: population mobility as an example G. Leonardi 5. A Marxian model of the geography of production and transportation in urban and regional systems E. Sheppard; Part III: Operational Research 6. Optimization techniques in location modelling A. Colorni ; Part IV: Interaction and Probabilistic Transition Approaches 7. Transport, location and spatial systems: planning with spatial interaction models A. G. Wilson 8. A cost-efficiency theory of dispersed network equilibrium T. E. Smith 9. The theory of deterministic and stochastic compartmental models and its applications A. de Palma and Cl. Lefèvre; Part V: Methodological Integration 10. The integration of alternative methodological approaches to urban demand modelling C. S. Bertuglia, G. Leonardi, S. Occelli, G. A. Rabino, R. Tadei; Bibliography and References; Index