Modelling the City - Performance, Policy and Planning

Modelling the City examines the changing role of urban models in respect to both the need to readdress measures of urban well-being and the perceived need to bring model outputs more in tune with key planning problems. The authors argue that whilst there has been substantial progress with a wide range of theoretical problems in urban modelling, modellers have not paid enough attention to the usefulness of their model outputs in terms of indicators which offer new insights into the workings of the city or region. Modelling the City offers a `new geography of performance indicators' for the public and private sector based on the principles of spatial interaction.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 Performance indicators in urban planning: the historical context 3 Models and performance indicators in urban planning: the changing policy context 4 Performance indicators and evaluation in contemporary urban modelling 5 A new geography of performance indicators for urban planning 6 Performance indicators for evaluation with a dynamic urban model 7 Understanding retail interaction patterns: the case of the missing performance indicators 8 Applications of performance indicators in urban modelling: subsystems framework 9 An application of performance indicators in Italy 10 Concluding comments

About the author

C.S. Bertuglia is Professor in Urban and Regional Planning at Turin University, G.P. Clarke is Lecturer in Geography at the University of Leeds, and A.G. Wilson is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds.

Summary

Examines the changing role of urban models in relation to urban well-being and planning problems and offers a `new geography of performance indicators' for the public and private sector based on principles of spatial interaction.

Product details

• Assisted by: C S Bertuglia (Editor), C. S. Bertuglia (Editor), G P Clarke (Editor), G. P. Clarke (Editor), Clarke G. P. (Editor), A G Wilson (Editor), Wilson A. G. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.1994
• EAN: 9780415099448
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09944-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 570 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban communities, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Urban communities / city life