Urban Systems Models

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

1-1 On the Use of This Book

1-2 What Is an Urban Area?

1-3 The Modeling of Urban Processes

1-4 Illustrations

Problems

References

Chapter 2 Population

2-1 The Basic Birth and Death Process

2-2 A Closed Society with Unlimited Resources

2-3 Finite Resources

2-4 The Cohort-Survival Approach

2-5 Migration

2-6 Forrester's Urban Dynamics

2-7 Conclusion

Problems

References

Chapter 3 Economy

3-1 Cause and Effect in Urban Development

3-2 Components of Growth Model

3-3 Economic Base-Multiplier Model

3-4 Input-Output Models

3-5 Economy and the Quality of Urban Life

3-6 Conclusion

References

Chapter 4 Land and its Development

4-1 Land-Use Forecasting

4-2 Modeling Framework

4-3 A Trend Model

4-4 Gravity Model

4-5 Intervening Opportunity Model

4-6 Land Market Models

4-7 Conclusion

Problems

References

Chapter 5 Transportation Network

5-1 Conceptual Framework for a Planning Model

5-2 Trip Generation

5-3 Trip Distribution

5-4 Modal Split

5-5 Assignment

5-6 Conclusion

Problems

References

Chapter 6 Congestion at Bottlenecks

6-1 Introduction

6-2 Some Definitions and Observations

6-3 A Single-Server Queue

6-4 The Birth and Death Equation Applied to Queue Systems

6-5 The S-Server Queue System

6-6 Limited Waiting Room

6-7 Conclusion

Problems

References

Chapter 7 Location of Public Facilities

7-1 A Single Facility

7-2 Districting

7-3 Location of Fire Stations

7-4 Optimal Transportation Routing

7-5 Location of Transit Stations along a Given Route

7-6 Conclusion

Problems

References

Chapter 8 Allocation of Public Resources

8-1 The Benefit-Cost Viewpoint

8-2 The Allocation of Incommensurable Resources for Incommensurable Goods

8-3 Social Welfare Functions

8-4 Tracing the Benefits: The Criminal Justice System

8-5 Designing Measures of Effectiveness: Public Health

8-6 Allocation of a Scarce Resource: Space for Automobiles

8-7 Conclusion

Problems

References

Chapter 9 Postscript

Index