Concepts and techniques in urban analysis./ by Bola Ayeni

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Ayeni, Bola

Language: English Series: Routledge Library Editions:Urban StudiesPublication details: Routledge, 2017. London:Description: 372 pISBN:

9781138047648

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DDC classification:

307.76015118 AYE-C

Contents:

Chapter ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- chapter PREFACE -- chapter INTRODUCTION -- part Part One: CONCEPTS AND METHODS IN URBAN ANALYSIS -- chapter 1 THE NATURE OF CITIES -- chapter 2 URBAN POPULATION -- chapter 3 URBAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY -- chapter 4 SPATIAL INTERACTION IN THE URBAN SYSTEM -- chapter 5 THE LOCATION AND UTILISATION OF URBAN SERVICES -- chapter 6 FORMAL AND FUNCTIONAL SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF THE CITY -- part Part Two SIMULATION TECHNIQUES IN URBAN ANALYSIS -- chapter 7 SIMULATION MODELLING AND THE URBAN SYSTEM -- chapter 8 PROBABILITY MODELS OF URBAN ANALYSIS -- chapter 9 OPTIMISATION MODELS -- chapter 10 ENTROPY MODELLING -- chapter 11 AN ENTROPY-MAXIMISING APPROACH TO RESIDENTIAL LOCATION MODELLING -- chapter 12 A MODEL OF METROPOLIS -- chapter 13 PREDICTIVE MODELLING OF URBAN SPATIAL STRUCTURE -- chapter 14 CONCLUSION

Summary: This book, first published in 1979, discusses the concepts, models and techniques used in urban analysis and planning. This study reviews many of the older concepts and models of urban spatial structure, laying the foundations of analysis carried out in the later parts of the book. Topics such as social area analysis, urban economic activity and spatial interaction are considered.

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Chapter ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
chapter PREFACE --
chapter INTRODUCTION --
part Part One: CONCEPTS AND METHODS IN URBAN ANALYSIS --
chapter 1 THE NATURE OF CITIES --
chapter 2 URBAN POPULATION --
chapter 3 URBAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY --
chapter 4 SPATIAL INTERACTION IN THE URBAN SYSTEM --
chapter 5 THE LOCATION AND UTILISATION OF URBAN SERVICES --
chapter 6 FORMAL AND FUNCTIONAL SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF THE CITY --
part Part Two SIMULATION TECHNIQUES IN URBAN ANALYSIS --
chapter 7 SIMULATION MODELLING AND THE URBAN SYSTEM --
chapter 8 PROBABILITY MODELS OF URBAN ANALYSIS --
chapter 9 OPTIMISATION MODELS --
chapter 10 ENTROPY MODELLING --
chapter 11 AN ENTROPY-MAXIMISING APPROACH TO RESIDENTIAL LOCATION MODELLING --
chapter 12 A MODEL OF METROPOLIS --
chapter 13 PREDICTIVE MODELLING OF URBAN SPATIAL STRUCTURE --
chapter 14 CONCLUSION

This book, first published in 1979, discusses the concepts, models and techniques used in urban analysis and planning. This study reviews many of the older concepts and models of urban spatial structure, laying the foundations of analysis carried out in the later parts of the book. Topics such as social area analysis, urban economic activity and spatial interaction are considered.

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