An Optimizing Model of Urban Development

Bibliographic Data

ID4143327
AuthorsM Ripper (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and the Electronics Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA), Pravin Varaiya (0000-0002-1900-9932, University of California, Berkeley)
Year1974
Volume6
Issue2
Pages149-168
Publication date1974-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a060149
OpenAlexW2000394395
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

This paper presents an approach to the planning of urban development using an activity analysis framework in contrast with the more prevalent simulation models. Using input-output relations for production of commodities and labor, and a specific geometry for the transportation network, the model determines an 'efficient' land-use pattern and transportation system by solving a linear programming problem. The model incorporates the 'sunk' nature of urban capital and shows how this affects the pattern of development in a growing city. From the viewpoint of data requirements and computational complexity it appears that this approach is worth pursuing in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, the efforts devoted to Lowry-type simulation models of land use

Algorithm · Civil engineering · Economics · Industrial engineering · Land use · Linear programming · Mathematical optimization · Microeconomics · Operations research · Urban planning · Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · Transportation and Mobility Innovations · Transportation Planning and Optimization · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Artificial Intelligence

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