Screen LibraryComplex spatial systems : the modelling foundations of urban and regional analysis /
"Urban and regional analysis is presented as one of the great social science challenges of the century. A number of perspectives are drawn together for the first time: a comprehensive systems perspective, an interdisciplinary approach, a comprehensive review of the classical modelling approache...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2002 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Urban and regional analysis is presented as one of the great social science challenges of the century. A number of perspectives are drawn together for the first time: a comprehensive systems perspective, an interdisciplinary approach, a comprehensive review of the classical modelling approaches, a dynamic mathematical modelling paradigm to provide foundations, a powerful set of tools for model building and problem solving, connections to complexity theory, and a future research agenda."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-163) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138156586 1138156582 9780582418967 0582418968 |
| Index Number: | HT391 |
| CLC: | TU982 |
| Call Number: | TU982/W746 |
| Contents: |
Introduction -- Cities and regions as complex spatial systems -- A framework for analysis -- Conceptual foundations: urban and regional analysis as a multidisciplinary programme -- Classical models -- Interaction and location -- The rewriting of classical theory -- The research agenda -- The basic notation and some examples -- Geography's classical theorists -- Inter-regional demographic and economic models. |