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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784000803321

Titolo

Modelling the city : performance, policy and planning / / edited by C.S. Bertuglia, G.P. Clarke and A.G. Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-85753-5

1-282-81636-5

9786612816369

1-134-85754-3

0-203-03839-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BertugliaCristoforo Sergio

ClarkeG. P

WilsonA. G <1939-> (Alan Geoffrey)

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

City planning

Urban policy

Economic indicators

Social indicators

Performance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Modelling the city; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 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 framework9. An application of performance indicators in Italy; 10. Concluding comments; Appendix: An integrated urban model;



References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.