Many researchers have reported on the preference effects of various components of streetscapes. However, there appears to be relatively little data on the relative importances of those design components on preference. In this paper the relative effects of trees, cars, wires, and building facades...

The population and employment distribution model (PED) of the Office of State Planning, The State of New Jersey, forecasts municipal population by using both mathematical modeling and specific information about available municipal land. The improved methodology now contained in the PED is...

This paper comes in three parts. First, relevant principles of <i>feng-shui </i>are enunciated and examined. Second, these principles are applied to procedures to compute two parameters of predesign behaviour in Chinese traditional architectural practice: the fortunate orientation for a building site...

The production of space in postwar UK towns, whether bomb damaged or not, was characterised by a series of authoritative planning reports, vividly illustrated by perspective drawings and maps. In this paper aspects of the imagery and production of these documents are discussed. They depict...

As we move through buildings, we experience not only continuous changes of perspective but also discrete transitions from one space to another. To describe movement as a pattern of such transitions we need methods for partitioning space into relevant elementary units. Here we explore several...

In Dutch spatial planning, performance is a major problem in the relation between spatial planning and 'executive' sectoral policymaking. These sectors usually have their own planning procedures and, unlike spatial planning they also have means to implement measures. Spatial planning, for its...

We present an integrated model of regional spatial dynamics consisting of a cellular automaton-based model of land use linked both to a geographic information system (GIS) and to standard nonspatial models of regional economics and demographics, as well as to a simple model of environmental...