Advances in computer graphics technology have made it possible for planners to model urban environments in three-dimensional electronic space. Lower platform costs, higher perfor mance, and better software applications have brought modeling within the reach of most planning departments and urban...

The well-known <i>p</i>-median location model is designed to site <i>p</i> facilities with respect to population centers such that the average travel distance of facility users is minimized. Many locational applications would benefit from a median problem that distributes, according to the discretion of the...

A procedure based on the assignment problem formulation and the paradigm of compromise programming is presented to aid in the determination of 'compromise assignments' of land-development types to parcels of land in the vicinity of hazardous facilities, which minimize risk to human health while...

The situations that constitute urban planning problems are extremely complex, and the formulation of these problems is usually an intractable task. As a procedurally rational response to this intractability, scholars and practitioners have prescribed tools, such as the function analysis system...

In this paper I address some of the criticisms levelled at CAD researchers who invoke hermeneutical theories, in particular the hermeneutics of Martin Heidegger. The paper serves as an introduction to some of the lively debates surrounding hermeneutical theory as they pertain to technical studies.

A population of all possible eight-face polyominoes is generated to represent low-cost house designs. A cost formula is then derived and applied to this population. The effects of cost on the built form of houses are enumerated, and the results suggest one way of exploring the relationship...

In this paper we examine the design and implementation of ParcBIT, a multimedia GIS (geographical information systems) CD-ROM presenting the information required for the devel opment of a master plan for a technological park on the island of Majorca (Spain). The CD-ROM is the information...