A set of models for intraurban context applications is proposed that enables: (a) the description of urban configurations, by the use of simple spatial categories and concepts of areal diferentiation; (b) the assessment of performance of urban configurations, by the application of centrality...

In this paper the author discusses the application of integrated land-use and transport models to the Basque Country. As an example, the application of such a model to the Metro politan Railway of Bilbao is described in detail. The stages of this proposal from development to final approval are...

Transport, as Colin Clark stated, has been the 'maker and breaker of cities", leading to four successive crises in urban transportation, the last of which is now afflicting cities worldwide. The essence is the problem of dealing with the social costs or exponalities of the growth of private...

MEPLAN and DORTMUND, two urban/regional models which originated in two countries with significantly different planning cultures—the United Kingdom and Germany— are compared. In the first part of the paper it is demonstrated that the political and intellec tual contexts in which the two...

Land suitability mapping techniques and geographic information systems (GIS) have been used in the last decade to assist planners in route selection problems. These techniques, though robust in translating physical constraints into feasible alternatives for route location, are weak in...

Planning stands at a crossroads. Much of the idealism and momentum for the pursuit of the public good has been lost in the painful evaluation of its failure to produce a better environment and to advance the good society. In this note it is argued that much can still be done to make planning...

Shape grammars have been used with much success to study and represent past and contemporary architectural and other designs. Recently, they have begun to be used to create new and original designs. In this paper, recent work in the development of original shape grammars and designs is...

Planning has been associated with public intervention, in contrast with the 'free' market. The transaction cost theory of planning bridges this dichotomy, suggesting instead the link between planning and hierarchical organizations and networks in the public and private sectors alike. The...

In 1991 the Directorate General XVI of the Commission of the European Communities commissioned a study to evaluate the impact of the opening of the Channel Tunnel on the economic development of regions within the European Community. Part of this study required a quantitative analysis of the...