Rural areas provide an interesting laboratory for experimenting with technological advances in telecommunication networks. Rural telecommunications becomes an emerging infrastructure to improve rural services. This paper presents a decision support framework for designing such a rural area...

In this paper the urban process in the face of China's transition to a market economy is examined from the perspective of political economy. Before economic reform, China operated a centrally planned economy. Production activities were organized on the basis of sectoral departments of the...

In this paper we present the theoretical model underlying a series of experiments that use cellular automata (CA) simulations to explore the impact of alternative systems of pollution property rights on urban morphology and performance. It is a partial equilibrium model of developer and...

Post-Fordist urban growth is characterised by ever-increasing dispersal and polycentricity. The transformation of urban spatial structure has profound implications for sustainable development. There is now a substantial literature both on confirming the existence of polycentricity through...

Since economic reform in 1979 China has witnessed dramatic changes.In particular, the adoption of the new land leasing system in 1987 has led to the transformation of the urban internal structure of this country. Perhaps because of the lack of data, empirical studies lag far behind the rapid...

Compared with numerous modelling exercises dedicated to continuous population and employment density and land price, the models developed directly from discrete land-use data are relatively few. This is particularly problematic in the context where dynamic land conversions are taking place. The...