The Use of Agent-Based Modeling for Studying the Social and Physical Environment of Cities

• Published in: Complexity and Planning pp. 385 - 408
• Main Author: Crooks, Andrew
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2012
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Complex Systems Theory; Artificial Societies; Rank Size Distributions; Vector GIS; Port Authorities; Vice Versa; ABM; Cellular Automata; Schelling Model; Van Wezemael; Urban Heat Islands; Dense; ABM Application; Confer; Voronoi Polygon; Demarcation Line; Large Scale Urban Models; Stated Preference Data; Residential Dynamics; De Roo; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Public Administration; Space Time Geographic Information Systems

The agent-based modeling (ABM) paradigm provides a mechanism for understanding the effects of interactions of individuals and through such interactions emergent structures develop, both in the social and physical environment of cities. This chapter explores how through the use of ABM, and its linkag...