Geographical modeling : cities and territories / edited by Denise Pumain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pumain, Denise, author.

Contributor:

Pumain, Denise, editor.

Series:

Modeling methodologies in social sciences set ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographic information systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London : ISTE Limited ; Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The modeling of cities and territories has progressed greatly in the last 20 years. This is firstly due to geographic information systems, followed by the availability of large amounts of georeferenced data – both on the Internet and through the use of connected objects. In addition, the rise in performance of computational methods for the simulation and exploration of dynamic models has facilitated advancement. Geographical Modeling presents previously unpublished information on the main advances achieved by these new approaches. Each of the six chapters builds a bibliographic review and precisely describes the methods used, highlighting their advantages and discussing their interpretations. They are all illustrated by many examples. The book also explains with clarity the theoretical foundations of geographical analysis, the delicate operations of model selection, and the applications of fractals and scaling laws. These applications include gaining knowledge of the morphology of cities and the organization of urban transport, and finding new methods of building and exploring simulation models and visualizations of data and results.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781119687276

1119687276

9781119687269

1119687268

9781119687290

1119687292

OCLC:

1225940057