Urban economic and planning models : assesing the potential for cities in developing countries. World Bank Staff Occasional Papers.

Mohan, Rakesh.

1979

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INTRODUCTION. MODELING URBAN PHENOMENA: WHY DO IT AND WHY IS IT DIFFICULT?. Some reflections on City Phenomena. Cities in Developing Countries. Criteria for Model Evaluation. ANALYTIC, OR EXPLANATORY, MODELS. The Classical Economic Models. The New Urban Economics. Employment Location Models. Summary. OPERATIONAL, OR POLICY-ORIENTED, MODELS. The Lowry Model and its Derivatives in the United States. Entropy Maximization. The Echenique Models. The Echenique Models. The NBER Urban Simulation Model. Mills' Optimizing Programming Model. Summary. SOME FRUIFUL APPROACHES TO URBAN MODELING. The Andersson-Lundquist Stockholm Model. The Urban Institute Housing Model. Models of Housing Demand at a Disaggregated Level. MODELING POOR CITIES: WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?. Transport. Housing. Industry and Employment. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

PAISES EN DESARROLLO; ECONOMIA URBANA; MODELOS MATEMATICOS;