iCity: A GIS-CA modelling tool for urban planning and decision making Export

@article{citeulike:1091264, abstract = {The objective of this study is to present a novel tool for predictive modelling of urban growth. The proposed tool, named iCity - Irregular City, extends the traditional formalization of cellular automata (CA) to include an irregular spatial structure, asynchronous urban growth, and a high spatio-temporal resolution to aid in spatial decision making for urban planning. The iCity software tool was developed as an embedded model within a common desktop geographic information system (GIS) with a user-friendly interface to control modelling operations for urban land-use change. This approach allows the model developer to focus on implementing model logic rather than developing an entire stand-alone modelling application. It also provides the model user with a familiar environment in which to run the model to simulate urban growth.}, author = {Stevens, D. and Dragicevic, S. and Rothley, K.}, citeulike-article-id = {1091264}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.02.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VHC-4K421N7-1/2/f8cf32280d2ded493034aed8b7d72889}, comment = {includes freely available software}, doi = {10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.02.004}, journal = {Environmental Modelling \& Software}, keywords = {cellular\_automata, urban\_growth}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {761--773}, posted-at = {2007-02-06 23:06:54}, priority = {1}, title = {iCity: A GIS-CA modelling tool for urban planning and decision making}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.02.004}, volume = {22}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1091264 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1091264 N2 - The objective of this study is to present a novel tool for predictive modelling of urban growth. The proposed tool, named iCity - Irregular City, extends the traditional formalization of cellular automata (CA) to include an irregular spatial structure, asynchronous urban growth, and a high spatio-temporal resolution to aid in spatial decision making for urban planning. The iCity software tool was developed as an embedded model within a common desktop geographic information system (GIS) with a user-friendly interface to control modelling operations for urban land-use change. This approach allows the model developer to focus on implementing model logic rather than developing an entire stand-alone modelling application. It also provides the model user with a familiar environment in which to run the model to simulate urban growth. IS - 6 JF - Environmental Modelling & Software EP - 773 TI - iCity: A GIS-CA modelling tool for urban planning and decision making VL - 22 SP - 761 KW - cellular_automata KW - urban_growth N1 - includes freely available software AU - Stevens, D AU - Dragicevic, S AU - Rothley, K PY - 2007/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.02.004 ER -