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Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
List
of Figures
List
of Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
3
PART
ONE Concepts and Methods in Urban Analysis
1
The Nature of Cities 11
2
Urban Population 34
3
Urban Economic Activity 59
4
Spatial Interaction in the Urban System 92
5
The Location and Utilisation of Urban Services 109
6
Formal and Functional Spatial Organisation of the City 132
PART
TWO Simulation Techniques in Urban Analysis
7
Simulation Modelling and the Urban System 165
8
Probability Models of Urban Analysis 179
9
Optimisation Models 207
10
Entropy Modelling 237
11
An Entropy maximising Approach to Residential Modelling 254
12
A Model of Metropolis 279
13
Predictive Modelling of Urban Spatial Structure 308
14
Conclusion 356
Index
369
