The Use of Constrained Cellular Automata for High-Resolution Modelling of Urban Land-Use Dynamics

R White, G Engelen and I Uljee
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R White: Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, Canada

Environment and Planning B, 1997, vol. 24, issue 3, 323-343

Abstract: A cellular automaton is specified to give a spatially detailed representation of the evolution of urban land-use patterns. Cell states represent land uses, and transition rules express the likelihood of a change from one state to another as a function both of existing land use in the 113-cell neighbourhood of the cell and of the inherent suitability of the cell for each possible use. The model is used to simulate the land-use pattern of Cincinnati, Ohio. The simulation results are realistic and sensitivity analysis shows that the predictions of the model are relatively accurate and reproducible, thus suggesting that cellular ast;automata-based models may be useful in a planning context.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1068/b240323

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