Evaluating Urban Growth Policies with a Systems Simulation

Donald E. Sexton
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Donald E. Sexton: Colombia University

Management Science, 1979, vol. 25, issue 1, 43-53

Abstract: Alternate policies for controlling the growth of a city were examined with a simulation model consisting of four sectors: national services, local services, manufacturing, and population. The policies investigated included restricting growth of manufacturing and/or government activities in the capital, moving government services from the capital, lowering the national birth rate, and making cities other than the capital more attractive places in which to live. This article describes the model construction process as well as the findings and their implications.

Keywords: planning: urban; government; simulation: systems dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
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