?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Visually-Intelligible+Land+Use+Transportation+Models+for+the+Rapid+Assessment+of+Urban+Futures&rft.creator=Batty%2C+Michael&rft.creator=Vargas%2C+Camilo&rft.creator=Smith%2C+Duncan&rft.creator=Serras%2C+Joan&rft.creator=Reades%2C+Jon&rft.creator=Johansson%2C+Anders&rft.description=We+are+building+a+series+of+fast%2C+visually+accessible+cross-sectional%2C+hence+static+urban+models+for+large+metropolitan+areas+that+will+enable+us+to+rapidly+test+many+different+scenarios+pertaining+to+both+short+and+long+term+urban+futures.+We+call+this+framework+SIMULACRA+which+is+a+forum+for+developing+many+different+model+variants+which+can+be+finely+tuned+to+different+problem+contexts+and+future+scenarios.+The+models+are+multi-sector%2C+dealing+with+residential%2C+retail%2Fservice+and+employment+location%2C+are+highly+disaggregate+and+subject+to+constraints+on+land+availability+and+transport+capacities.+They+have+an+explicit+urban+economic+focus+around+transport+costs%2C+incomes+and+house+prices+and+thus+encapsulate+simple+market+clearing+mechanisms.+Here+we+will+briefly+outline+this+class+of+models%2C+paying+particular+their+structure+and+the+way+physical+flows+and+locations+are+mirrored+by+economic+flows+in+terms+of+costs+and+prices.+Two+versions+of+the+model+exist+so+far.+First%2C+a+%E2%80%98one+window%E2%80%99+desktop+pilot+version+with+the+simplest+imaginable+graphical+interface%2C+and+second+a+much+more+elaborated+framework+developed+for+web+access%2C+extensible+to+web+service+architectures+and+other+services.+To+demonstrate+its+flexibility+and+intelligibility%2C+we+define+the+various+interfaces+and+demonstrate+how+the+aggregate+model+can+be+calibrated+to+the+wider+London+region+to+which+it+is+applied.+During+the+presentation%2C+we+will+demo+the+model+with+respect+to+the+rapid+assessment+of+different+urban+future+based+on+%E2%80%9CWhat+If%E2%80%9D+scenarios.+The+key+feature+of+this+entire+project+is+that+the+model+and+its+variants+can+be+run+in+a+matter+of+seconds%2C+thus+entirely+changing+the+traditional+dialogue+associated+with+its+use+and+experimentation.&rft.publisher=The+Bartlett+Centre+for+Advanced+Spatial+Analysis%2C+UCL+(University+College+London)&rft.date=2011-03-01&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(CASA+Working+Paper++163).+The+Bartlett+Centre+for+Advanced+Spatial+Analysis%2C+UCL+(University+College+London)%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2011)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10183508%2F1%2Fpaper163_1.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10183508%2F&rft.rights=open