Mavroudi, T.;
(2007)
Simulating city growth by using the cellular automata algorithm.
Masters thesis , UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
The objective of this thesis is to develop and implement a Cellular Automata (CA) algorithm to simulate urban growth process. It attempts to satisfy the need to predict the future shape of a city, the way land uses sprawl in the surroundings of that city and its population. Salonica city in Greece is selected as a case study to simulate its urban growth. Cellular automaton (CA) based models are increasingly used to investigate cities and urban systems. Sprawling cities may be considered as complex adaptive systems, and this warrants use of methodology that can accommodate the space-time dynamics of many interacting entities. Automata tools are well-suited for representation of such systems. By means of illustrating this point, the development of a model for simulating the sprawl of land uses such as commercial and residential and calculating the population who will reside in the city is discussed.
| Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Simulating city growth by using the cellular automata algorithm |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Approved for UCL Eprints by Mr A. Turner, The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies |
| Keywords: | Cellular automata, transition rules, simulation, future population, future pattern |
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| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/7894 |
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