| Abstrak / Catatan | This book is a collection of selected papers, written between 1968 and 1971, which are
relevant to a wide range of concerns, relating both to teaching and research, in the field of
urban and regional analysis. In Part 1 two papers have been chosen dealing with models and
planning methodology, one being a review of models in urban planning, whilst the other
examines methods of planning for ports at the national level. Part 2 is concerned with
problems in modelling. Specific topics covered include the use of analogies, the Lowry model,
and the aggregation problem; the final paper in this Part is a general review. In Part 3, a
number of papers on particular models and modelling techniques are presented. They include
discussions of entropy maximising models, the use of accounting frameworks, spatial interaction
models, and techniques of micro-economic analysis. The final paper in the book, in Part 4, is
a broad overview of the use of models to date, and the prospects for the future.
The collection will be of interest and use to students and research workers in a variety of
disciplines, including geography, planning, and economics, and also to practitioners in a wide
range of government agencies.
Professor Wilson, after reading Mathematics at Cambridge, held appointments at the Rutherford
Laboratory of the National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science, The Institute of
Economics and Statistics at the University of Oxford, the Ministry of Transport, and the Centre
for Environmental Studies. He is now Professor of Urban and Regional Geography at the
University of Leeds. His own research work has led to the publication of a very large number
of papers in a variety of journals, and his recent book "Entropy in Urban and Regional
Modelling" has been warmly welcomed. |
