The emergence of slums: A contemporary view on simulation models

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-90

  Roy, Debraj ^a   Lees, Michael Harold ^a,c,e   Palavalli, Bharath ^b   Pfeffer, Karin ^c   Sloot, M A Peter ^c,d,e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Fields of View   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Cellular automata; Geographic information systems; Informal settlement; Slums

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; DELIVERY MECHANISM; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS; LATIN AMERICA; MODEL REQUIREMENTS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SLUMS;

HOUSING;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; STANDARDIZATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84902254286     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.05.004     Document Type: Review

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