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Planning Scenario Visualization
and Assessment:
A Cellular Automata Based Integrated Spatial Decision Support
System
Roger
White, Bas Straatman,
and Guy
Engelen
Abstract
We present two closely related models designed to support
urban and regional planning and policy development. The first,
consisting of a Cellular Automaton based integrated dynamic
spatial simulation model, augmented with decision support
tools, supports the development and assessment of policies
for improving the quality of the lived environment in the
Netherlands. The whole of the Netherlands is modeled. The
second model was developed for the Visions project of the
European Union to support the creation of consistent, integrated
visions for a sustainable Europe for the years 2020 and 2050.
It is derived from the first model, but differs in that user-supplied
scenarios drive the spatial simulation. An important component
is a set of tools that facilitates translation of qualitative
"story-line" scenarios into the quantitative ones
that drive the land use model. Only the Green Heart region
of the Netherlands is modeled. An example of the use of the
model to develop a Visions scenario is given.
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