Presented by Rui Lima

Angers, France, February 27th 2013

“This model simulates the self-organized growth of the urban fabric, in terms of built and un-built cells. Roads are included, as the drivers of the urban expansion. The model is based on cellular automata. The growth is logistic, so that the growth rate decreases when the built area saturates the available space. Users are allowed to design the roads network and to establish the rules for the cells interaction”

Author: ◦ Ferdinando Semboloni, researcher and teacher, Department

of town and regional planning, University of Florence◦ http://fs.urba.arch.unifi.it/en/home.php.html

Use Netlogo 4.0.4 to open the model:◦ Models\1.UrbanGrowth\cellAut.nlogo

Draw some roads

Run the model

“is a highly complex model, which simulates land-usage and growth patterns of cities. The Cities CORE model provides capabilities for comprehensive city creation, both by generating urban landscapes automatically from seeds, and by user-directed development that enables interactivity in the city creation process.”

in http://ccl.northwestern.edu/cities/#cities-core

Developed by Northwestern's Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modelling (CCL) @ Northwestern University

The CCL is a research group headed by Prof. Uri Wilensky. It was founded in 1995 at Tufts University and relocated to Northwestern University in 2000.

Unzip the model from Models\2.Cities\cities.zip

Use Netlogo 4.0.4 to open the model:◦ Models\2.Cities\cities\Cities.nlogo

Erasmus Intensive Programme (IP)Agents-based modelling for processes and dynamics in landscape geography

17 February until 2 March 2013

At AGROCAMPUS OUEST ANGERS - France