Complementary levels of description in applied mathematics. III: Equilibrium models of cities

DOI10.1016/0895-7177(88)90135-5MaRDI QIDQ1113846zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John A. Adam

Publication date 1988

Published in Mathematical and Computer Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-7177(88)90135-5

zbMATH Keywords

axiom of circular symmetryaxiomatic modelcatastrophic modecity equilibriumcivic structuresdensity distributionsequilibrium modegrowth modelsopulencerentalurbanitic laws

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical sociology (including anthropology) (91D99) Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

Review text

[Part I and II of this paper dealt with different topics and appeared in Int. J. Math. Educ. Sci. Technol.] The paper summarizes \textit{J. A. Amson}'s approach to city equilibrium and growth models [see Envir. Plann. 4, 429-444 (1972) and ibid. 5, 295-338 (1973)], mainly its philosophy and methodology. It aims to illustrate the processes and levels of description in mathematical modelling and to present a base to a course in advanced modelling. After an introduction and definitions, the author discusses consequences of the axiom of circular symmetry and states a number of lemmas and theorems arising from the axiomatic model. As a rule, proofs are ommited. Special attention is paid to some particular density distributions. Sections 6 to 9 deal with two kinds of development in the model - the ``equilibrium mode and the ``catastrophic mode. The former leads to so-called urbanitic laws relating distributions of (population) density to ``rental and ``opulence. In the last section, the Amson's approach is compared to a previous one of the author. The theoretically deduced properties are not compared with any empirical evidence.

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