As a result of the drastic changes caused by major systemic shifts in society, such as the rise of the knowledge economy or the increasing use of information and communication technology, modern economies have witnessed a transition to a networked society, where interconnectivity and interoperability between different economic systems and layers play a significant role.
This important new book provides a valuable set of studies on spatial dynamics, emerging networks and modelling efforts. It employs interdisciplinary concepts alongside innovative trajectories to highlight recent advances in analysing and modelling the spatial economy, transport networks, industrial dynamics and regional systems. It is argued that modelling network processes at different spatial scales provides critical information for the design of plans and policies. Furthermore, a key issue in the current complex and heterogeneous landscape is the adoption and validation of new approaches, models and methodologies, which are able to grasp the emergent aspects of economic uncertainty and discontinuity, as well as overcome the current difficulties of carrying out appropriate forecasts. In exploring diverse pathways for theoretical, methodological and empirical analysis, this exciting volume offers promising and evolutionary perspectives on the modern spatial network society.
Spatial Dynamics, Networks and Modelling is a unique and illuminating book, which will have widespread appeal among students, scholars and practitioners of spatial economics, regional science, transport economics and geography.
Show moreAs a result of the drastic changes caused by major systemic shifts in society, such as the rise of the knowledge economy or the increasing use of information and communication technology, modern economies have witnessed a transition to a networked society, where interconnectivity and interoperability between different economic systems and layers play a significant role.
This important new book provides a valuable set of studies on spatial dynamics, emerging networks and modelling efforts. It employs interdisciplinary concepts alongside innovative trajectories to highlight recent advances in analysing and modelling the spatial economy, transport networks, industrial dynamics and regional systems. It is argued that modelling network processes at different spatial scales provides critical information for the design of plans and policies. Furthermore, a key issue in the current complex and heterogeneous landscape is the adoption and validation of new approaches, models and methodologies, which are able to grasp the emergent aspects of economic uncertainty and discontinuity, as well as overcome the current difficulties of carrying out appropriate forecasts. In exploring diverse pathways for theoretical, methodological and empirical analysis, this exciting volume offers promising and evolutionary perspectives on the modern spatial network society.
Spatial Dynamics, Networks and Modelling is a unique and illuminating book, which will have widespread appeal among students, scholars and practitioners of spatial economics, regional science, transport economics and geography.
Show moreContents:
Preface
1. Space in Motion
Aura Reggiani and Peter Nijkamp
PART I: ANALYTICAL ADVANCES IN MODELLING THE SPACE-ECONOMY
2. Network and Nodal Indices. Measures of Complexity and
Redundancy: A Review
Nigel Waters
3. Power and Packets: A Spatial Network Comparison of the US
Electric Power Grid and the Internet Network
Laurie A. Schintler, Rajendra G. Kulkarni, Sean P. Gorman and Roger
R. Stough
4. Spatial Data Clustering and Self-Organized Criticality:
Empirical Experiments on Regional Labour Market Dynamics
Aura Reggiani, Christian Ventrucci, Peter Nijkamp and Giovanni
Russo
5. Spatial Effects and Non-Linearity in Spatial Regression Models:
Simulation Results for Several Misspecification Tests
Thomas de Graaff, Kees van Montfort and Peter Nijkamp
PART II: MODELLING TRANSPORT NETWORKS
6. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Management Using
Boolean Networks
Kingsley E. Haynes, Rajendra G. Kulkarni, Laurie A. Schintler and
Roger R. Stough
7. Route Choice Behaviour with Risk-Averse Users
André de Palma and Nathalie Picard
8. A Decade of Freight Transport Modelling with Virtual Networks:
Acquired Experiences and New Challenges
Bart Jourquin and Michel Beuthe
PART III: SPATIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS
9. Variety and Regional Growth: Theory, Measurement and
Outcomes
Koen Frenken, Frank G. van Oort and Thijs Verburg
10. Modelling the Entrepreneurial Space-Economy: An Overview
Peter Nijkamp and Leo van Wissen
11. The Spatial Formation of the Automobile Industry in Great
Britain: Does Location Matter?
Rik Wenting and Ron A. Boschma
PART IV: DYNAMICS IN REGIONAL SYSTEMS
12. Evolution of Regional Employment in Germany: Forecasts 2001 to
2010
Franz-Josef Bade
13. Urban Growth and Territorial Dynamics: A Spatial-Econometric
Analysis of Spain
José M. Mella-Márquez and Coro Chasco-Yrigoyen
14. Using a Spatial Microsimulation Model for the Estimation of the
Geographical Impact of British National Government Policies
Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke, Danny Dorling and David
Rossiter
PART V: DYNAMICS IN URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
15. Dynamic Effects of Transport Costs on Urban Shape
Francesca Medda, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld
16. Imperfect Competition and Congestion in a City with Asymmetric
Subcentres
André de Palma, Fay Dunkerley and Stef Proost
17. An ex ante Evaluation of an Urban Project through Property
Value Increases: A Hedonic Price Approach
Roberto Camagni and Roberta Capello
Index
Edited by Aura Reggiani, Professor of Economic Policy, University of Bologna, Italy and Peter Nijkamp, Professor Emeritus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Centre for European Studies, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Romania and the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China
'the editors have done an excellent job in bringing together a
comprehensive collection of cutting edge research findings on
network theory. . .'
*Sierdjan Koster, European Spatial Research and Policy*
'. . . the book should be useful reading for scientists and
policymakers beyond regional or urban development studies, where
the communication of science to policy audiences is becoming
increasingly important. . . Reggiani and Nijkamp present insights
for spatial modellers with an interest in complex systems, policy
development, science-policy interaction, land-use planning, urban
and regional development, transport planning, and more. Underpinned
by ideas of complex systems, the authors have shown the utility of
combining network theories with traditional spatial modelling
techniques. Taking these ideas together with time-geographical
approaches to addressing human dynamics, the authors have paved the
way for future research in spatial modelling and urban and regional
policy development.'
*Tim Oxley, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design*
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