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Urban and Regional Studies at the Martin Centre: Its Origins, its Present, its Future

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  • M H Echenique

    (Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PX, England)

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In this paper the author traces the origins of the Martin Centre work in urban and regional studies back to the geometrical explorations of grids and buildings by Sir Leslie Martin and Lionel March. That work encouraged the author and his colleagues to look for a deeper understanding in order to forecast how people would use proposed layouts for cities, and thus evaluate them. The sources of understanding came from other disciplines such as economics, engineering, geography, and planning which, combined with the physical understanding of the buildings, towns, and networks, provided the basis for the development of comprehensive models of cities and regions. This understanding is embodied in the operational software of the MEPLAN model which is used extensively in practice. The author concludes by taking stock of what has been achieved and argues for the need to improve the knowledge of the supply aspects in the urban system and to simplify the operations of the model without losing its comprehensiveness.

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  • M H Echenique, 1994. "Urban and Regional Studies at the Martin Centre: Its Origins, its Present, its Future," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 21(5), pages 517-533, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:21:y:1994:i:5:p:517-533
    DOI: 10.1068/b210517
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    1. Marcial Echenique & Vadim Grinevich & Antony Hargreaves & Vassilis Zachariadis, 2011. "Implementation of a land use and spatial interaction model based on random utility choices and social accounting matrices," ERSA conference papers ersa11p1555, European Regional Science Association.
    2. Moilanen, Paavo, 2000. "Assessing the Effectiveness of Marginal Cost Pricing in Transport - the Helsinki Case," Discussion Papers 223, VATT Institute for Economic Research.

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