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Informal City version 1.0 (1.1.0)

The biggest part of urbanization takes place in cities of the global south, often in informal settlements. Urban upgrading shall improve livelihood conditions, but might lead to unexpected effects like increased segregation. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the effects of improved infrastructure provision onto spatial patterns of population distribution. InformalCity, a spatially explicit agent-based model (ABM), simulates an artificial city and allows for testing configurations of urban upgrading schemes.

Release Notes

Version 1.0
(this is openabm version 2: only documentation was updated compared to version 1)

Associated Publications

Schwarz, N., Flacke, J., Sliuzas, R. (2016): Modelling the impacts of urban upgrading on population dynamics. Environmental Modelling & Software 78: 150-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.12.009

Informal City version 1.0 1.1.0

Submitted by Nina Schwarz Published Jul 30, 2015 Last modified Mar 25, 2020
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The biggest part of urbanization takes place in cities of the global south, often in informal settlements. Urban upgrading shall improve livelihood conditions, but might lead to unexpected effects like increased segregation. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the effects of improved infrastructure provision onto spatial patterns of population distribution. InformalCity, a spatially explicit agent-based model (ABM), simulates an artificial city and allows for testing configurations of urban upgrading schemes.

Release Notes

Version 1.0
(this is openabm version 2: only documentation was updated compared to version 1)

Cite this Model

Nina Schwarz (2015, July 30). “Informal City version 1.0” (Version 1.1.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/4276/releases/1.1.0/

Associated Publication(s)

Schwarz, N., Flacke, J., Sliuzas, R. (2016): Modelling the impacts of urban upgrading on population dynamics. Environmental Modelling & Software 78: 150-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.12.009

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Contributors
Nina Schwarz
DOI
No assigned DOI
Model Version
1.1.0
License
Apache-2.0
Programming Language
Java
Software Framework
Repast
Operating System
Operating System Independent
Publish Date
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Last Updated
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Downloads 554
Peer Review
Unreviewed
Version Submitter First published Last modified Status
1.1.0 Nina Schwarz Thu Jul 30 07:35:00 2015 Tue Feb 20 09:00:10 2018 Published
1.0.0 Nina Schwarz Fri Jul 25 15:11:26 2014 Tue Feb 20 12:57:22 2018 Published

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