UrbanSim
Urban Simulation
Urban Simulation (UrbanSim) is a land use model to capture interactions among urban, environmental, transportation and economic systems.
- Developer
- UrbanSim
- Model Information
- For more information about this model, go to urbansim.com
- Spatial Resolution
- The model is intended for metropolitan regions. Model grid is based on census tracts but can be as small as parcel level grids.
- Temporal Resolution
- The model is intended for long term planning. Typical simulation durations are 30 years with yearlong time steps.
- Outputs
- Outputs include urban development patterns, real estate prices, employment predictions and human movement patterns.
- Intended User
- decision maker
- Model Type
- urban development
- Inclusion of Climate Change
- Climate conditions are not explicitly incorporated.
- Geographic Region
- generalized
- Data Requirements
- some data sets built in
- Source Code Availability
- limited
- Dimensions
- 2d
- Computational Burden
- medium
- Scenario Modeling
- scenarios by hand only
- Coding Language
- html
- Operating System
- not applicable
- Mathematical Approach
- simulation, statistical
- Maintenance Plan
- maintained
- Date of Last Known Update
- not available
- User Manual
- go to documentation at Resources — UrbanSim
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