Abstract
To address urban problems and for planning and zoning purposes, city planners need to understand urban growth. This chapter reviews the classic internal structure models and urban system modeling. Urban models have a relatively short history. Early city structure and growth analysis dates back to the 1920s University of Chicago sociologists. De-densification and horizontal urban expansion lead to a polycentric urban form. Urban form and transport are interrelated. Changes in activity distribution impact travel including journey to work. Studying urban form changes helps understand changes in travel patterns including commuting. The impact of spatial structure (employment locations) upon commuting is investigated in the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Commuting is studied under monocentric and polycentric assumptions. Comparison of two spatial separation measures including commute time and length supports “co-location theory” with polycentric structure contributing to commuting reduction.
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