Simulating urban development scenarios for Wuhan.

With the rapid growth that most Chinese cities experience, urban and transportation planning become increasingly important in developing pathways towards sustainable development. Spatiotemporal simulation models can support understanding of urban dynamics and assessing the impact of policy alternatives by answering questions such as: What will a city look like in the future if different spatial planning alternatives are applied? How will new land use or transport investments affect the populations' access to jobs or specific activities locations in the city? How robust are planning alternatives under different assumptions of socio-economic growth? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]