Systems Models for Transportation Problems : Part 2. The Social Physics for Modern Societies - the Role of the Cities

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• Creators:
  Iberall, A. S. ; Cardon, S. Z.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Urban transportation
  • Transportation planning
  • Physics
  • Thermodynamics
  • City planning
  • Transportation systems
  • Models
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-OST-77-37-2 ; PB-273 184
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
• Abstract:
  The objective of the research was to make use of a physically based social systems model, developed earlier, to study the determinants of city sizes and their national interactions. In particular, information on the role of a transportation system in affecting city sizes was required. In this second part, the relation between the urban settlements and a potential mapping that is related to the land (its population density, material and energy resources, activities, products, and consumption) is outlined. The dependence of the urban settlement distribution on long-distance international trade is discussed. The emergence of a new major social institution, the large corporation which is competitive with the urban settlement, is discussed. The socio-economic effects of transportation systems, and their modernization is described.
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  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11025/dot_11025_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.13 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:87ba3eb4536a8efc02dc2c0ed4d2f3b72c3de68b9075898c1b0d5fc6d8eea3ba