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This is an important book that raises issues that will be of enduring importance in the coming years. There are three major reasons for this. First, the contributions provide further impetus to the current renaissance of quantitative computational modelling as a multidisciplinary research effort in a number of countries worldwide. This renaissance arises in large part from current preoccupations with Big Data and the realisation that we are creating data faster than we can realistically hope to analyse them. The second reason why this book is important is because, as various contributors make clear, our world is becoming increasingly urban, and understanding the locus of activities in urban environments is fundamental to rational organisation and planning if we are to harness the functioning of urban systems to the common good. The third reason is that the drive to develop successful computational approaches to urban analysis is inextricably bound up with the quest to develop and enhance successful urban environments.
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Longley, P.A. (2015). Epilogue. In: Helbich, M., Jokar Arsanjani, J., Leitner, M. (eds) Computational Approaches for Urban Environments. Geotechnologies and the Environment, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11469-9_16
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