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Computational Approaches for Urban Environments: An Editorial

Part of the Geotechnologies and the Environment book series (GEOTECH,volume 13)

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Cities are under continuous pressure due to an increasing urbanization which will have far-reaching consequences for housing, transportation, retail, etc. To cope with these challenges, methodological advances in quantitative modeling coupled with growing amounts of spatial and spatiotemporal data can add significantly to our understanding of how cities function. Because the added value of data-driven approaches to analyze urban environments is promising but still in its infancy, the present volume aims to promote the application of advanced computational methodologies to achieve a better understanding of our cities and the underlying mechanisms.

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  • Urban environments
  • Geographic information science
  • Spatial statistics
  • New science of cities

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  1. Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Marco Helbich

  2. Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Berliner Straße 48, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

  3. Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, 227 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA

    Michael Leitner

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  1. Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Marco Helbich

  2. Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

    Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

  3. Dept. of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

    Michael Leitner

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Helbich, M., Jokar Arsanjani, J., Leitner, M. (2015). Computational Approaches for Urban Environments: An Editorial. 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_1

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