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The Integrated Dynamic Land Use and Transport Model MARS

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Cities worldwide face problems like congestion or outward migration of businesses. The involved transport and land use interactions require innovative tools. The dynamic Land Use and Transport Interaction model MARS (Metropolitan Activity Relocation Simulator) is part of a structured decision making process. Cities are seen as self organizing systems. MARS uses Causal Loop Diagrams from Systems Dynamics to explain cause and effect relations. MARS has been benchmarked against other published models. A user friendly interface has been developed to support decision makers. Its usefulness was tested through workshops in Asia. This paper describes the basis, capabilities and uses of MARS.

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  1. Institute for Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 30/231, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Paul Pfaffenbichler & Günter Emberger

  2. Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Simon Shepherd

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Pfaffenbichler, P., Emberger, G. & Shepherd, S. The Integrated Dynamic Land Use and Transport Model MARS. Netw Spat Econ 8, 183–200 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-007-9050-7

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