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Urban Modeling and Contemporary Planning Theory: Is There a Common Ground?

School of Planning and Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University, Tempe; subhro.guhagasu.edu

This article provides a critical review of the history of urban modeling in North America, with a focus on unraveling some fundamental issues that militated against incorporating the first-generation urban models into planning practice. After examining the underlying theoretical context in social practice, I demonstrate that the re-emergence of a different form of rationality creates the conditions for incorporating new forms of urban models. Finally, I highlight the developments in group decision support systems research and suggest how these systems, together with a geographic information systems component, can be designed for critical planning practice.

Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 18, No. 4, 281-292 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X9901800401


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