This presentation provides an overview of Urban Growth Simulation as a risk free means of assessing the future outcome of major policy and investment decisions with some examples of scenarios that were simulated in different South African cities. Specific mention is made of how the work is enabled by census data obtained from Stats SA.
Reference:
Waldeck, L. 2013. Overview of urban growth simulation: With examples of results from three SA cities. In: Statistics South Africa GIS day, Pretoria, 20 November 2013
Waldeck, L. (2013). Overview of urban growth simulation: With examples of results from three SA cities. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7283
Waldeck, L. "Overview of urban growth simulation: With examples of results from three SA cities." (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7283
Waldeck L, Overview of urban growth simulation: With examples of results from three SA cities; 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7283 .