Urban Generator project utilizes the urban growth model SLEUTH – developed by Keith C. Clarke at University of California Santa Barbara. The research project is based on the conception of cities that describes cities merely as dynamic systems in continuous disequilibrium state than systems in static equilibrium state. The objective of the project is to combine urban morphological analysis methodologies developed in EDGE laboratory with SLEUTH-model simulation process in order to increase the knowledge concerning the role and significance of structural properties for urban development. The potential and applicability of the SLEUTH-model to produce development paths and scenarios in Finnish context and with Finnish GIS-databases is also assessed. The simulations are carried out for several combinations of input data sets in Helsinki and Turku city regions in Finland.
Duration 01/2007-05/2008
Project leader prof. Ari Hynynen
Researchers Ari Hynynen, Anssi Joutsiniemi, Sanna Iltanen, Samuli Alppi
Funding Ministry of the Environment , Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority, Regional Council of Southwest Finland, Uusimaa Regional Council
Partners University of Turku, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Publications Sanna Iltanen (toim.) (2008): Iltanen, Sanna (toim.) (2008). Urban Generator - Kaupunkirakenteen mallinnusmenetelmä. Juvenes print. (In Finnish)
Iltanen, Sanna (2010). SLEUTH-simulaatiomallin soveltaminen maankäytön muutosten ja skenaarioiden hallinnassa.Yhdyskuntasuunnittelu 2/2010. (In Finnish)
Iltanen, Sanna (forthcoming June 2011). Combining Urban Morphological Network Analysis with Urban Growth Model SLEUTH. Cupum 2011 conference proceedings.