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CASA Research Uses Disease Modelling to Understand How Movement Spreads Epidemics
Dr Sarah Wise, Associate Professor in Agent-Based Modelling, and colleagues from The Bartlett’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) are developing a software tool to understand the impact of transportation on global health.…
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CASA Working Paper 205
CASA Working Paper 205. 24 February 2016. Jean Reynaud: Seer of Space. In this paper we seek to present both a translation of the Robic text and a wider view of Jean Reynaud and the times in which he lived. An English translation already exists…
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CASA Working Paper 204
CASA Working Paper 204. 11 September 2015. Line Structure Interpretation of Networks: Relationships, Matrices and Properties. This working paper sets out an interpretation of the line structure as a device for representing network structure. First,…
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CASA Working Paper 180
CASA Working Paper 180. 21 February 2012. A mathematical challenge: the centre size distribution in a dynamic retail model. The standard retail model can be constructed as follows (cf. Wilson, 1970). Let {Sij} be a matrix of money flows from…
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CASA Working Paper 162
CASA Working Paper 162. 1 November 2010. Geddes' Grand Theory: Life, Evolution, Social Union and the 'Great Transition'. We argue here that Patrick Geddes had a consistent and integrated 'grand theory' which underpinned his ideas on biology,…
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CASA Working Paper 147
CASA Working Paper 147. 1 April 2009. Virtual Geodemographics: Repositioning Area Classification for Online and Offline Spaces. Computer mediated communication and the Internet has fundamentally changed how consumers and producers connect and…
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CASA Working Paper 142
CASA Working Paper 142. 1 August 2008. The Renaissance of Geographic Information: Neogeography, Gaming and Second Life. Web 2.0, specifically The Cloud, GeoWeb and Wikitecture are revolutionising the way in which we present, share and analyse…
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CASA Working Paper 137
CASA Working Paper 137. 1 July 2008. The 'thermodynamics' of the city. The methods of statistical mechanics have been successfully applied in urban modelling and there has been some attempt at the interpretation of the results in terms of…
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CASA Working Paper 138
CASA Working Paper 138. 1 July 2008. Geddes at UCL "There was something more in town planning than met the eye!". Patrick Geddes was at UCL from 1877 to 1878 although as a student of physiology, not as the 'father of British Town Planning' as he was…
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CASA Working Paper 118
CASA Working Paper 118. 1 March 2007. Setting Children Free: Children's Independent Movement in the Local Environment. Parental concerns about children's safety and security are restricting children's independent exploration of the local environment.…
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