Re: [SwarmFest2004] Abstract Submission: Robinson

[Rick Riolo]

Hi Derek,
OK, we have your submission,
thanks!
 - r

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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 address@hidden wrote:

> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:17:07 -0500
> From: address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: [SwarmFest2004] Abstract Submission: Robinson
>
> Good day,
>
> Below is an abstract for submission to this years swarmfest2004.
> I look forward to your response.
>
> Thank you,
> Derek Robinson
>
>
> Site Evaluation and Cultural Influence Extensions to a Residential Location
> Model
>
> Why do residential development patterns exist the way they do today? What are
> the factors driving and constraining residential site selection? A number of
> theories and mechanisms have been proposed to answer these general questions 
> in
> residential location theory. The purpose of the presented research is to 
> extend
> work in this field by introducing mechanisms related to heterogeneous site
> evaluation and cultural influence. Patterns of clustering in urban development
> patterns are analysed to determine if the introduction of these mechanisms
> cause significant differences in the spatial settlement patterns of residents,
> why they occur, and what these differences mean. While site evaluation and
> cultural influence mechanisms are topics of influence in a number of other
> fields, they have yet to be incorporated into residential location models.
> Therefore the proposed mechanisms may provide new types of explanation for why
> residential patterns emerge the way they do. Because the proposed mechanisms
> extend those that already exist they may be thought of as complementary rather
> than in competition with them.
>
>
>
> *************************************
> Derek T. Robinson
> PH.D. Student
> University of Michigan
> www.derekthomasrobinson.com
>
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