SYSTEMS MODELS FOR TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS. PART II. THE SOCIAL PHYSICS FOR MODERN SOCIETIES: THE ROLE OF THE CITIES

The objective of the research was to make use of a physically based social systems model, developed earlier, to study the determinants of city sizes and their national interactions. In particular, information on the role of a transportation system in affecting city sizes was required. In this second part, the relation between the urban settlements and a potential mapping that is related to the land (its population density, material and energy resources, activities, products, and consumption) is outlined. The dependence of the urban settlement distribution on long-distance international trade is discussed. The emergence of a new major social institution, the large corporation which is competitive with the urban settlement, is discussed. The socio-economic effects of transportation systems, and their modernization is described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Part 1 dated Sep 77, PB-272 795.
• Corporate Authors:

  General Technical Services, Incorporated

  Upper Darby, PA  United States 

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Iberall, A S
  • Cardon, S Z
• Publication Date: 1977-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 161 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corporations; Distributions (Statistics); Land use; Materials; Mathematical models; Optimization; Physics; Planning; Population; Social sciences; Socioeconomic factors; Technology; Trade; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Distribution functions; Interaction
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Materials; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167393
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TST-OST-77-34.IIFinal Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1157
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1981 12:00AM