An agent-based model of residential patterns and social structure in urban areas
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English
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10.4000/cybergeo.23381>
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DOI: <
10.4000/cybergeo.23381>
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Abstract
The standard Urban Economics model (Alonso, Muth, Mills) describes analytically an equilibrium of household location in urban areas. We build an agent-based model able to reach this equilibrium in a dynamic way. This allows us to simulate the development of a city by a combination of heterogeneous agents (based on income and preferences for the amenities), transport time cost and amenities locations. We explore the conditions under which non-trivial residential patterns and urban social structure can be obtained.