URBAN CLUSTERING:URBAN CLUSTERING:
THE BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF LOCATION
Boris A. Portnov and Evyatar Erell
Book concept.It is argued that the location of an urban community in relation to other urban places and the degree of sustainability exhibited by this community in its population growth and economic development are interrelated. The future development (both failure and success) of a new community may, therefore, largely be predetermined by the place in which it is located, and, specifically, by spatial characteristics of a settlement cluster of which the community may be a part.
Preface
Introduction – location factors of sustainable urban growth
Part One
MEASURING URBAN LOCATION
Chapter 1.1
Defining and measuring remoteness
1.1.1. Relativity of remoteness
1.1.2. Implications for urban growth
Chapter 1.2
Defining and measuring isolation
1.2.1. Intra-regional patterns of urban localities: climate vs. economy
1.2.2. Measures of isolation
1.2.3. Implications of isolation
Chapter 1.3
“Interfering” factors: transportation and landscape
1.3.1. The problems of heterogeneous terrain
1.3.2. Aerial vs. road distances
1.3.3. Time estimates
Chapter 1.4
Indirect measures of urban location
1.4.1. Population density
1.4.2. Distribution of employment
Chapter 1.5
City-size distribution and agglomeration indices
1.5.1. Pareto-Christaller-Lösch models
1.5.2. Agglomeration indices
1.5.3. Christaller’s centrality index
1.5.2. Regional and urban potential
Chapter 1.6
Concluding remarks
Part Two
MEASURING SUSTAINABLE URBAN GROWTH
Chapter 2.1
Sustainable urban growth as a development issue
Chapter 2.2
Criteria for sustainable urban growth
2.2.1. Economic criteria
2.2.2. Environmental criteria
2.2.3. Population criteria
Chapter 2.3
Defining and measuring sustainable population growth
2.3.1. MBNG index as an integrated indictor of sustained population growth
2.3.1. Private construction as a general indicator of urban attractiveness
Chapter 2.4
Modeling population attractiveness of urban communities
2.4.1. Influencing factors
2.4.2. Employment availability
2.4.3. Housing
2.4.4. Infrastructure
2.4.5. Services and recreation facilities
Part Three
URBAN CLUSTERS
Chapter 3.1
The nature of urban clustering
Chapter 3.2
Formation of urban clusters
3.2.1. Scattered growth
3.2.2. Suburban sprawl
3.2.3. Planning policies
Chapter 3.3
Benefits and drawbacks of clustering
3.3.1. Urbanized core
3.3.2. Peripheral areas
Chapter 3.4
Index of clustering as an integrated measure of location
3.4.1. Definition of the index of clustering
Part Four
CASE STUDIES
Chapter 4.1
Suitability of cases and data sources
Chapter 4.2
Israel
Chapter 4.3
Norway
Chapter 4.4
Japan
Chapter 4.5
Korea (?)
Chapter 4.6
Australia
Chapter 4.7
United Kingdom
Part Five
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Chapter 5.1
Influencing urban growth by planning measures
Chapter 5.2
Optimum city size
Chapter 5.3
Growth poles
Chapter 5.4
Infrastructure and investment incentives
Chapter 5.5
Redirecting priorities and development clusters
Bibliography
Subject Index