Anasua Chakraboty PhD
Topic- 3D vector based cellular automata modelling for Sustainable Residential densification
Supervisor: Prof. Jacques Teller
Abstract
In today’s world, It is essential for urban planners and land use policy makers to manage and plan urban expansion in a reasonable way . Up to now, less attention has been paid to the changes in residential density over time, i.e. densification, which is a significant process of urbanization in urban and mixed areas. Hence, In-fill development and residential densification have received a lot of attention as an efficient technique for reducing agricultural land usage, improving access to services, and reducing distance travelled by automobile. Yet, there are several constraints to residential densification. They are primarily concerned with i) market issues (particularly, land tenure and land value), ii) the individual and societal liveability of residential areas (namely, densification perception), and iii) the consequences of residential densification on the urban environment (and more specifically on urban heat island effect - UHI).
Hence, the project aims at developing a comprehensive modelling framework of residential densification at the city scale. To do so, it will propose a 3D vector-based cellular automata (3D-CA) model for simulating sustainable residential densification and its impacts on the economy, environment and the society .
