A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada.
Residential segregation into spatial neighborhoods and boroughs is a well-known spatial dynamic process that characterise complex urban environments. Existing models of segregation, including the pioneering Schelling ones, often do not consider all the factors that can contribute to this process. Se...
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| author | Liliana Perez Suzana Dragicevic Jonathan Gaudreau |
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| description | Residential segregation into spatial neighborhoods and boroughs is a well-known spatial dynamic process that characterise complex urban environments. Existing models of segregation, including the pioneering Schelling ones, often do not consider all the factors that can contribute to this process. Segregation as well as aggregation emerges from local interactions among individuals, and is rooted in the complexity of social, economic and environmental interactions. The main objective of this study is to develop and implement a geospatial agent-based model to simulate the decision-making process of location of new household for incoming immigrant populations. Particularly this study aims to simulate and analyse the dynamics of the new immigrant populations arriving in the bilingual cities and boroughs of the island of Montreal. The model was implemented in NetLogo software, using real geospatial datasets. The obtained simulation results indicate realistic spatial patterns of spatial composition of the ethnographic fabric on the island of Montreal. The proposed model has the potential to be used as part of the city planning purposes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac96fba67d2f4ec08ce343c83a466cec2022-12-21T18:40:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-01147e021918810.1371/journal.pone.0219188A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada.Liliana PerezSuzana DragicevicJonathan GaudreauResidential segregation into spatial neighborhoods and boroughs is a well-known spatial dynamic process that characterise complex urban environments. Existing models of segregation, including the pioneering Schelling ones, often do not consider all the factors that can contribute to this process. Segregation as well as aggregation emerges from local interactions among individuals, and is rooted in the complexity of social, economic and environmental interactions. The main objective of this study is to develop and implement a geospatial agent-based model to simulate the decision-making process of location of new household for incoming immigrant populations. Particularly this study aims to simulate and analyse the dynamics of the new immigrant populations arriving in the bilingual cities and boroughs of the island of Montreal. The model was implemented in NetLogo software, using real geospatial datasets. The obtained simulation results indicate realistic spatial patterns of spatial composition of the ethnographic fabric on the island of Montreal. The proposed model has the potential to be used as part of the city planning purposes.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219188 |
| spellingShingle | Liliana Perez Suzana Dragicevic Jonathan Gaudreau A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada. PLoS ONE |
| title | A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada. |
| title_full | A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada. |
| title_fullStr | A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada. |
| title_short | A geospatial agent-based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population: A study of the island of Montreal, Canada. |
| title_sort | geospatial agent based model of the spatial urban dynamics of immigrant population a study of the island of montreal canada |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219188 |
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