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Urban Modeling as Storytelling: Using Simulation Models as a Narrative

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  • Subhrajit Guhathakurta

    (School of Planning and Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University, Mail Code 872005, Tempe, AZ 85287-2005, USA)

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This paper examines the distinctions between empirical and simulation models using the metaphors of argument and narrative. It argues that all argumentation is contextualized within a narrative that is either inferred or communicated. It provides another semantic structure for urban models that applies elements of systems-dynamic method to construct ‘stories' of the past and possible futures of communities in a watershed in southern Arizona. By constructing such narratives this paper demonstrates how computer-based urban models can ‘tell a story’.

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  • Subhrajit Guhathakurta, 2002. "Urban Modeling as Storytelling: Using Simulation Models as a Narrative," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 29(6), pages 895-911, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:29:y:2002:i:6:p:895-911
    DOI: 10.1068/b12857
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    1. Kunc, Martin & O'Brien, Frances A., 2017. "Exploring the development of a methodology for scenario use: Combining scenario and resource mapping approaches," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 150-159.
    2. Nielsen, Brita Fladvad & Baer, Daniela & Lindkvist, Carmel, 2019. "Identifying and supporting exploratory and exploitative models of innovation in municipal urban planning; key challenges from seven Norwegian energy ambitious neighborhood pilots," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 142-153.

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