Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@inbook {2065, title = {An agent-based model as a tool of planning at a sub-regional scale}, booktitle = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, volume = {8580}, year = {2014}, month = {2014-12-01 00:00:00}, pages = {611-618}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014}, organization = {Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014}, abstract = {This paper describes an agent-based model developed to simulate the impact that different planning policies may have in enhancing the attractiveness of the industrial estates located in a network of four municipalities located in the North of Portugal. The policies were simulated using three scenarios that can be distinguished by the municipal level of coordination they are implemented and by the type of action performed. In the model, enterprises are agents looking for a suitable location and the estates attractiveness is based on their level of facilities, amenities, accessibility and in the cost of soil. The coordinated qualification of the industrial estates is the most effective policy to strengthen their attractiveness. It was in this scenario that more industrial estates become attractive and more enterprises relocated. Results also indicate that the promotion of diffused and unqualified industrial estates is an inefficient policy to attract enterprises.
}, keywords = {Agent-based models, Industrial estates, Planning, Territory.}, isbn = {978-3-319-42085-1}, issn = {0302-9743}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-09129-7_44}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007\%2F978-3-319-09129-7\%5F44}, author = {Fonseca, F. and Ramos, R. A. R. and Rodrigues da Silva, A. N.} }
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt