The field of Urban Dynamics itself is based on the systems engineering concept that all complex systems (and cities and urban areas are no exception) are comprised of independent and often smaller, more understandable sub-components with relationships to one another. This allows for the system as a whole to be modeled, using knowledge of the individual subsystems and their behaviors. In this instance, urban dynamics allows for the modeling and understanding of land use, the attractiveness of space to residents, and how the ageing and obsolescence of buildings affects planning and economic development, as well as population movements, with the urban landscape. The book adopts a trans-disciplinary approach that looks at the way residential mobility, commuting patterns, and travel behavior affect the urban form. It addresses a series of issues dealing with the accessibility of urban amenities, quality of life, and assessment of landscape residential choices, as well as measurement of external factors in the urban environment and their impact on property values.

Table of Contents:
Introduction xiii Marius THÉRIAULT and François DES ROSIERS Chapter 1. The Role of Mobility in the Building of Metropolitan Polycentrism 1 Sandrine BERROIR, Hélène MATHIAN, Thérèse SAINT-JULIEN and Lena SANDERS 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Identification of centers and sub-centers 2 1.3. Polycentric functioning in two metropolitan contexts 13 1.4. Conclusion 23 1.5. Acknowledgements 23 1.6. Bibliography 24 Chapter 2. Commuting and Gender: Two Cities, One Reality? 27 Marie-Hélène VANDERSMISSEN, Isabelle THOMAS and Ann VERHETSEL 2.1. Commuting, gender and urban dynamics 27 2.2. Commuting and gender in Belgium 32 2.3. Commuting and gender in Québec City 38 2.4. Québec City and Brussels: two cities, one reality? 49 2.5. Acknowledgements 50 2.6. Bibliography 50 Chapter 3. Spatiotemporal Modeling of Destination Choices for Consumption Purposes: Market Areas Delineation and Market Share Estimation 57 Gjin BIBA and Paul VILLENEUVE 3.1. Introduction 57 3.2. Main approaches to the spatial analysis of retail activity 59 3.3. Modeling market areas and consumer destination choices 67 3.4. Conclusion 76 3.5. Acknowledgements 77 3.6. Bibliography 78 Chapter 4. Generation of Potential Fields and Route Simulation Based on the Household Travel Survey 83 Arnaud BANOS and Thomas THÉVENIN 4.1. Introduction 83 4.2. Rebuilding the virtual city 84 4.3. From the city in motion to individual trajectories 91 4.4. Conclusion 97 4.5. Bibliography 98 Chapter 5. Impacts of Road Networks on Urban Mobility 103 Jean-Christophe FOLTÊTE, Cyrille GENRE-GRANDPIERRE and Didier JOSSELIN 5.1. Introduction 103 5.2. The urban road network: a major determinant of pedestrian flow 105 5.3. Influence of the road network on the efficiency of a transportation service 110 5.4. Road network metrics, urban sprawl and car dependency 117 5.5. Conclusion 123 5.6. Acknowledgements 124 5.7. Bibliography 124 Chapter 6. Daily Mobility and Urban Form: Constancy in Visited and Represented Places as Indicators of Environmental Values 129 Thierry RAMADIER, Chryssanthi PETROPOULOU, Hélène HANIOTOU, Anne-Christine BRONNER and Christophe ENAUX 6.1. Introduction 129 6.2. From landscape to eco-landscape 131 6.3. Behavioral and representational data collection 142 6.4. Behavioral and representational data processing 147 6.5. An application example: the Cronenbourg district pensioners’ mobility 149 6.6. Conclusion 154 6.7. Acknowledgements 155 6.8. Bibliography 155 Chapter 7. Household Residential Choices upon Acquiring a Single-Family House 159 Yan KESTENS, Marius THÉRIAULT and François DES ROSIERS 7.1. Introduction 159 7.2. Spatial cognition and perception of activity places 160 7.3. Residential mobility 162 7.4. Residential choice and location 163 7.5. Mobility survey and residential choices in Québec City 164 7.6. Conjoint modeling of household stated preferences 173 7.7. Discussion and conclusion 179 7.8. Acknowledgments 182 7.9. Bibliography 182 Chapter 8. Distances, Accessibility and Spatial Diffusion 189 Pierre DUMOLARD 8.1. Introduction 189 8.2. Distance, distances? 190 8.3. Spatial accessibility 192 8.4. Accessibility and spatial diffusion 198 8.5. Conclusion 202 8.6. Bibliography 203 Chapter 9. Accessibility to Proximity Services in Poor Areas of the Island of Montreal 205 Philippe APPARICIO and Anne-Marie SÉGUIN 9.1. Introduction 205 9.2. Data 206 9.3. Methodology for measuring accessibility of services 206 9.4. Methodological approach: designing an accessibility indicator 215 9.5. The findings 215 9.6. Conclusion 220 9.7. Bibliography 221 Chapter 10. Accessibility of Urban Services: Modeling Socio-spatial Differences and their Impacts on Residential Values 225 Marius THÉRIAULT, Marion VOISIN and François DES ROSIERS 10.1. Introduction 225 10.2. The perceptual and social components of accessibility 227 10.3. Centrality, relative and differential accessibilities 229 10.4. Modeling the impact of accessibility on residential values 238 10.5. Conclusion 251 10.6. Acknowledgements 252 10.7. Bibliography 252 Chapter 11. Hedonic Price Modeling: Measuring Urban Externalities in Québec 255 François DES ROSIERS, Jean DUBÉ and Marius THÉRIAULT 11.1. Introduction 255 11.2. Hedonic modeling and the microeconomic theory 258 11.3. Measuring urban externalities: market segmentation and functional form issues 260 11.4. Econometric issues and implicit price estimation 265 11.5. The hedonic approach and measure of externalities: some examples 268 11.6. Conclusion 278 11.7. Acknowledgements 279 11.8. Bibliography 279 Chapter 12. The Value of Peri-urban Landscapes in a French Real Estate Market 285 Thierry BROSSARD, Jean CAVAILHÈS, Mohamed HILAL, Daniel JOLY, François-Pierre TOURNEUX and Pierre WAVRESKY 12.1. Introduction 285 12.2. Real estate and landscape data 286 12.3. Geographic and econometric models 291 12.4. Results 297 12.5. Conclusion 304 12.6. Acknowledgements 304 12.7. Bibliography 304 Chapter 13. Conclusion 307 Marius THÉRIAULT and François DES ROSIERS 13.1. Acknowledgements 311 13.2. Bibliography 311 List of Authors 313 Index 317