Exploring a spatio‐dynamic neighbourhood‐based model of residential behaviour in the Brussels periurban area

Abstract

This article proposes a methodology for the construction and the calibration of a micro‐economic urban land‐use model within an extended Cellular Automata (CA) framework. The methodology is applied to processes of residential spread in a part of the commuting periphery of Brussels. The model hypothesizes that households effect on urban development, through their valuation of neighbourhood externalities. A coarse sensitivity analysis is undertaken in order to explore the relationship between household neighbourhood preferences and emerging spatial morphologies. These macro‐structures are measured with different indices in order to parameterize the model.