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Book Synopsis Systems Models for Transportation Problems. Part II. The Social Physics for Modern Societies. The Role of the Cities by :
Download or read book Systems Models for Transportation Problems. Part II. The Social Physics for Modern Societies. The Role of the Cities written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this research was to make use of a physically based social systems model, developed earlier, to study the determinants of city sizes and their national interactions. In particular, information on the role of a transportation systems in affecting city sizes was required. In this second part, the relation between the urban settlements and a potential mapping that is related to the land (its population density, material and energy resources, activities, products, and consumption) is outlined. The dependence of the urban settlement distribution on long-distance international trade is discussed. The emergence of a new major social institution, the large corporation which is competitive with the urban settlement, is discussed. The socio-economic effects of transportation systems, and their modernization is described. (Author).