Urban Modeling as Storytelling: Using Simulation Models as a Narrative
- 1 December 2002
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design
- Vol. 29 (6) , 895-911
- https://doi.org/10.1068/b12857
Abstract
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’.Keywords
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