Introduction to 'Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development' / Stan Geertman, John Stillwell, Fred Toppen -- Spatial Analysis and Urban Modelling. What-Ifs, If-Whats and Maybes: Sketch of Ubiquitous Collaborative Decision Support Technology / Soora Rasouli, Harry Timmermans -- A Model of Land Use Change in City Areas Based on the Conversion of Unit Lots / Toshihiro Osaragi, Teruo Nishimatsu -- Simulating the Dynamics Between the Development of Creative Industries and Urban Spatial Structure: An Agent-Based Model / Helin Liu, Elisabete A. Silva -- LACONISS: A Planning Support System for Land Consolidation / Demetris Demetriou, John Stillwell, Linda See -- Qualitative and Quantitative Comparisons of Agent-Based and Cell-Based Synthesis Estimation Methods of Base-Year Data for Land-Use Microsimulations / Kazuaki Miyamoto ... [et al.] -- Application of Land Use Model Combined with GIS and RS Technology in Supporting Urban Spatial Planning / Rui Zhou ... [et al.] -- Planning Support Systems for Fiscally Sustainable Planning / Scott N. Lieske ... [et al.] --

Environmental Planning and Modelling. Generalisation of Planning Data as a Contribution to Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA): The Example of a City-Wide Biotope-Type Assessment for Berlin / Michael Förster ... [et al.] -- Using MapTable® to Learn About Sustainable Urban Development / Peter Pelzer ... [et al.] -- Ecosystem Services, Green Infrastructure and the Role of Planning Support Systems / Brian Deal, Varkki Pallathucheril, Tom Heavisides -- Urban CO₂ Planning: A Decision Support System / Ivan Blecic ... [et al.] -- A GIS-Based Performance Metrics for Designing a Low Energy Urban Agriculture System / Steven Jige Quan, John David Minter, Perry Pei-Ju Yang -- A Comprehensive Review of Existing Urban Energy Models in the Built Environment / Saleh Mohammadi, Bauke de Vries, Wim Schaefer --

Traffic and Network Modelling. A Procedure Using GIS to Analyze the Access by Non-Motorized Transport to Transit Stations / Fernanda Borges Monteiro, Vânia Barcellos Gouvêa Campos -- Locations with Frequent Pedestrian-Vehicle Collisions: Their Transportation and Neighborhood Environment Characteristics in Seattle and King County, Washington / Junfeng Jiao, Anne V. Moudon, Yuan Li -- A Computer-Aided Approach for Planning Sustainable Trips to Large Trip Generators: The Case of Cycling Routes Serving University Campuses / Thais de Cássia Martinelli Guerreiro, Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da Silva -- Walk Route: A New Methodology to Find the Optimal Walking Route in the City of Atlanta / Subhrajit Guhathakurta ... [et al.] --

Web-Based Support Systems. Access to UK Census Data for Spatial Analysis: Towards an Integrated Census Support Service / John Stillwell ... [et al.] -- The Online What if? Planning Support System / Christopher J. Pettit ... [et al.] -- A Web-Based Fuzzy CA Model for Urban Growth Simulation / Yan Liu -- Flexible Geospatial Platform for Distributed and Collaborative Urban Modelling / Yi Zhu ... [et al.] -- The Participatory Cube: A Framework for Analysis of Online Participation Platforms / Alenka Poplin, Gilberto Corso Pereira, Maria Célia Furtado Rocha --

Planning and Policy Support. Application of Socio-Technical Research Methods in Understanding the Genesis and Potential Sustainability of Planning Support Systems / Wayne Williamson, Bruno Parolin -- Governance Approaches in the Regeneration of Immigrant Communities: Potential Roles of Planning Support Systems (PSS) / Yanliu Lin, Stan Geertman -- Supporting Planning Processes by the Use of Dynamic Visualisation / Stefano Pensa, Elena Masala, Isabella M. Lami -- Beauty and Brains: Integrating Easy Spatial Design and Advanced Urban Sustainability Models / Eduardo Dias ... [et al.]

Includes bibliographical references.

This book collects a selection of the best articles presented at the CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management) conference, held in the second week of July 2013 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The articles included were selected by external reviewers using a double blind process.