paper: Spatial Equilibrium in Cities: the Isobenefit Lines
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... many cities, particularly in Europe, are much more complex than this [monocentric urban model]. And in recent years, city planners have begun to place more emphasis on developing additional centers within cities. So it’s increasingly common for a city to have several centers performing different functions.
D’Acci’s new model is designed to cope with this increased complexity. His idea is to calculate the benefit of a given location to a resident, taking into account the effect of all the city’s various amenities.Having done that, he calculates locations of equal benefit, connecting them with so-called “isobenefit lines”.
