An interdisciplinary bibliometric analysis of models for land-use and transport interactions

Abstract

Research on links between transport and land-use is by essence interdisciplinary, as a result of the multidimensionality and complexity of these objects. In the case of models simulating interactions between transport and land-use, the research landscape is similarly relatively broad and sparse. We propose in this paper a bibliometric analysis of this literature from an interdisciplinary perspective. We first provide a survey of the various disciplines and approaches. We then construct an interdisciplinary corpus of around 10,000 papers, which we analyse in terms of citation network and semantic content. We illustrate therein the diversity of existing approaches, their complementarity, and possible future research directions coupling some of these viewpoints.

Integrating and validating urban simulation models

“…Literature mapping and systematic reviews can also be used to identify and compare existing models with great detail, as for the case of land-use transport interactions: [34] proposes a map of the interactions between disciplines involved in such modeling (from geography to urban economics, planning and physics) while [35] proceeds to a meta-analysis of model characteristics based on their scientific context. Such efforts can also be a basis towards more advanced model benchmarking experiments, as [36] in the case of several urban morphogenesis models in terms of produced urban morphologies; these benchmark being in turn a step towards model integration or multi-modeling approaches.…”

Comparer les modèles à l’aide du vecteur caractéristique : fonction, nature, principe et usage des modèles

“…Bien entendu, comme je l'ai dit, de telles distinctions et classifications ne sont pas définitives ni leur liste close, mais leur caractère d'ores et déjà précis et déterminé m'a été utile comme il a déjà été utile à certains modélisateurs, dont plusieurs géographes comme Pumain (2019) ouRaimbault (2021).Sous le format unifié qu'il présente, ce vecteur, tout en ayant un potentiel de développement opérationnel, me paraît donc pouvoir être d'un certain secours, aussi bien pour les modélisateurs, les critiques des modèles que pour les chercheurs en études des sciences et des techniques (STS) ou les épistémologues.…”