Articles & Manuscripts



Seventeen Reasons Why the Squatter Problem Can’t Be Solved (1976)

Title: Seventeen Reasons Why the Squatter Problem Can’t Be Solved Article in: Ekistics, Vol. 41, No. 242 Authors: Shlomo Angel, Stanley Benjamin First published: January, 1976 Pages: 20‑26 Overview: Third World societies are faced with a difficult challenge — shelter — the task of assuring that everyone is adequately housed. Are we really willing to confront this challenge — to solve the [...]

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Urban Transport Expenditures (1972)

Title: Urban Transport Expenditures Article in: Papers and Proceedings of the Regional Science Association; Vol. 29, Issue 1 Authors: Shlomo Angel, Geoffrey M Hyman First published: April 1972 Pages: 105-123 Overview: Expenditures on transport in urban areas have been the major explanatory variables in spatial economic theories of the city. Full Text: Urban Transport Expenditures (PDF)

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Urban Spatial Interaction (1971)

Title: Urban Spatial Interaction Article in: Environment and Planning; Vol. 4, No.1 Authors: Shlomo Angel, Geoffrey M Hyman First published: November 1971 Pages: 99-118 Overview: This paper centers on the development of a geometrical representation of movement and spatial interaction in urban areas, as distinct from the network representation commonly used in modern studies. Full Text: Urban Spatial Interaction (PDF)

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Urban Travel Time (1971)

Title: Urban Travel Time Article in: Papers and Proceedings of the Regional Science Association; Vol.27 Authors: Shlomo Angel, Geoffrey M Hyman First published: January 1971 Pages: 85-99 Overview: The city is not an undifferentiated terrain and travel does not occur along straight-line paths at constant velocities. Variations in travel velocities at different locations bend the minimum time paths away from regions of high [...]

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Urban Velocity Fields (1970)

Title: Urban Velocity Fields Article in: Environment and Planning; Vol. 2, No. 2 Authors: Shlomo Angel, Geoffrey M Hyman First published: 15 January, 1970 Pages: 211-224 Overview: The city is not an undifferentiated terrain and travel does not occur along straight-line paths at constant velocities. Variations in travel velocities at different locations bend the minimum time paths away from regions of high congestion. [...]

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The Social Context for Transport Policy (1962)

Title: The Social Context of Transport Policy Article in: The Science and Technology of Cities Authors: Melvin M. Webber, Shlomo Angel Publisher: Center for Planning & Development Research: Institute of Urban Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley First published: 1962 Overview: Featured in a compilation of papers prepared for the tenth meeting of the panel on Science and [...]

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