Open-Space Amenities, Interacting Agents, and Equilibrium Landscape Structure
该模型假设开放空间为相邻城镇居民带来外部收益，城镇规划者策略性地规划开放空间分配，模拟了多个决策者互动如何产生复杂的开放空间景观格局，并探讨了收入、土地面积和开放空间可用性差异的影响。
<i>This paper presents a model in which open space is assumed to provide external benefits to residents of adjacent municipalities, and utility-maximizing municipal planners are assumed to act strategically in recognizing the benefits of neighboring open space and planning their own open-space allocation accordingly. Using a simple behavioral model to represent each planner’s open-space allocation decision, the model illustrates that the strategic interaction of multiple decision-makers can produce relatively complex patterns of open space on a landscape. The extent to which these patterns are sensitive to heterogeneities among municipalities in income potential, land area, and open space availability is also explored</i>.