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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Maximisation Dilemma

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It is not unusual for developmental problems to be seen as a shortage or a lack of something, and the solution is therefore to increase the ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Probability, Gravity, Shakuni...and the tackling of Uncertainty in Urban Planning

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'But it appears worthwhile to answer here one frequently posed question: "Does the Monte Carlo method help to win in roulette?...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Set theory, Systems and Jaga Mission

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In his classic book ' A System's View of Planning ', George Chadwick wrote: "Not only can the whole of mathematics be devel...
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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Otto Neurath...Vladimir Putin...and the economy of real things

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Just two days ago the Hindustan Times published an article with the headline, "US Senate clears long-delayed $95 billion aid package fo...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Of Planning Tools and Synaptic Connections

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In his last book 'Disintegration' , geo-political expert Andrei Martyanov described an interesting conversation. He wrote:   "...
Saturday, October 28, 2023

To Go or Not to Go --> (Urban Planning and the Distance Decay Function)

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The fine art of problem articulation  The important thing about mathematical urban models is not the mathematics itself but its application ...
Monday, October 23, 2023

Overcoming the fear of mathematics in planning education and practice

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A vital contradiction in our education system The former chief scientist of Airbus, Jean Francois Geneste said in a brilliant talk delivered...
Friday, October 13, 2023

Automating Planning Tasks 2 - (Programming with GRASS + Linux)

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In the first part of this blog we had discussed how the various steps of a particular planning problem (in this case the slum-proofing prob...