This work presents cases studies of applications of Geotechnology such
as Geography Information Systems, virtual reality and cellular automaton
and multi-agent systems in the field of urban planning and design.These
are joint research presentations with students and colleagues from
Kanazawa University. All these case studies are about application in
Japanese or Chinese cities, which are on-field examples reflecting the
enormous spread of geo-computation technology. Nevertheless, the
concepts have wide applicability to other contexts. The works can be
classified into three types of Geotechnological applications at
different levels of urban spaces, which are relevant to different kinds
of urban planning and development projects. The book is comprised of
three parts: Part 1: Geosimulation and land use plan Part 2: Geo
Visualization and urban design Part 3: Geography information system and
planning support