Experiences with an Integrated Microscopic Approach

Professor Dr.-Ing. Michael Wegener is a partner of Spiekermann & Wegener, Dortmund, specializing in urban and regional research, and former Executive Director of the Institute of Spatial Planning, University of Dortmund. Abstract: This paper gives an overview of the ILUMASS project (2002–2006) funded by the German Federal Ministry of Science and Education. The objective of ILUMASS was to implement a fully microscopic model of urban land use, transport, and environment (LTE). Considerable progress was made in developing and testing individual microscopic models and the interfaces between them. However, for several reasons, the planned application of the full model system for the simulation of policy scenarios was not achieved. Possible reasons for this failure are analyzed and recommendations are made to improve future interdisciplinary projects of this kind.