%0 Journal Article
%@ 0308-518X
%A Propoi, A.
%A Willekens, F.
%D 1978
%F iiasa:14037
%I SAGE
%J Environment and Planning A
%N 5
%P 561-576
%R doi:10.1068/a100561
%T A Dynamic Linear-Programming Approach to the Planning of National Settlement Systems
%U https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14037/
%V 10
%X In this paper the problem of planning human-settlement systems (HSS) is formulated in a dynamic linear-programming (DLP) framework. Such large time-dependent problems are treated both by optimal-control and linear-programming techniques. A multiregional population-growth model forms the state equation of the DLP problem. Budget, resource, and quality-of-life constraints are considered. The paper describes the formalization of the HSS planning problem and suggests methods for its solution.