Urbani izziv Volume 11, No. 2, December 2000
                : 100–105
             
                 (Methods and techniques)
                    doi: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2000-11-02-015
             
 
             
             
              
             Author
                Boštjan COTIČ
                     Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia 
                     bostjan.cotic@uirs.si
              
             Title
             Modelling the physical planning system with modelling methods for business and information systems
              
                 Abstract
                 Physical planning is more than a mass of different knowledge and methodology. It is a unified system with its own life cycle. We believe that the spatial planning process can be defined as a unique information or business system. Since classical descriptive analysis can be subjective and inaccurate we could apply modelling tools that have been devised in the development of business and information systems. Such models are an excellent background for analysing and possibly reinventing the whole system. The article presents the present state of modelling business and information systems. The aim of the article is to present and roughly define which modelling method is best suited for the system of physical planning.
                  
                 Key Words
                 business systems, information systems, model, modelling, re-engineering, urban, planning