Complexity, Cognition and the City

• Main Author: Portugali, Juval (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Architecture.; Organization.; Planning.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Human geography.; Architecture / Design.; Urbanism.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Human Geography.

Complexity, Cognition and the City aims at a deeper understanding of urbanism, while invoking, on an equal footing, the contributions both the hard and soft sciences have made, and are still making, when grappling with the many issues and facets of regional planning and dynamics. In this work, the a...