Complexity Theories of Cities Have Come of Age An Overview with Implications to Urban Planning and Design /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Portugali, Juval (Editor), Meyer, Han (Editor), Stolk, Egbert (Editor), Tan, Ekim (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Architecture.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Sociophysics.; Econophysics.; Complexity, Computational.; Human geography.; Architecture / Design.; Urbanism.; Human Geography.; Complexity.; Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models.

Today, our cities are an embodiment of the complex, historical evolution of knowledge, desires and technology. Our planned and designed activities co-evolve with our aspirations, mediated by the existing technologies and social structures.  The city represents the accretion and accumulation of succe...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I: Complexity theories and Complexity Theories of Cities: An Overview
• Part II: Aspects of Cities as Complex Systems
• Part III: Implications to Urban Planning and Design.