Handbook on Cities and Complexity

Edited by Juval Portugali

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Written by some of the founders of complexity theory and complexity theories of cities (CTC), this Handbook expertly guides the reader through over forty years of intertwined developments: the emergence of general theories of complex self-organized systems and the consequent emergence of CTC.Â

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
ISBN: 9781789900118
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Cities, complexity and beyond , pp 13-27

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Ch 2 The emergence of complexity theories: an outline , pp 28-47

Hermann Haken

Ch 3 City systems and complexity , pp 48-63

Michael Batty

Ch 4 Major transitions in the story of urban complexity , pp 64-84

Stephen Marshall and Nick Green

Ch 5 Complexity: the evolution and planning of towns and cities , pp 86-107

Peter M. Allen

Ch 6 Synergetic cities , pp 108-135

Juval Portugali and Hermann Haken

Ch 7 Co-evolution as the secret of urban complexity , pp 136-153

Denise Pumain

Ch 8 Fractal geometry for analyzing and modeling urban patterns and planning sustainable cities , pp 154-175

Pierre Frankhauser

Ch 9 Scaling, fractals and the spatial complexity of cities , pp 176-194

Yanguang Chen

Ch 10 Cybernetic cities: designing and controlling adaptive and robust urban systems , pp 195-208

Carlos Gershenson, Paolo Santi and Carlo Ratti

Ch 11 New concepts in complexity theory arising from studies in the field of architecture: an overview of the four books of the nature of order with emphasis on the scientific problems which are raised , pp 210-232

Christopher Alexander

Ch 12 The dialectic as driver of complexity in urban and social systems , pp 233-258

Alan Penn

Ch 13 Modelling car traffic in cities , pp 260-273

Vincent Verbavatz and Marc Barthelemy

Ch 14 Studying the dynamics of urban traffic flows using percolation: a new methodology for real-time urban and transportation planning , pp 274-294

Nimrod Serok, Orr Levy, Shlomo Havlin and Efrat Blumenfeld Lieberthal

Ch 15 The simple complex phenomenon of urban parking , pp 295-317

Itzhak Benenson and Nir Fulman

Ch 16 Complexity and uncertainty: implications for urban planning , pp 319-330

Stefano Moroni and Daniele Chiffi

Ch 17 Tailoring nudges to self-organising behavioural patterns in public space , pp 331-348

Koen Bandsma, Ward Rauws and Gert de Roo

Ch 18 Evolutionary games in cities and urban planning , pp 349-369

Sara Encarnação, Fernando P. Santos, Francisco C. Santos, Margarida Pereira, Jorge M. Pacheco and Juval Portugali

Ch 19 Homo faber, Homo ludens and the city: a SIRNIA view on urban planning and design , pp 370-390

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