Urban Complexity and Planning: Theories and Computer Simulations

By Lai Shih-Kung, Haoying Han, Shih-Kung Lai

Based on the emergent paradigm of complexity, the book provides an innovative set of arguments about how we can gain a better understanding of how cities emerge and function through computer simulations, and how plans affect the evolution of complex urban systems in a way distinct from what we used to think they should. Empirical case studies focus on the development of a compact urban hierarchy in Taiwan, China, and the USA, but derive more generalizable principles and relationships among cities, complexity, and planning.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754679187
• ISBN13: 9780754679189
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"