Introduction

Juval Portugali

1-2

Complexity and complexity theories

do these concepts make sense?

Hermann Haken

7-20

The origins of complexity theory in cities and planning

Michael Batty, Stephen Marshall

21-45

Complexity theories of cities

achievements, criticism and potentials

Juval Portugali

47-62

Cities

the visible expression of co-evolving complexity

Peter M. Allen

67-89

Urban systems dynamics, urban growth and scaling laws

the question of ergodicity

Denise Pumain

91-103

Meaning and material

phenomenology, complexity, science and "adjacent possible" cities

Stephen Read

105-127

The genetic code for cities

is it simpler than we think?

Bill Hillier

129-152

Cities

systems of systems of systems

Jeffrey Johnson

153-172

On the simplicity of complexity theory in artificial environments

Harry Timmermans

173-184

Planning, design and the complexity of cities

Stephen Marshall

191-205

Positioning planning in the world of order, chaos and complexity

on perspectives, behaviour and interventions in a non-linear environment

Gert de Roo, Ward S. Rauws

207-220

Complexity theories of cities

implications to urban planning

Juval Portugali

221-244

Urbanism as computation

Nikos A. Salingaros

245-268

Self-organizing urban transportation systems

Carlos Gershenson

269-279

Simple rules

emerging order? a designer's curiosity about complexity theories

Dirk Sijmons

281-309

A rationalized delta

Han Meyer

311-326

A complexity theoretic view of cities as artefacts of design intentionality

Theodore Zamenopoulos, Katerina Alexiou

327-346

A computational intelligence approach to alleviate complexity issues in design

Michael S. Bittermann, Özer Ciftcioglu

347-368

The responsive city design game

Ekim Tan, Juval Portugali

369-390

A sirn view on urban design

the case of Almere Hout

Egbert Stolk, Juval Portugali

391-412