Complexity theories of cities
implications to urban planning
pp. 221-244
in: Juval Portugali, Han Meyer, Egbert Stolk, Ekim Tan (eds), Complexity theories of cities have come of age, Berlin, Springer, 2012Abstract
CTC (Complexity theories of cities) convey two messages to urban planning: One quantitative in the form of a conjunction between complexity derived urban simulation models and sophisticated information technologies, and one qualitative in the form of a new language and perspective on the nature of cities and their planning. Most studies in the domain of CTC have so far elaborated the quantitative contribution to planning; based on several past studies, the present paper explores the qualitative implications of complexity theory and CTC to urban planning.