Handbook on Cities and Complexity
- ISBN-10
- 1789900123
- ISBN-13
- 9781789900125
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 456
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-09-16
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- Authors
- Portugali, Juval
Description
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.
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