Complexity Theories of Cities Have Come of Age
Portugali, Juval / Tan, Ekim / Stolk, Egbert / Meyer, Han
Today, our cities are an embodiment of the complex, historical evolution of knowledge, desires and technology. Our planned and designed activities co-evolve with our aspirations, mediated by the existing technologies and social structures. The city represents the accretion and accumulation of successive layers of collective activity, structuring and being structured by other, increasingly distant cities, reaching now right around the globe.Th...
