Complexity and Spatial Planning Introducing Systems, Assemblages and Simulations

• Published in: Complexity and Planning pp. 1 - 34
• Main Authors: de Roo, Gert, Hillier, Jean, Van Wezemael, Joris
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2012; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Urban & municipal planning; Arwin Van Buuren; Complex Systems Theory; Complexity Sciences; Transition Management; Rank Size Distributions; Common Understanding; Port Authorities; Strategic Spatial Planning; Vice Versa; Volatile Assemblage; ABM; Cellular Automata; Van Wezemael; Participatory Strategic Planning; Urban Heat Islands; Planning Situations; Complex Adaptive Systems; De Roo; Spatial Planners; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Space Time Geographic Information Systems; Joris Van Wezemael; Spatial Planning

This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the importance of the complexity sciences, and the lessons we can deduce from it should spur spatial planners to rethink their conceptions of reality and reconnect these with...