01359 a2200253 4500 9056990713 20250317100354.0 250312041998GB eng 9789056990718 Taylor & Francis GBP 55.99 BB 01 eng RN thema RN bic ARC008000 bisac SCI026000 bisac 307.76 bisac Peter M. Allen Cities and Regions as Self-Organizing Systems Models of Complexity 1 Oxford Routledge 19980225 296 p A clear methodological and philosophical introduction to complexity theory as applied to urban and regional systems is given, together with a detailed series of modelling case studies compiled over the last couple of decades. Based on the new complex systems thinking, mathematical models are developed which attempt to simulate the evolution of towns, cities, and regions and the complicated co-evolutionary interaction there is both between and within them. The aim of these models is to help policy analysis and decision-making in urban and regional planning, energy policy, transport policy, and many other areas of service provision, infrastructure planning, and investment that are necessary for a successful society. 476 476