The Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems

An Interdisciplinary Approach
Herausgegeben:Albeverio, Sergio; Giordano, Paolo; Vancheri, Alberto; Andrey, Denise

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book contains the contributions presented at the international workshop "The Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems: an interdisciplinary approach" held in Ascona, Switzerland in November 2004. Experts from several disciplines outline a conceptual framework for modeling and forecasting the dynamics of both growth-limited cities and megacities. Coverage reflects the various interdependencies between structural and social development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Physica / Physica-Verlag / Physica-Verlag HD
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-7908-2533-6
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 736g
• ISBN-13: 9783790825336
• ISBN-10: 3790825336
• Artikelnr.: 32211243

Autorenporträt

Paolo Giordano, geb. 1982 in Turin, studierte und lehrte Physik . Nach einigen Kurzgeschichten und Auftritten auf Literaturfestivals feierte er mit 'Die Einsamkeit der Primzahlen' ein sensationelles Romandebüt. Es war das meistverkaufte Buch Italiens im Jahre 2008. In der über 60-jährigen Geschichte des Premio Strega des wichtigsten Literaturpreises in Italien ist er der jüngste Preisträger überhaupt. Sein Roman wurde in 26 Länder verkauft.

Inhaltsangabe

Fifty Years of Urban Modeling: Macro-Statics to Micro-Dynamics.- Complexity: The Integrating Framework for Models of Urban and Regional Systems.- Ontogeny and Ontology in Complex Systems Modeling.- A Model for Asystematic Mobility in Urban Space.- Preliminary Results of a Multi-Agent Traffic Simulation for Berlin.- Hybrid Geographical Models of Urban Spatial Structure and Behavior.- Two Complexities and a Few Models.- Cities as Evolutionary Systems in Random Media.- Grilling the Grid: a Non-Ultimate (nor Objective) Report on the Configurational Approach to Urban Phenomena.- Validating and Calibrating Integrated Cellular Automata Based Models of Land Use Change.- Fractal Geometry for Measuring and Modeling Urban Patterns.- The Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems: Theory and Application of the STASA-Model Within the Scatter Project.- Study of Urban Developers' Behavior in a Game Environment.- Self-Organization and Optimization of Pedestrian and Vehicle Traffic in Urban Environments.-

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "'The Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems' is about ... new kind of science, and how we might use it to improve our understanding of urban growth and change. ... the collection is an excellent combination of model-oriented discussions, relevant data issues and various case studies involving interactions with urban planners. ... it provides a collection of starting points for researchers who are seriously interested in applying some of the toolkit of complex systems science to study the possible evolution of urban form." (David F. Batten, Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 87 (4), November, 2008)