Complexity, cognition, urban planning and design : post-proceedings of the 2nd Delft International Conference /: post-proceedings of the 2nd Delft International Conference. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Juval Portugali, Egbert Stolk, editors.
• Editors: Portugali, Juval; Stolk, Egbert
• Contents: Introduction / Juval Portugali and Egbert Stolk -- Part 1: Complexity, Cognition and Cities. What makes cities complex? / Juval Portugali ; Evolving a plan: Design and planning with complexity / Michael Batty ; Self-organization and design as a complementary pair / J.A. Scott Kelso, Egbert Stolk and Juval Portugali ; Cultivating complexity: The need for a shift in cognition / N. John Habraken ; The fourth sustainability, creativity: Statistical associations and credible mechanism / Bill Hillier ; Design thinking as principles for the structure of creative cities / Andy Dong -- Part 2: On Termites, Rats, Other Animals and Cities. Swarm cognition and swarm construction: Lessons from a social insect master builder / Scott Turner ; Physical, behavioral and spatiotemporal perspectives of home in humans and other animals / Efrat Blumenfeld-Lieberthal and David Eilam -- Part 3: Complexity, Cognition and Planning. Framing the planning game: A cognitive understanding of the planner's rationale in a differentiated world / Gert de Roo ; Global scale predictions of cities in urban and in cognitive planning / Roni Sela ; Emotional cognition in urban planning and design / Paul Thagard -- Part 4: Complexity, Cognition and Design. A complexity-cognitive view on scale in urban design / Egbert Stolk and Juval Portugali ; Lines: orderly and messy / Barbara Tversky ; Creative challenge and cognitive constraint: Students use of A Pattern Language for complex design / Stephen Marshall ; The evolution of city gaming / Ekim Tan ; Desinging for different dynamics: The search for a new practice of planning and design in the Dutch delta / Han Meyer and Steffen Nijhuis.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer Internatinal Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 316 pages), illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
• Subjects: 307.1/216; Economics; City planning -- Congresses; Complexity (Philosophy) -- Congresses; Urban geography -- Congresses; Regional economics; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; City planning; Complexity (Philosophy); Regional economics; Urban geography; Social Science -- Human Geography; Technology & Engineering -- General; Architecture -- Urban & Land Use Planning; Human geography; Cybernetics & systems theory; Urban & municipal planning; Management science; Engineering; Architecture; Business & Economics -- Urban & Regional; Political economy; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319326535; 3319326538
• Related ISBNs: 9783319326511; 3319326511
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EBL platform, viewed October 26, 2016).
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