Description Human settlements are the result of a mix of self-organisation and planning.
Planners are fighting a losing battle to impose order on chaotic systems.
Connections between the process of urban growth and the fields of complexity theory are of increasing importance to planners and urbanists alike; the idea that cities are emergent structures created not by design but from the interplay of relatively simple rules and forces over time.
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Riba Publishing Climax city: masterplanning and the complexity of urban growth, hardcover/david rudlin
