@article{ELGHMARI:334460,
      recid = {334460},
      author = {EL GHMARI, Safiya and ZABADI, Adil},
      title = {TOWARDS A NEW COMPLEX SCIENCE OF CITIES},
      journal = {African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences},
      address = {2021-09-01},
      number = {2367-2023-1015},
      month = {Sep},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {With most of the world population living in cities, there  is an increasing complexity that is accompanying this  process. In addition to the growing number of agents  interfering in the planning process and in cities  evolution, it is important to note that until today urban  policy fails to understand its dynamics. Complexity  sciences offers an open system methodology to approach  urban systems. However, it is not a recent trend, but it  has taken time to be part of the urban planning process.  Complexity sciences are based on a wide range of approaches  that aim to reflect back our understanding of the world. In  this paper we intend to set the grounds for discussion  about a new emerging city science based on complexity  sciences methods. This paper will explore the contribution  of complexity sciences in city sciences.  It starts by  defining complexity sciences and tracing the evolution of  urban theories until nowadays. It argues that a new science  of cities based on complexity is required to understand  urban systems and be able to guide urban policy choices. In  fact complexity sciences applied to urban studies has  challenged many misconceptions and generated  counterintuitive assumptions that has helped build a new  understanding of cities dynamics. This contribution is  aimed at setting a common ground for urban planning  professionals and academics about complexity sciences to  set a debate on the importance of opening cities to  complexity sciences. In this paper we review the evolution  of urban planning theories and trends chronologically and  identify the tendency towards complexity. We then define  complexity sciences based on reviewing main contributions  in the field and end by presenting examples and  applications of complexity sciences in understanding urban  phenomena. Major findings include the eminence of shifting  our approach to urban planning from a reductionist point of  view to a transdisciplinary approach that is based on  system thinking and oriented towards complexity sciences.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/334460},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.334460},
}