The information architecture of cities

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-118

  Coward, L Andrew ^a   Salingaros, Nikos A ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Change management; Cities; Complexity management; Evolution; Functionality; Heuristics; Information exchanges; Information flow; Information systems architecture; Knowledge management; Models; Organic networks; Telecommunications; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEURISTIC METHODS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; URBAN PLANNING;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CITIES; COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONALITY; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; INFORMATION FLOW; INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC NETWORKS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 2342446461     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551504041682     Document Type: Review

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