Modelling urban networks at mega-regional scale: Are increasingly complex urban systems sustainable?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-27

  Marull, Joan ^a   Font, Carme ^a   Boix, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complexity; Efficiency; Mega region; Network modelling; Polycentricity; Urban system

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; LAND USE PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84910617184     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.10.014     Document Type: Article

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