Cities, Sustainability, and Complex Dissipative Systems. A Perspective

This article discusses the role of cities in the Earth System as dissipative systems and presents the significant attributes of urban systems from this perspective. The major facts and problems of cities are briefly recalled emphasizing their complexity, that challenges the standard approaches to ur...

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Main Author: Gilberto C. Gallopín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsc.2020.523491/full