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