A systemic approach of urban resilience: power laws and urban growth patterns

Resilient historical cities are the product of evolution and they have been shaped by incremental adaptation to fluctuations and by shocks of various magnitudes. Adaptive complex cities operate as systems and they obey certain universal laws: the distribution of elements reflects organic growth proc...

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Main Author: Serge Salat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-05-01
Series:International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2016.1277227