Special Issue: Complexity in the Urban Built Environment
Thomaz Carvalhaes
Dr. Thomaz Carvalhaes
Geospatial Science & Human Security Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA
Email: carval...@ornl.gov
Dr. Nasir Ahmad
Geospatial Science & Human Security Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA
Email: ahm...@ornl.gov
Dr. Mukunth Natarajan
Project Consultant for Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP USA
Email: Mukunth....@wsp.com
Zhen Goh
Co-Director of The Emerginarium, Singapore
Email: zh...@emerginarium.com
Description:
Cities and regions are composed of increasingly interconnected social, ecological, and technological systems, resulting in a complex system of continuously interacting parts that produce emergent and often unpredictable phenomena. At the same time, cities and regions continue to be challenged by a range of threats including climate change, cyberattacks, and pandemics. Such threats, in combination with increasing complexity, challenge the urban infrastructure systems we rely on to rapidly monitor, respond, and constantly adapt and evolve to new norms. Research engaging in urban resilience and sustainable development has been increasingly turning toward recognizing contemporary challenges in terms of complex systems. However, gaps remain in terms of connecting various disciplinary research streams and the complexity sciences, as well as grounding complexity concepts with actionable tools and data in urban settings. What does a complexity paradigm mean in terms of infrastructure and the built environments we inhabit, and what subsequent methods and techniques are necessary to better prepare for a future characterized by uncertainty and rapid change? Considering these challenges, this special issue focuses on topics, methods, and applications related to urban complexity, infrastructure for the Anthropocene, and built environments. Possible areas of interest include:
- Complexity-aware analytics and decision-support tools
- Frameworks for understanding and working with complexity and deep uncertainty for infrastructure in the Anthropocene
- Modeling, simulation, and mapping methods for cities as complex adaptive systems
- Novel approaches for infrastructure design and management toward climate adaptation, resilience, or sustainability transformations
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