Transferring concepts for urban modelling : capture or exchange?

Denise Pumain (1)

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The development of a theory of complex systems that establish bridges between disciplines of the natural and social sciences appears together as an opportunity and as a challenge for urban modelling. Borrowing concepts and tools for from formalised disciplines may help to more satisfying expressions of urban theories and to a better understanding of abstract processes that are beyond urban dynamics. However, the specific features of social systems should not be neglected or underestimated while operating these transfers. Proper adapted ontologies have to be preserved for urban entities and the new experiments should be able to become part of the previously existing urban knowledge, helping to revise it, not replacing it.

Mots clés: urban modelling; complex systems; ontology

Domaines: Géographie; Adaptation et Systèmes auto-organisés [nlin.AO]

Denise Pumain. Transferring concepts for urban modelling : capture or exchange?. Portugali J. Complex artificial environments, Springer, pp.71-84, 2005. ⟨halshs-00109493⟩