Handbook on Planning and Complexity

Edited by Gert de Roo, Professor in Spatial Planning, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, Claudia Yamu, Department of Built Environment, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway and Christian Zuidema, Associate Professor in Environmental Planning, Department of Spatial Planning & Environment, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

• Contents:Preface1.Introducing Planning and ComplexityGert de Roo2.Complexity, Institutions and Institutional DesignErnest R. Alexander3.A Multi-level Rationality Model for Planning BehaviourGert de Roo & Camilla Perrone4.Post-contingency: considering Complexity as a Matter of ChoiceChristian Zuidema5.Adaptive Planning and the Capacity to Perform in Moments of Change Gert de Roo, Ward Rauws and Christian Zuidema 6.Rationalities for Adaptive Planning to address Uncertainties Gert de Roo, Ward Rauws and Christian Zuidema7.Strategy in Complexity: the Shaping of Communities and EnvironmentsKristof Van Assche, Raoul Beunen and Martijn Duineveld8.Social Complexities in Collaborative Planning Processes Susa Eräranta9.Conditions of Actions in Complex Social-Spatial SystemsStefano Moroni and Stefano Cozzolino10.Information Adaptation as the Link between Cognitive Planning and Professional PlanningJuval Portugali11.Self-organization and Spatial Planning in the Face of the European Refugee CrisisBeitske Boonstra12.Urban Living Labs as Inter-boundary Spaces for Sustainability Transitions?Timo Von Wirth, Niki Frantzeskaki and Dirk Loorbach13.Planning with(in) Complexity: Pathways to Extend Planning with Complex Systems ModellingMoira Zellner and Scott D. Campbell14.Simplification and Spatial Thinking in the Modeling and Planning of Complex Urban EnvironmentsToru Ishikawa and Yashushi Asami15.Complexity in Design: Optimal Location through Spatial AveragingMichael Batty16.A Multiscale Approach in Regional and Urban Planning StrategiesClaudia Yamu and Akkelies van Nes17.Qualitative Comparative Analysis for Analyzing Spatial Planning ProcessesStefan Verweij and Christian Zuidema18.Planning, Complexity, and Welcoming Spaces: The Case of Campus DesignNikos A. Salingaros19.Simulating Community Dynamics for Transitional Urban Planning ProcessesWander Jager and Claudia YamuIndex

'The editors have brought together leading and upcoming experts in complexity and planning to create this 'state of the art' volume. It is wide ranging, thought provoking and comprehensive, covering the latest theoretical debates in complexity and planning, international and national applications, and even localised planning issues. It is a 'must read' for anyone working in planning and complexity and will undoubtedly be a benchmark for the next wave of works on complexity and planning and policy-making in general.'--Robert Geyer, Lancaster University, UK'This excellent collection of chapters makes a direct contribution to understanding how planning interventions can interact with and rise above the self-organising forces of complexity and uncertainty. The threads of governance, rationality, modelling, communication, contextualisation and adaptability are interwoven across different chapters. By breaking down the divide between technical and political approaches, between theory and methods, the book is charged with positive energy and inspirational ideas to pursue more discursive and non-linear thinking in spatial planning.'--Cecilia Wong, University of Manchester, UK'This volume critically engages complexity thinking to identify possibilities for the reinvention of spatial planning as a meshwork of complementary mutual interrelations, purposeful interventions and subjective interactions. The book is an important source for scholars interested in pushing forward the frontiers of theoretical reasoning and practical modelling in the dynamic, non-linear world in which we live.'--Jean Hillier, RMIT University, Australia