IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/envirb/v22y1995i1p35-46.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A Synergetic Approach to the Self-Organization of Cities and Settlements

Author

Listed:
  • H Haken

    (Institute for Theoretical Physics and Synergetics, Pfaffenwaldring 57/4, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany)

  • J Portugali

    (Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel)

Abstract

The self-organization of cities is studied in terms of synergetics paradigms of pattern formation and pattern recognition. The authors propose a mathematical model that describes the change of populations by migration, changes of profession, and so on, first by a linear model whose deficiencies are outlined. Then a nonlinear model is introduced that is based on the concept of attention parameters as introduced in pattern recognition in synergetics and that allows for a saturation of attention. In this model, a competition between various final patterns occurs. It would seem that the model may allow for the inclusion of planning and self-organized realizations.

Suggested Citation

  • H Haken & J Portugali, 1995. "A Synergetic Approach to the Self-Organization of Cities and Settlements," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 22(1), pages 35-46, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:22:y:1995:i:1:p:35-46
    DOI: 10.1068/b220035
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/b220035
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1068/b220035?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. G Haag & M Munz & D Pumain & L Sanders & Th Saint-Julien, 1992. "Interurban Migration and the Dynamics of a System of Cities: 1. The Stochastic Framework with an Application to the French Urban System," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 24(2), pages 181-198, February.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Jingya Qiao & Mo Wang & Dongqing Zhang & Chenyang Ding & Jingjing Wang & Dawei Xu, 2017. "Synergetic Development Assessment of Urban River System Landscapes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-15, November.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Xin Lao & Tiyan Shen & Hengyu Gu, 2018. "Prospect on China’s Urban System by 2020: Evidence from the Prediction Based on Internal Migration Network," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-21, February.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:22:y:1995:i:1:p:35-46. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.