Highlights•Urban transformation research combines complex system studies with urban
studies.•Research focuses on system change, urban change or urban/system …

Since computing advances in the last 30 years have allowed automated calculation of fractal
dimensions, fractals have been established as ubiquitous signatures of urban form and …

Various tools and methods are used in participatory modelling, at different stages of the
process and for different purposes. The diversity of tools and methods can create challenges …

The varying rates of recovery of European regional economies from the 2007 to 2008
economic crisis have raised interesting questions about the sources of economic resilience …

Modeling is essential to characterize and explore complex societal and environmental
issues in systematic and collaborative ways. Socio-environmental systems (SES) modeling …

Analyzing emerging practices of collaboration in planning and public policy to overcome the
challenges complexity, fragmentation and uncertainty, the authors present a new theory of …

Bill Rees (W. Rees, 1989), Patsy Healey (Healey & Shaw, 1993), Tim Beatley (Beatley &
Brower, 1993), Michael Breheny (1992), Sim van der Ryn and Peter Calthorpe (1991), Bent …

We present an integrative approach to social innovation research to build a unified
understanding of this emerging field. Based on a systematic literature review of articles …

Participatory modeling is a collaborative approach to formalize shared representations of a
problem and, through the joint modeling process, design, and test solutions. This approach …

In recent decades, the close correlation between urban development and the concept of
sustainability has become increasingly evident and important. This is demonstrated by …