One of the most notable features of literature about "new economic geography" is a close association between theoretical and empirical work. In contrast to earlier research, theoretical studies are often much more strongly focused on real-world phenomena. At the same time, empirical work is...

Introduction -- Part I: Complexity, Cognition and Cities -- 1. What makes cities complex? -- 2. Evolving a Plan: Design and Planning with Complexity -- 3. Self-organization and design as complementary pair -- 4. Cultivating complexity: The need for a shift in cognition -- 5. The fourth...

Cidades e povoados de índios (séculos XVI-XVII) / Thomas Calvo -- Segregação residencial na cidade Latino-americana no passado : resgate e discussão / Roberto Lobato Corrêa -- Reflexões em torno da experiência francesa de criação de cidades no Novo Mundo (séculos XVI-XVIII) / Laurent...