We consider the city as a complex and open system, that exhibits phenomena of self-organization. We further suggest, that as such a system the city has a special characteristic: its elementary components are human individuals which, unlike the elementary units of non-living systems, are the mselves self-organizing complex systems. The overall dynamics of the city is, therefore such that the characteristics of each local component (individual) and the characteristics of the city (the global system) are mutually determined during the city evolution. Based on this perception we have developed a family of models to simulate this dynamics (Benenson, Portugali, 1995, Portugali, Benenson, 1994, 1995, 1997, Portugali, Benenson, Omer, 1994, 1997).
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