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Swarm Urbanism
Author(s) -
Leach Neil
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.918
Subject(s) - human settlement , urbanism , swarm behaviour , software , computer science , sociology , environmental ethics , ecology , geography , artificial intelligence , archaeology , architecture , biology , philosophy , programming language
As dense human settlements, cities can be regarded as manifestations of emergent behaviour ‐ not unlike like that of a colony of ants or a flock of birds. Neil Leach explores how software programs that display a similar emergent logic to cities might lend themselves to the development of a new computational methodology for modelling urban form. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.