Modeling Cities in Sustainable City Ecosystems

The following discussion agenda is on Modeling Cities on Ecosystems in the subject of Sustainable City Ecosystems:

1. Modeling based on a Systems Perspective
• Cities as Ecosystems
• Bossel's Systems Model of Sustainability
• Ecosystem Succession Principles for City form and structure
• A Human Ecology Approach to understanding how cities are shaped
2. Case studies on Ecological Development

Reference

Newman, P. and Jennings, I. (2008) "Chapter 5: Modeling Cities on Ecosystems" , Island Press