Urban development and growth have a significant impact on the environment, contributing to
ongoing climate change and affecting the resilience of urban communities. However, cities …

This paper describes the measures adopted by Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna (two Italian
regions) for planning their peri-urban areas at regional level. Peri-urban territories merge …

In this study, a green space classification system for urban fringes was established based on
multisource land use data from Ganjingzi District, China (2000–2015). The purpose of this …

While entropy was introduced in the second half of the 19th century in the international
vocabulary as a scientific term, in the 20th century it became common in colloquial use …

New technologies are changing the channels of communication between people, creating
an interconnected society in which information flows. Social networks are a good example of …

Social Complexity and Complex Systems in Archaeology turns to complex systems thinking
in search of a suitable framework to explore social complexity in Archaeology. Social …

Land use changes have a considerable impact on ecosystem services (ESs). In recent
years, land use changes caused by urban expansion in Nanjing City have been obvious …

The rise in economic disparity presents significant risks to global social order and the
resilience of local communities. However, existing measurement science for economic …

This article presents a brief overview of the main network models that use growth and
preferential attachment. We start with the classical model proposed by Barabási and Albert …

In human societies, we observe a wide range of types of stratification, ie, in terms of financial
class, political power, level of education, sanctity, and military force. In financial, political …