Explorations in Urban and Regional Dynamics: A case study in complexity science - Hardcoverby Joel Dearden (Author), Alan Wilson (Author) The task of modelling the evolution of cities the dynamics is one of the major challenges of the social sciences. This book presents mathematical and computer models of urban and regional dynamics and shows how advances in computer visualisation provide new insights. Models of non linear systems in general have three characteristics: multiple equilibria, 'path dependence' over time and phase transitions