关于规划与复杂性的反思

力图阐释复杂性的概念以及它为何可以用来解析在亚洲新兴而起的巨型大都市地区.这种超级复杂性起因于这些巨型都市群落的规模、密度、发展速度,以及进行管治的权力中心的多元性试图从中进行提炼,什么是可以进行规划而什么是不可以进行规划的,以及这种规划是可以被组织的.研究分为五个部分:来自三位杰出社会科学家针对复杂系统提出的观点;城市规划领域有关城市复杂性的简要文献综述;将长江三角洲作为一种超级复杂、多中心城市区域进行描述的图景;重新反思城市复杂性之下的空间规划,以及在亚洲超级复杂性背景下的一些空间规划原则.

Thoughts on Complexity and Planning

This paper proposes to examine the concept of complexity and its relevance for charting the newly emerging mega-conurbations in Asia.From the hypercomplexity of these giant constellations of the urban resulting from their scale,density,speed of development and the multiplicity of centers of governance and power,this paper tries to draw some conclusions of what can be planned and what cannot,and how planning might be organized.The paper is divided into five sections:the views of complex systems by three distinguished social scientists;a brief review of the planning literature on urban complexity;a sketch of the Yangtze Delta as a hyper-complex,pluricentric urban region;a rethinking of spatial planning in the face of urban complexity;and some principles for spatial planning under conditions of hyper-complexity in Asia.