Call for papers - Entropy and Scale-Dependence in Urban Modelling

03 Jul 2018

Prof Darren Robinson and Dr Yong Mao are editing a Special Issue of the journal Entropy. The call title is “Entropy and Scale-Dependence in Urban Modelling” and is accepting submissions until 16th November 2018.

Cities are complex systems that require resources to function. They are maintained in more or less stable states by exchanging entropy across their boundaries: Relatively low entropy resources are imported, processed and higher entropy wastes are exported. Entropy, as originally developed by Boltzmann, measures all microscopic-scale configurations of the universe, and in combination with the second law of thermodynamics, provides a robust metric for assessing universal irreversibility, and therefore future sustainability.

This Special Issue focuses on the application of entropy in modelling and evaluating urbanisation at multiple scales. The aim is to clarify the boundaries of applicability of thermodynamic and information entropies, to demonstrate their utility and to identify promising avenues for future exploration.

Special Issue details: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/special_issues/Urban_Modelling