?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4470%2F&rft.title=Urban+Systems+and+Global+Change&rft.creator=Malvani%2C+M.P.&rft.description=An+outline+of+the+condition+of+urban+systems+on+a+global+perspective+and+under+diverse+points+of+view+is+presented+here.+Some+major+theories+on+urban+future+are+also+considered%2C+together+with+the+situation+of+the+current+debate+on+sustainable+city+development.+Quality+of+life+in+cities+and+the+idea+of+a+more+compact+and+energy-efficient+future+pattern+of+urbanization+are+among+other+important+issues.+The+metaphor+of+Urban+Metabolism+can+be+used+effectively+to+aid+scientific+understanding+by+calling+attention+to+a+number+of+special+conditions+which+are+proper+to+living+organisms%2C+and+the+idea+of+the+Fractal+City%2C+based+on+a+concept+of+self-similarity+in+the+urban+structure%2C+is+introduced.+The+recent+development+of+information+technologies+requires+a+re-organization+of+the+city+functions+which+should+be+made+possible+with+new+town+planning+rules.+It+appears+necessary+to+guide+in+this+way+the+process+of+urban+change+in+ways+to+minimize+the+effects+of+congestion+which+determines+the+condition+of+non-governability+common+to+most+urban+systems+today.+There+is+a+set+of+possible+measures+which+could+be+recommended+for+action+to+be+taken.+Some+perspectives+for+future+research+in+the+form+of+a+more+applied+phase+(concrete+case+studies)+and+of+a+more+detailed+and+scientifical+research+work+dealing+with+some+specific+aspects+of+the+subject+matter+considered+are+drawn+in+conclusion.&rft.publisher=WP-95-128&rft.date=1995-12&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4470%2F1%2FWP-95-128.pdf&rft.identifier=++Malvani%2C+M.P.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2159.html%3E++(1995).++Urban+Systems+and+Global+Change.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-128+++++