Chaos: Challenges from and to socio‐spatial form and policy

Abstract

A brief assessment is given of the major accomplishments made through the mathematics of chaos to the understanding of socio‐spatial dynamics to date. Certain shortfalls are also presented, mostly associated with model testing and falsifiability which transcend socio‐spatial dynamics. Beyond such shortcomings, lie an array of challenges for chaotic dynamics involving specifically socio‐spatial form and policy. A few directions on meeting these challenges are suggested including the case of limited chaos.