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Cities and regions are composed of increasingly interconnected social, ecological, and technological systems, resulting in a complex system of continuously interacting parts that produce emergent and often unpredictable phenomena. At the same time, cities and regions continue to be challenged by a range of threats including climate change, cyberattacks, and pandemics. Such threats, in combination with increasing complexity, challenge the urban infrastructure systems we rely on to rapidly monitor, respond, and constantly adapt and evolve to new norms. Research engaging in urban resilience and sustainable development has been increasingly turning toward recognizing contemporary challenges in terms of complex systems. However, gaps remain in terms of connecting various disciplinary research streams and the complexity sciences, as well as grounding complexity concepts with actionable tools and data in urban settings. What does a complexity paradigm mean in terms of infrastructure and the built environments we inhabit, and what subsequent methods and techniques are necessary to better prepare for a future characterized by uncertainty and rapid change?

Considering these challenges, this special issue focuses on theoretical concepts, methods, and applications related to urban complexity, infrastructure for the Anthropocene, and adaptive built environments. Articles must clearly relate to sustainability, resilience, or complex systems in an urban context (e.g., at the scale of communities/neighborhoods, cities, or region of interconnected infrastructure systems) and the respective bodies of literature, but may range in specific topics including:

• Anthropocene and Complexity-aware analytics and decision-support tools
• Frameworks for understanding and working with complexity and deep uncertainty for infrastructure in the Anthropocene
• Modeling, simulation, and mapping methods for cities as complex adaptive systems
• Novel approaches for infrastructure design and management toward climate adaptation, resilience, or sustainability transformations
• Social-physical interactions, dynamics, and implications for climate adaptation practices
• Context or spatially dependent community resilience and social vulnerability to climate change and natural hazards

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