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    <language>eng</language>
    <publisher>ERSA</publisher>
    <journalTitle>REGION</journalTitle>
    <eissn>2409-5370</eissn>
    <publicationDate>2026-04-25</publicationDate>
    <volume>13</volume>
    <issue>1</issue>
    <startPage>61</startPage>
    <endPage>94</endPage>
    <doi>10.18335/region.v13i1.613</doi>
    <publisherRecordId>744</publisherRecordId>
    <title language="eng">The General Urban Distortion Propagation Law: A Novel Dynamic Mathematical Framework for Modeling Shock Propagation and Recovery in Complex Urban Systems</title>
    <authors>
      <author>
        <name>Thaer Ayasreh</name>
        <email>thaer_ayasreh@yahoo.com</email>
        <affiliationId>0</affiliationId>
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<abstract language="eng"><p>Contemporary cities are increasingly exposed 
          to cascading shocks that propagate through complex 
          and interconnected urban networks, challenging 
          the explanatory power of traditional risk models. 
          This study introduces the General Urban Distortion 
          Propagation Law (GUDPL), an innovative dynamic 
          mathematical framework that integrates functional 
          connectivity, effective distance, time delays, 
          structural vulnerability, recovery dynamics, 
          and irreducible residual effects. The model provides 
          a unified representation of how urban shocks emerge, 
          spread, and attenuate across interconnected systems, 
          and can, in principle, support the identification 
          of vulnerable urban nodes and resilience-oriented 
          planning. To illustrate the operational behavior 
          of the proposed framework, a proof-of-concept simulation 
          based on a stylized cascading power outage scenario 
          is conducted, highlighting delayed propagation, 
          heterogeneous impacts, and recovery processes. 
          GUDPL is adaptable to different crisis types and 
          compatible with time-dependent and real-time modeling 
          contexts, offering a flexible analytical foundation 
          for urban resilience, sustainability, and crisis 
          management research.</p> </abstract>
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