01785cam a22003258i 4500 21795369 AUA.1 20220822152021.0 201024s2021 mauab b 001 0 eng 2020045141 9780262046008 (hardcover) LBSOR/DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc HT361 .B485 2021 307.76 23 Bettencourt, Luís M. A., author. Introduction to urban science : evidence and theory of cities as complex systems / Luís M.A. Bettencourt. Cambridge, MA : London, England : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, c2021. xxiii, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-452) and index. Why cities? What is urban science? -- Classical models of cities and urban functional definitions -- Complex networks and urban scaling theory -- The statistics of urban quantities. Predictability, identity and universality -- Diversity and the productivity of cities -- Neighborhoods and human development -- Cities in history and the origins of settlements -- Urban systems, demography and the laws of geography -- Growth, information and the emergence of institutions -- What are cities for? The challenges ahead. "A comprehensive, scientific guided tour of how cities work and generate change in human societies"-- Urbanization. 49846 Cities and towns Growth. Urban policy. System theory. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK HT 361 .B485 2021 23602 23602 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2022-08-22 Donation, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Global Missions) 30.00 AUA26155 HT 361 .B485 2021 AUA26155 2022-08-22 00:00:00 30.00 2022-08-22 BOOK