TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bettencourt,Luís M.A.
TI  - Introduction to urban science: evidence and theory of cities as complex systems 
SN  - 9780262046008
AV  - HT361 .B485 2021
U1  - 307.76 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Cambridge, MA, London, England
PB  - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Growth
KW  - Urban policy
KW  - System theory
N1  - 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
N2  - "A comprehensive, scientific guided tour of how cities work and generate change in human societies"--
ER  -