01925cam a22003258i 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000170007302000310009004000340012104200080015505000220016308200150018510000400020024501140024026000870035430000530044150400670049450505210056152001060108265000250118865000300121365000180124365000190126190600450128094200340132599900170135995202230137621795369AUA.120220822152021.0201024s2021    mauab    b    001 0 eng    a  2020045141  a9780262046008q(hardcover)  aLBSOR/DLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  apcc00aHT361b.B485 202100a307.762231 aBettencourt, Luís M. A.,eauthor.10aIntroduction to urban science :bevidence and theory of cities as complex systems /cLuís M.A. Bettencourt.  aCambridge, MA :aLondon, England :bMassachusetts Institute of Technology,cc2021.  axxiii, 468 pages :billustrations, maps ;c27 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 399-452) and index.0 aWhy 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"A comprehensive, scientific guided tour of how cities work and generate change in human societies"-- 0aUrbanization.949846 0aCities and townsxGrowth. 0aUrban policy. 0aSystem theory.  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2lcccBOOKhHT 361i.B485 2021  c23602d23602  00102lcc40708BooksaAUA.1bAUA.1cGSd2022-08-22eDonation, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Global Missions)g30.00hAUA26155oHT 361 .B485 2021pAUA26155r2022-08-22 00:00:00v30.00w2022-08-22yBOOK