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Introduction to urban science : evidence and theory of cities as complex systems / Luís M.A. Bettencourt.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : London, England : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, c2021.Description: xxiii, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780262046008
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76 23
LOC classification:
  • HT361 .B485 2021
Contents:
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.
Summary: "A comprehensive, scientific guided tour of how cities work and generate change in human societies"--
Item type: Books
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books HT 361 .B485 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA26155 Available AUA26155

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"--