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020			_a9780262046008 _q(hardcover)
040			_aLBSOR/DLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC
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050	0	0	_aHT361 _b.B485 2021
082	0	0	_a307.76 _223
100	1		_aBettencourt, Luís M. A., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to urban science : _bevidence and theory of cities as complex systems / _cLuís M.A. Bettencourt.
260			_aCambridge, MA : _aLondon, England : _bMassachusetts Institute of Technology, _cc2021.
300			_axxiii, 468 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c27 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 399-452) and index.
505	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.
520			_a"A comprehensive, scientific guided tour of how cities work and generate change in human societies"--
650		0	_aUrbanization. _949846
650		0	_aCities and towns _xGrowth.
650		0	_aUrban policy.
650		0	_aSystem theory.
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d1 _eecip _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2lcc _cBOOK _hHT 361 _i.B485 2021
999			_c23602 _d23602