Introduction to urban science : evidence and theory of cities as complex systems /
Bettencourt, Luís M. A.,
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"--
9780262046008
2020045141
Urbanization.
Cities and towns--Growth.
Urban policy.
System theory.
HT361 / .B485 2021
307.76
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"--
9780262046008
2020045141
Urbanization.
Cities and towns--Growth.
Urban policy.
System theory.
HT361 / .B485 2021
307.76