Introduction to urban science : evidence and theory of cities as complex systems / Luís M.A. Bettencourt.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : London, England : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, c2021.Description: xxiii, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmISBN:- 9780262046008
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- HT361 .B485 2021
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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"--