Introduction to Urban Science
Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
$130.44
- Hardcover
568 pages
- Release Date
21 September 2021
Summary
A novel, integrative approach to cities as complex adaptive systems, applicable to issues ranging from innovation to economic prosperity to settlement patterns.
Human beings around the world increasingly live in urban environments. In Introduction to Urban Science, Luis Bettencourt takes a novel, integrative approach to understanding cities as complex adaptive systems, claiming that they require us to frame the field of urban science in a way that goes beyond existing theory …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262046008 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262046008 |
| Author: | Luis M.A. Bettencourt |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 568 |
| Release Date: | 21 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 950g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm |
About The Author
Luis M.A. Bettencourt
Luis M. A. Bettencourt is Professor of Ecology and Evolution, and Inaugural Director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, at the University of Chicago. He is also an external Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute.
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