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Proportionality to origin and destination populations. In
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
the costs exceed the average productivity per connection,
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
development policies and other solutions designed to avoid so-called distributional effects need to disaggregate populations across space and be concerned with different development patterns and outcomes in different places and for different people.
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems

general mechanism for reducing urban land expansion by creating urban environments that have high value per connection but where this value is not invested proportionally in relatively cheaper transportation, such as cars. This will typically require mobility alternatives that are actually better than cars (that save time and money) and that have t
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Gibrat’s law31—also known as the law of proportional growth—states that the average growth rates of different cities are the same in an urban system.
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
consider a crisis to be a collapse in demand.
Hermann Simon • Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything
Comme nous l’indiquons plus loin, l’idée fixe de croissance devrait être remplacée par un complexe comportant croissances diverses, décroissances diverses, stabilisations diverses.
Edgar Morin • La Voie : Pour l'avenir de l'Humanité (Essais) (French Edition)
TYPICAL “FIXES THAT BACKFIRE” SITUATIONS “Downsizing to improve profits:” a company reduces staff (the fix) to reduce costs and raise profitability (the problem symptom).