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Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
The future of humanity and the long-term sustainability of the planet are inextricably linked to the fate of our cities. Cities are the crucible of civilization, the hubs of innovation, the engines of wealth creation and centers of power, the magnets that attract creative individuals, and the stimulant for ideas, growth, and innovation. But they
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“The catastrophe in the making — in every town and city — indicates that good urban planning principles and traditional codes cannot be replaced by open-ended political negotiations between partial-interest “stakeholders.” Nor can the dominant Modernist typologies — skyscrapers; metastatic, monofunctional suburbs; and McMansions - be sustained
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