On the complexity of assimilation in urban communities

Abstract Cities are microcosms representing a diversity of human experience. The complexity of urban systems arises from this diversity, where the services that cities offer to their inhabitants have to be tailored for their unique requirements. This paper studies the complexity of urban environment...

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Main Author:	Renita Murimi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2021-07-01
Series:	Applied Network Science
Subjects:	Assimilation Urban communities Entropy Complexity Renyi divergence Immigration
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-021-00399-y

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spelling	doaj-3017cf1e5e6f4fcebe6c271c72301ef62021-08-01T11:11:02ZengSpringerOpenApplied Network Science2364-82282021-07-016111410.1007/s41109-021-00399-yOn the complexity of assimilation in urban communitiesRenita Murimi0University of DallasAbstract Cities are microcosms representing a diversity of human experience. The complexity of urban systems arises from this diversity, where the services that cities offer to their inhabitants have to be tailored for their unique requirements. This paper studies the complexity of urban environments in terms of the assimilation of its communities. We examine the urban assimilation complexity with respect to the foreignness between communities and formalize the level of complexity using information-theoretic measures. Our findings contribute to a sociological perspective of the relationship between urban complex systems and the diversity of communities that make up urban systems.https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-021-00399-yAssimilationUrban communitiesEntropyComplexityRenyi divergenceImmigration
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title	On the complexity of assimilation in urban communities
title_short	On the complexity of assimilation in urban communities
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title_fullStr	On the complexity of assimilation in urban communities
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series	Applied Network Science
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publishDate	2021-07-01
description	Abstract Cities are microcosms representing a diversity of human experience. The complexity of urban systems arises from this diversity, where the services that cities offer to their inhabitants have to be tailored for their unique requirements. This paper studies the complexity of urban environments in terms of the assimilation of its communities. We examine the urban assimilation complexity with respect to the foreignness between communities and formalize the level of complexity using information-theoretic measures. Our findings contribute to a sociological perspective of the relationship between urban complex systems and the diversity of communities that make up urban systems.
topic	Assimilation Urban communities Entropy Complexity Renyi divergence Immigration
url	https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-021-00399-y
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On the complexity of assimilation in urban communities

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