Simple spatial scaling rules behind complex cities
Cities can be treated as dynamic complex systems being controlled by the interactions among people, whilst the detail remains largely unknown. Li et al. use spatial attraction together with matching growth to unify population, roads, and socioeconomic interactions crossing ten representative cities.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01882-w |