The new science of cities /
"In The New Science of Cities, Michael Batty suggests that to understand cities we must view them not simply as places in space but as systems of networks and flows. To understand space, he argues, we must understand flows, and to understand flows, we must understand networks -- the relations b...
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| Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press,
2013
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Preamble
- Prerequisites and foundations
- Building a science of cities
- EBB and flow : interaction, gravity, and potential
- Connections and correlations : the science of networks
- The science of cities
- The growth of cities : rank, size, and clocks
- Hierarchies and networks
- Urban structure as space syntax
- Distance in complex networks
- Fractal growth and form
- Urban simulation
- The science of design
- Hierarchical design
- Markovian design machines
- A theory for collective action
- Urban development as exchange
- Plan design as committee decision-making
- Conclusions: a future science
- References
- Author index
- Subject index.
